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Saturday April 18th
Central Auditorium
University of Malta
Mater Dei Hospital
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Agenda
•09:30 -Registration & Welcome Reception. Registration desk opens.
•09:50 –Welcome Address: Mr Gordon Caruana Dingli, President, Association of Surgeons Malta
•10:00 -Invited Lecture Topic: On the Afflictions of the Notable Captains of History. Speaker: Hon Jo EtienneAbela, Minister of Health and Active Ageing.
•10:30 –Keynote Lecture 1 Topic: Trauma Care on the Future Battlefield. Speaker: Col Paul Parker, International Postgraduate Dean, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
•11:15 Topic: Psychological Trauma in Disaster and Conflict Situations. Speaker: Col(Retd) Professor Martin Deahl.
•12:00 Topic: Warfare and Lawfare, How the Law Applies to the Medics. Speaker: Lt Col (Retd) Catherine Braddick Hughes and Lois Kemnitz.
•12:30 –Keynote Lecture 2 Topic: Cholera in Malta. Speaker: Professor Joseph Galea: Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Academic.
•13:00 –14:00 Lunch.
•14:00 Topic: Delirium in Surgical Patients Speaker: Dr. Mary Aston.
•14:15 Topic: Gender, Endurance and the History of Long-Distance Swimming. Speaker: Ms. Else Blakeley.
Trainee presentations – winners of Audit meeting and MMSC Chairing: Mr Gordon Caruana Dingli and Ms Jessica Schembri Higgans.
•14:30 – Audit Meeting 1 Topic: Rising Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Non-Screened Adults Under 55: A Population-based study. Authors: Sammut Mark, Matthew Sammut, Melanie Farrugia, Jurgen Gatt, Neville Spiteri, Noel Gatt.
•14:40 – Audit Meeting 2 Topic: A retrospective review of prosthetic device documentation practices in heart valve surgery. Authors: Matthew Galea, James Zerafa, Christian Purkiss, Samuel Attard, David Sladden.
•14:50 – Audit Meeting 3 Topic: Improving Clinical Management in ENT Casualty: A Multi-Domain Quality Improvement Project Using a Digital ToolkitAuthors: Borg L, Attard R, Grech M, Muscat K
•15:00 – MMSC Oral Presentation 1 Topic: An extended literature review: Is Bianchi's procedure i.e. total oseophagogastric dissociation (TOGD), the primary procedure for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in neurologically impaired children NIC?Speaker: Gabriel Degiorgio
•15:10 – MMSC Oral Presentation 2 Topic: Comparative outcomes of ribaroxaban and enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis following lower-limb trauma surgery: a Maltese national cohort study Speaker: Eliza Levinskaia
•15:20 – MMSC Oral Presentation 3 Topic: Compound groin retractor: a helping hand in delicate territory Speaker: Anthony Pio Dimech
•15:30 – Closing Remarks
Saturday April 18th
Central Auditorium
University of Malta
Mater Dei Hospital
______________________________
Agenda
•09:30 -Registration & Welcome Reception. Registration desk opens.
•09:50 –Welcome Address: Mr Gordon Caruana Dingli, President, Association of Surgeons Malta
•10:00 -Invited Lecture Topic: On the Afflictions of the Notable Captains of History. Speaker: Hon Jo EtienneAbela, Minister of Health and Active Ageing.
•10:30 –Keynote Lecture 1 Topic: Trauma Care on the Future Battlefield. Speaker: Col Paul Parker, International Postgraduate Dean, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
•11:15 Topic: Psychological Trauma in Disaster and Conflict Situations. Speaker: Col(Retd) Professor Martin Deahl.
•12:00 Topic: Warfare and Lawfare, How the Law Applies to the Medics. Speaker: Lt Col (Retd) Catherine Braddick Hughes and Lois Kemnitz.
•12:30 –Keynote Lecture 2 Topic: Cholera in Malta. Speaker: Professor Joseph Galea: Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Academic.
•13:00 –14:00 Lunch.
•14:00 Topic: Delirium in Surgical Patients Speaker: Dr. Mary Aston.
•14:15 Topic: Gender, Endurance and the History of Long-Distance Swimming. Speaker: Ms. Else Blakeley.
Trainee presentations – winners of Audit meeting and MMSC Chairing: Mr Gordon Caruana Dingli and Ms Jessica Schembri Higgans.
•14:30 – Audit Meeting 1 Topic: Rising Incidence of Colorectal Cancer in Non-Screened Adults Under 55: A Population-based study. Authors: Sammut Mark, Matthew Sammut, Melanie Farrugia, Jurgen Gatt, Neville Spiteri, Noel Gatt.
•14:40 – Audit Meeting 2 Topic: A retrospective review of prosthetic device documentation practices in heart valve surgery. Authors: Matthew Galea, James Zerafa, Christian Purkiss, Samuel Attard, David Sladden.
•14:50 – Audit Meeting 3 Topic: Improving Clinical Management in ENT Casualty: A Multi-Domain Quality Improvement Project Using a Digital ToolkitAuthors: Borg L, Attard R, Grech M, Muscat K
•15:00 – MMSC Oral Presentation 1 Topic: An extended literature review: Is Bianchi's procedure i.e. total oseophagogastric dissociation (TOGD), the primary procedure for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in neurologically impaired children NIC?Speaker: Gabriel Degiorgio
•15:10 – MMSC Oral Presentation 2 Topic: Comparative outcomes of ribaroxaban and enoxaparin for thromboprophylaxis following lower-limb trauma surgery: a Maltese national cohort study Speaker: Eliza Levinskaia
•15:20 – MMSC Oral Presentation 3 Topic: Compound groin retractor: a helping hand in delicate territory Speaker: Anthony Pio Dimech
•15:30 – Closing Remarks