Podiatric Surgery 2024: Programme

The detailed conference programme is currently being developed for publication nearer the time. An early outline of the programme is available below

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Wednesday 12 June 2024 - Workshops day

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Thursday 13 June 2024

  • 8.00pm - Registration
  • 9.00am - Conference opens
  • 5.20pm - Conference closes
Title 
Presentation title, speaker and chair
9.00am Welcome and conference opening
Speaker: Mr James Cowden, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and Ms Jade Tang, Podiatric Surgeon, Conference Co-Chairs
Chair: Mr Kaser Nazir, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
9.05am CEO of the Royal College of Podiatry (RCPod) address
Speaker: Mrs Jane Pritchard, Chief Executive and General Secretary, Royal College of Podiatry
Chair: Mr Kaser Nazir, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
9.15am Dean's Address
Speaker: Mr Ewan Kannegeiter, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery, RCPod
Chair: Mr Kaser Nazir, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
9.25am Workstreams update
Speaker: Faculty of Podiatric Surgery, RCPod
Chair: Mr Kaser Nazir, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
9.55am Speaker: TBC
Chair: Mr Kaser Nazir, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
10.20am Speaker: TBC
Chair: Mr Kaser Nazir, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery
10.45am BREAK: drinks and trade stands (break room campfire case)
11.10am Speaker: TBC
Chair: Mr Antony Maher, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
11.35am Surgical management of Foot and Ankle Tumours
Speaker: Mr Guy Morris, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Chair: Mr Antony Maher, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
12.00pm Speaker: TBC
Chair: Mr Antony Maher, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
12.25pm LUNCH: trade stands (break room campfire case)
1.20pm Optimising optimisation- medical and physical prior to surgery
Speaker: Dr Raja Lakshmanan, Consultant & Lead Pre-Op Anaesthetist
Chair: Mr George Flanagan, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
1.45pm Prehab and rehab- could & should we be doing more?
Speaker: Dr Bhaskar Basu, Consultant and Lead in Rehabilitation Medicine
Chair: Mr George Flanagan, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
2.10pm Amputations: the good, the bad and the ugly- getting the best out of limb salvage cases.
Speaker: Mr Ryan McCallum, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
2.35pm These shoes are made for walking
Speaker: Mr Nick Gallogly, Consultant Orthotist
3.00pm BREAK: drinks and trade stands (break room campfire case)
3.25pm Research Group Update and the path to getting published
Speakers: Dr Jill Halstead, Clinical lead for Podiatry and research, visiting fellow, University of Leeds and Ms Helen Milnes, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
Chair: Mr Ewan Kannegeiter, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and Dean of the Faculty of Podiatric Surgery, RCPod
3.45 -
4.55pm
Abstracts Session - with voting
5.05pm Questions to presenters


Friday 14 June 2024

  • 9.00am - Conference opens
  • 4.20pm - Conference closes
Time 
Presentation title, speaker and chair
9.00am Current concepts in optimal microbiological sampling and antibiotic management
Speaker: Dr Abid Hussain, Consultant Microbiologist
Chair: Mr Tommy Chan, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon & Regional Chair for the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
9.30am The impact of neuropathy on function and gait and surgical impact
Speaker: Prof Neil Reeves, Professor in Digital Health Technology and Security Science
Chair: Mr Tommy Chan, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon & Regional Chair for the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
10.00am Getting ahead of the game with AI?
Speaker: Prof Mohammed Imam, Consultant orthopaedic surgeon
Chair: Mr Tommy Chan, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon & Regional Chair for the North of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland
10.25am BREAK: drinks and trade stands (break room campfire case)
 
Masterclasses
10.55am Research - where to start and how to get through it
Speaker: Dr Jill Halstead-Rastrick, Clinical lead for Podiatry and research, Visiting Fellow, University of Leeds
10.55am Imaging - Xray and MRI
Speaker: Dr Mark Razzant, DPM
10.55am Flatfoot Assessment, conservative management and surgical approaches/principles
Speaker: Prof Mark Tagoe, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and Dr Alison Miller, Adanced Orthopaedic Physiotherapist
12.10pm LUNCH: trade stands (break room campfire case)
1.00pm MIS
Speaker: Mr Tony Wilkinson, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon & Dr Christina Pratt, DPM
1.00pm At-risk foot assessment, surgical workup and surgical approaches/principles
Speaker: Dr Coleman Clougherty, DPM & Mr Ben Yates, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
1.00pm Principles of plastic surgery
Mr James Chan, Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Ms Rebecca Shirley, Consultant Plastic Surgeon
2.15pm Break: drinks and trade stands (break room campfire case)
 
Management of complex cases/complications
2.45 - 4.00pm Chair: MS Helen Milnes, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon

Panel discussion
Trainee presents a case and three consultants discuss its management

4.15pm Conference round-up
Mr James Cowden, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and Ms Jade Tang, Podiatric Surgeon, Conference Co-Chairs
4.20pm
Conference close
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