Preston Surgsoc 4Th Undergraduate Conference Speakers

Preston SurgSoc 4th Undergraduate Conference 29th February 2020 Education Centre 3, Chorley and South Ribble Hospital, Preston Road, Chorley

Speakers

Mr Ilayaraja Rajendran, MBBS, FRCS Locum Consultant General Surgeon Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Mr Ilayaraja Rajendran has been a Locum Consultant in Benign Upper GI and General Surgery since August 2019. His specialist interests include complex gall bladder surgeries, hiatus, trauma, and emergency surgeries. He is actively involved in the teaching of medical students and surgical trainees and has taught at various surgical courses including chest drain insertion, basic surgical skills, SSS, laparoscopic suturing skills, and cadaveric workshops.

Mr Jeremy Ward, MBChB, MD, FRCS (General Surgery) Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal and General Surgeon Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Mr Ward graduated from the University of Edinburgh and trained in surgery in NW England. He has been Consultant Upper GI and General Surgeon at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals since 2002. His main interests are in oesophago- gastric cancer, gallbladder and emergency surgery. He has a keen interest in patient safety and is a faculty member for Non-Technical Skills Courses at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He is also an examiner for the College and Chair of the Specialty Specific Board in General Surgery and is the Simulation Lead for Human Factors for the Trust.

Dr Joshua Fasuyi, BSc, MBBS Core Trainee Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Dr Fasuyi graduated from St George’s, the University of London, with a BSc (Hons) in Biomedical Science in 2013 and an MBBS in 2016. He has a strong interest in surgery and has therefore pursued opportunities to explore this by attending courses, improving his surgical skills in theatre, and teaching as faculty on a variety of surgical skills courses. He has undertaken a year out of training following completion of his Foundation Programme to further enhance his surgical portfolio and to gain further insight into surgery as a career. His interests are in General and Plastic Surgery.

Ms Vinutha Shetty, MBBS, FRCSEd, FRCSEd (General Surgery) Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal and General Surgeon Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Ms Shetty graduated in India in 1994. After completing postgraduate training in General Surgery in India, she continued Higher Surgical Training in General, Upper GI and Endocrine Surgery in the Northwest Deanery in the UK. She also worked for two years as a Clinical Research Fellow in the Intestinal Failure Unit at Hope Hospital. She has been a Consultant in Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2013, where she is the Surgical Simulation Lead and Trust Lead for IV fluids. Her main interests are in oesophago-gastric cancer, gallbladder and emergency surgery. She is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate training and is the Course Director for Intercollegiate Basic Surgical Skills. She was awarded the Lancashire Evening Post – Hospital Doctor of the Year Award in June 2016.