Following the success of 2016 Joint Annual Conference, BASO~ACS joined forces again with the NCRI in 2017 to deliver the UK's largets cancer conference.
BASO hosted full surgical track on 5th and 6th November; with a seperate Trainees Meeting (hosted by BASO Trainees) on Sunday, 5th November. The programme showcased the best of surgical research and achievment. The conference had an attendance of nearly 1400 delegates and showcased 50+ educational sessions with an array of plenary lectures,150+ National and International speakers and a large industry and trade presence.
Conference Programme
The following awards were presented by the Association at this meeting:
- The Ronald Raven Prize was awarded to Mr Yazan S. Khaled, University of Leeds.
- The BJS Prize Paper was awarded to Mr Gurdeep Mannu, University of Oxford.
- The BASO Trainees Oral Prize was given to Mr Henry Smith,The Royal Marsden Hospital.
- The BASO Trainees Poster Prize was awarded to Mr Narendranath Govindarajah, University of Liverpool.
BASO also honoured the plenary awards to:
- The BASO Raven Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Professor Derek Alderson, President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
- The Uccio Querci della Rovere Award was presented to Professor Arnie Purushotham, Professor of Breast Cancer, King's College London.
- The Geoff Oates Award was presented to Ms Karen Nugent, Past President ACPGBI, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Southampton University Hospital.
- The BASO~ACS Plenary Lecture was presented by Professor Freddie Hamdy, Nuffield Professor of Surgery, University of Oxford.
- The Ernest Miles Award was presented to Professor Jane Blazeby, Professor of Surgery, University of Bristol.
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