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Let’s Talk Surgery: The RCSEd Podcast brings you the latest news from the College, providing informative, educational and entertaining content covering a range of healthcare topics and hosting a variety of expert speakers from the RCSEd membership and beyond.
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Robot Assisted Surgery Series – Rowan Parks and Chelliah Selvasekar
RCSEd President, Professor Rowan Parks and Chelliah Selvasekar join Greg on the podcast to introduce our new Robot Assisted Surgery (RAS) series. We discuss the work RCSEd is doing with industry partners to ensure safe RAS surgery as well as adequate training provision. Worth a listen!
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Jan 20, 2023
An audience with the RCSEd Leadership Fellow
To start the new year, Greg is joined by Majid Rashid, the 2022 RCSEd Leadership Fellow to discuss a range of topics from his journey through training, views on leadership, aspiration for the future and current work being done at RCSEd on patient safety.
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Dec 20, 2022
A Christmas Quiz Special
…And so ends another year! To bring some Christmas cheer, the Office Bearers join Greg to take part in a fun-filled (and competitive) Christmas Quiz along with a more serious Christmas message. Merry Christmas!
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Dec 16, 2022
End of Year 2022
Recent updates on College news and a look ahead to exciting material coming up on the podcast in 2023!
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Nov 17, 2022
President’s Handover Corner… Welcome Professor Rowan Parks
A new dawn... Professor Rowan Parks has become the new President of RCSED. He joins Greg on the podcast to share his reflections of the last 4 years and looks forward to his priority areas over the next 3 years. Inspiring and worth listening to..
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Nov 8, 2022
President’s Handover Corner… Professor Griffin Farewell
The end of an era, Mike Griffin president of @ RCSEd for the last 4 years comes on the podcast for a farewell episode. We reflect on the last 4 years, successes, challenges, and what the future holds.
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Oct 28, 2022
Charles Maxwell-Armstrong, ACPGBI President
Greg is joined on the podcast by ACPGBI president Charles Maxwell-Armstrong to discuss some of the challenges and opportunities facing surgeons and patients across the UK.
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Sep 30, 2022
An audience with Gavin Francis – Intensive Care: a GP, a community and a pandemic
GP and renowned writer, Gavin Francis, joins the podcast to discuss his book which reflects on the COVID-19 pandemic from the eyes of a GP. Well written memoire of the events and impact of the pandemic on doctors, patients and the wider community.
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Aug 29, 2022
Faculty of Perioperative Care Series Ep 5; Bhuvaneswari Krishnamoorthy
The final episode of the FPC series. An inspiring woman, Bhuvaneswari Krishnamoorthy walks us through her journey as an SCP in cardiothoracic surgery with an interest in education and research. Worth a listen!
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Aug 22, 2022
Summer Break Updates
Welcome back to the Let’s Talk Surgery Podcast session! In this episode we share news from the College and look ahead to the exciting episodes to come.
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Jul 22, 2022
Faculty of Perioperative Care Series Ep 4; Jenny Abraham
Greg in conversation with Jenny Abraham, an experienced SCP and nurse consultant.
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Jul 12, 2022
Faculty of Perioperative Care Series Ep 3: Trainer and Trainees – Sally Stuart and Students
On this episode, Greg is joined by a trainer on the MSc in Surgical Care Practice as well as 2 of her students. They offer a unique insight into all elements of SCP through training and into practice. The opportunities, obstacles and the process in detail.
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Jun 27, 2022
Faculty of Perioperative Care Series: Mark Robertshaw
We are joined on the podcast by Mark Robertshaw, a Surgical First Assistant who talks us through his journey, exploring the role of SFAs within the perioperative care team.
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Jun 20, 2022
Faculty of Perioperative Care Series Ep 1: Charlie Auld
A new series exploring the perioperative care practitioners in a conversation with the current Chair of the Faculty of Peri-operative Care.
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May 27, 2022
Triennial Conference / ICOSET Meeting Preview with President Professor Michael Griffin
On this episode, Greg returns with RCSEd President Professor Michael Griffin to preview the Triennial conference.
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May 22, 2022
Triennial Conference and ICOSET Meeting Preview with Professor Rowan Parks
On this episode, Greg returns with RCSEd Vice President and Chair of the Triennial planning group, Professor Rowan Parks to preview the Triennial / ICOSET meeting. They discuss elements of the planning and delivery of the conference, some key messages and profile some of the keynote speakers.
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May 6, 2022
A coffee room chat in ENT: Management of Septal Perforations
A coffee room chat in ENT: Management of Septal Perforations is discussed by Raj Bhalla and Nara Orban.
A new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
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Apr 29, 2022
A Coffee Room Chat in ENT: Managing Spontaneous CSF Leaks
Managing spontaneous CSF leaks is discussed with Shahz Ahmed and Omar Pathmanaban.
A new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
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Apr 22, 2022
A Coffee Room Chat in ENT: Recurrent Pleomorphic Salivary Adenoma
A coffee room chat in ENT: Recurrent pleomorphic salivary adenoma is discussed with Sanjai Sood and Stuart Winter.
A new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
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Apr 15, 2022
A Coffee Room Chat in ENT: Options in Conductive Hearing Loss
In the fifth episode of the Coffee Room Chat in ENT, Options in conductive hearing loss is discussed with Neil Donnelly and Myrthe Hol.
This is a new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
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Apr 8, 2022
A Coffee Room Chat in ENT: Patient Selection in Rhinoplasty
This is a new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
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Apr 1, 2022
A Coffee Room Chat in ENT: Day Case Parotidectomy
A coffee room chat in ENT: Day case parotidectomy is discussed by Shane Lester and Jai Manick.
A new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
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Mar 24, 2022
A coffee room chat in ENT: Managing frontal sinus disease
This week, Managing frontal sinus disease is discussed with Archana Jaiswal and Caroline Smith!
A new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
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Mar 18, 2022
A coffee room chat in ENT: Endoscopic Ear Surgery
A new series of podcasts produced by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in collaboration with ENT UK. Each episode takes on the format of a coffee room chat between two experts in the field where the nuances of managing important and challenging topics in ENT are explored as well as surgical tips based on their experience and knowledge of the field. These podcasts contain the type of information that you cannot find easily in books and other publications and are aimed at consultants and senior trainees.
This week, A coffee room chat in ENT: Endoscopic ear surgery is discussed by Wendy Smith and Gerard Kelly.
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Feb 28, 2022
Performance Project 6; Professor Steve Yule
Ken and stand-in host, Gillian Hardman, return to host the podcast. They are joined by Professor Steve Yule who goes from host to the guest chair to talk about Surgical Sabermetrics and more.
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Feb 18, 2022
Performance Project 5; Professor Lorraine Hope
Ken and Steve return to host the podcast. They are joined by Professor Lorraine Hope in a fascinating episode. Our memories, more than just recordings.
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Feb 7, 2022
Alastair Faulkner - Surgeon Artist
Greg and Sesi are joined by Alastair Faulkner, orthopaedic surgery registrar and passionate artist. He discusses his motivations, inspirations and the interface between surgery and art. A true gent and star of the Sky Arts Portrait Artists of the Year show.
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Jan 21, 2022
New Year, New Guests, New Opportunities
As we begin a new year, Greg and Sesi outline some of the exciting episodes, guests and partnerships that you can look forward to over the next year.
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Dec 22, 2021
Christmas Special
As we come to the end of a difficult 2021, the LTS podcast team bring you a Christmas special. Greg and Sesi look back at some of their favourite moments from the podcast over the last year. Have a very merry Christmas!
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Dec 17, 2021
FST International Series – Insight into Trainers; Professor Stephen Tobin
We bring you the Faculty of Surgical Trainers international series which looks at prominent trainers from across the world. In the final episode of the FST International Series, Stephen Tobin explores his best trainers, his training journey and shares some wise words to live by.
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Dec 10, 2021
FST International Series – Insight into Trainers; Ken Harris
We bring you the Faculty of Surgical Trainers international series which looks at prominent trainers from across the world. On this episode, Sesi is joined by Ken Harris to discuss all aspects of training.
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Nov 22, 2021
FST International Series – Insight into Trainers; Professor Steven Wexner
We bring you the Faculty of Surgical Trainers international series which looks at prominent trainers from across the world. On this episode, the world renowned Professor Steven Wexner joins the podcast to offer his insights into training. “You’re going to get complications/mistakes as a surgeon, try not to make the same one twice."
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Nov 15, 2021
FST International Series – Insight into Trainers; Professor Phillip Carson
We bring you the Faculty of Surgical Trainers international series which looks at prominent trainers from across the world. On this episode, Professor of Surgery and General Surgeon – Phillip Carson joins Sesi on the podcast.
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Nov 9, 2021
FST International Series – Insight into Trainers; Chris Pyke
We bring you the Faculty of Surgical Trainers international series which looks at prominent trainers from across the world. On this episode, Breast & Endocrine Surgeon – Chris Pyke joins Sesi on the podcast.
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Oct 29, 2021
Celebrating Black History Month with Miss Samantha Tross and Professor Frank Chinegwundoh
Black history month is a time to reflect on the struggles and successes of the black community. On the podcast, Greg and Sesi are joined by 2 pioneering black surgeons – the first black female consultant orthopaedic surgeon in the UK Miss Samantha Tross and Professor Frank Chinegwundoh to discuss black history month, their journeys as black surgeons and celebrate their successes. Inspirational episode with open, honest, frank and hard hitting discussions on a range of subject matter including race and how we can shape the future.
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Oct 25, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery: Global Surgery 3 – An audience with Devi Shetty, Cardiac Surgeon and revolutionary
Straight out of the Netflix Surgeon’s cut series – Dr Devi Shetty is a cardiac surgeon who provides a fascinating insight into his journey through training to being a pioneer of cardiac surgery in India.
We discuss his fundamental mission of providing affordable healthcare to all at the point of need all over the world. Devi also talks passionately about the work being done by Narayana Healthcare across India – lessons that can be learnt by other nations across the world.
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Oct 18, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Rural episode
This episode we focus on rural surgery and meet two somewhat unusual surgeons – people who do things a bit differently in a very unique setting.
Gordon McFarlane is a Consultant Surgeon in Lerwick, Shetland Islands. He graduated from Aberdeen University and continued training in general surgery in Aberdeen and Inverness. He worked for 9 years as a surgeon in Chogoria, Kenya, at a 300-bed rural church hospital. On returning to the UK, he spent 4 years on the West of Scotland Training Rotation in General Surgery, the last year of which was as a Rural Surgical Trainee with the North of Scotland Deanery. He was appointed to Gilbert Bain Hospital, Shetland in 2004. He is a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of East Central and Southern Africa, and a member of the Viking Surgeons Association. He maintains an interest in rural surgical training and surgery in Africa.
Stuart Fergusson (@sj_fergusson) is a Rural Surgical Fellow at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He graduated MBChB from the Univers…
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Oct 15, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery: Liz O’Riordan - On the other side of the Knife #1
From breast cancer surgeon to breast cancer surgeon with breast cancer, Woman of the Year Nominee Liz O’Riordan joins Sesi and greg on the podcast this week. Phenomenal, heartfelt, passionate, eloquent, honest and moving reflections from this amazing retired breast surgeon who shares her journey through diagnosis of breast cancer, treatment, recurrence as well as the psychological impact. Prepare to go through an emotional rollercoaster but learn a lot about life on the other side of the knife! www.liz.oriordan.co.uk
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Oct 11, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Paediatrics episode
Welcome to the Paediatrics episode of the RCSEd’s Careers podcast. Our panel today are Consultant Paediatric Surgeons Christopher Driver and Robin Garrett-Cox, and our very own Sesi Hotonu, who has gone from being a host of the podcast to a guest.
Christopher Driver has been a paediatric surgeon and paediatric urologist since 2000. He is currently based in the Children's Hospital in Aberdeen and is the clinical lead for the internationally regarded Scottish Paediatric Patient Safety Programme . He is a strong advocate for delivery of healthcare as close to home as possible and provides outreach services in Inverness, Dundee and Shetland. He loves the variety of paediatrics, explaining how the benefit of being a smaller specialty is that you get to do a lot of different things and describes himself as a jack of all trades, and relishes having the confidence to carry out a wide variety of procedures.
Robin Garrett-Cox has been consulting at Bristol Children's Hospital for just over 1…
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Oct 3, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Maxillofacial surgery episode
In today's episode of our careers series we focus on oral and maxillofacial surgery with a panel of Manchester-based guests.
Sajid Sainuddin is a consultant maxillofacial surgeon with a special interest in oncology and reconstruction. He began his career by training to be a dentist, before joining a craniofacial centre in his home country of India. After moving to the UK, he worked in Oxford and the support he received from consultants there was pivotal in his decision to pursue maxillofacial surgery as a career. He moved to Cardiff on a 4-year graduate entry programme, however as an international student funding his own tuition fees, he continued working in Oxford and travelled between the 2 cities to study and work. Most of Sajid’s job involves operating on head and neck cancer patients, including reconstructive work, with operations taking 10-16 hours. He describes the importance of teamwork during these long procedures and the fantastic learning opportunities they provide.
We a…
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Sep 27, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Neurosurgery episode
Welcome back to our Surgical Crossroads series. For this episode we’re at the top of the human body – let's see what neurosurgery is all about. It's is an exciting specialty, with the human brain, for many of us, representing a frontier into the unknown. It involves high stakes surgery with cutting edge technology and fast-paced developments, requiring truly committed individuals who are willing to be flexible in terms of job opportunities.
Our consultant this episode is Mr William Taylor, who was born and brought up in the West of Scotland, attended medical school at the University of Glasgow and qualified in 1984. He was appointed as a consultant neurosurgeon at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in 1994, with an interest in spinal surgery, but has subsequently developed a subspecialty interest in skull base surgery. He has been the Scottish Neurosurgical Training Programme director, Neurosurgical National Selection lead, JCIE board chairman and is the lead for t…
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Sep 24, 2021
Let’s Talk Surgery – Patient Safety, Lifebox and WHO Surgical Checklist with Tom Weiser
On the back of the recent World Patient Safety day, Tom Weiser, Trauma and General Surgeon at Stanford joins the Let’s Talk Surgery Podcast to talk some of his landmark patient safety initiatives including developing the WHO Surgical Checklist, and Lifebox (www.lifebox.org).
Extremely fascinating, charismatic and inspiring reflections of his journey and the impact of these patient safety initiatives as well as what the future holds. One top tip shared - “When you don’t know what to do, do what you know until you know what to do…”
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Sep 20, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Orthopaedics episode
Today we are joined by two orthopaedic surgeons and one budding orthopaedic surgeon to help us explore this unique specialty.
Mr Sanjay Anand is a knee surgeon with a clinical practice centred around knee and sports injuries. As has been the case with many of our guests, Sanjay was inspired to pursue a career in orthopaedics by a senior colleague early in his career. He undertook specialist training on the NW rotation, completed the BASK knee fellowship in Knee and Sports Surgery, and achieved a MSc with distinction in Orthopaedic Engineering. In addition to his clinical role, Sanjay holds an honorary senior lecturer position at both the University of Manchester and the University of Salford where he pursues a combination of basic science and mechanical research. He is also part of a group in Manchester (Orthteam) who look after amateur and professional athletes from a wide variety of sports.
Sanjay has always enjoyed teaching and training and regularly participates in national and i…
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Sep 17, 2021
Expert Witness Training with Aidan Fitzgerald and Isabel Litherland
With increasing calls for medical report writing and being an expert witness training to be mandated, Sesi and Greg are joined by Isabel Litherland (Solicitor from Bond Solon), and Aidan Fitzgerald, Consultant plastic surgeon and convenor of education at RCSED. We take a deep dive into all aspects of being an expert witness, tips and pitfalls as well as the upcoming introductory course on expert witness training. Worth a listen!
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Sep 13, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Urology episode
Welcome to the Urology episode of the Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads series.
Neil Fenn is a Consultant Urologist at Morriston Hospital Swansea and Chair of the Surgical Specialty Board (SSB) in Urology at the RCSEd. He always wanted to be a surgeon, and after qualifying from the University of Wales he completed his basic surgical and urology training in South Wales. He developed his sub-specialist interest in the management of urological malignancy and its treatment during fellowships at Flinders University, Adelaide and the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
During the last 20 years as a consultant, he has developed a minimally invasive service for patients in South West Wales including laparoscopic nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy and pyeloplasty. In co-operation with colleagues from Cardiff and Newport he is developing the first robotically assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy service in Wales. He has enjoyed seeing the development of this type of surgery over the l…
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Sep 6, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the General Surgery episode
Welcome to the Surgical Crossroads series with hosts Sesi Hotonu and Sadie Khwaja. This episode looks at General Surgery with another fantastic panel of guests.
Jane Macaskill is a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon in NHS Tayside. She is from Scotland and completed her training in Dundee and Edinburgh. Jane decided to pursue a career in surgery after an inspiring surgical placement with an ‘old-fashioned’ general surgeon who did everything. She enjoyed the exposure to a real mix of surgery and met some inspiring patients, and from that point she was hooked. She moved into breast surgery when a job opportunity arose at the Breast Clinic in Edinburgh.
Jane finds that breast surgery patients are particularly well informed about the treatments available to them and enjoys the challenge of keeping up to date with all the latest developments in her area. Jane also has an interest in global health and volunteers with the charity, Medical Aid for Palestinians, going out to the West B…
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Aug 30, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Cardiothoracic episode
Welcome to another special Careers episode of the Let's talk surgery podcast for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Today, we're speaking to some cardiothoracic surgeons: Edward Caruana (cardiothoracic trainee), Gill Hardman (cardiothoracic ST7), and Sridhar Rathinam (consultant thoracic surgeon).
Sridhar Rathinam is a consultant thoracic surgeon and senior lecturer in the University Hospitals of Leicester. He is the education secretary for Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery for Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) and chair of the Cardiothoracic Surgical specialty Board, for the RCSEd. He has a special interest in emphysema and volume production and sarcoma and is passionate about training and education. He was inspired to become a doctor as a child by his uncle, who was also a surgeon. He is passionate about performing surgery and working closely with patients through their often difficult journeys.
Gill Hardman is a cardiac registrar based in Health Education England Northwes…
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Aug 22, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Vascular episode
Welcome to another exciting instalment of our Surgical Crossroads series. Today we have some vascular surgeons joining hosts Sesi Hotonu and Sadie Khwaja to tell us all about their chosen specialty.
Andy Garnham works in the Black Country and chairs the vascular board at Edinburgh. He is also the training programme director in the West Midlands. He believes that choice of specialty often comes down to opportunity, particularly in terms of who you work with and their enthusiasm for their specialty. He became a consultant vascular surgeon in 2000, and in his day-to-day practice he enjoys the combination of general medicine and surgery and the wide variety of surgical procedures. He notes the importance of the doctor-patient relationship in vascular surgery, where patients often have ongoing health issues and vascular disease in more than one area of the body.
As President and Treasurer of the Rouleaux Club, the association for vascular trainees, Andy was involved in registering vascula…
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Aug 16, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the Plastic Surgery episode
Welcome to another episode of our Surgical Crossroads series with hosts Gregory Ekatah and Sadie Khwaja. Today we explore a career in plastic surgery.
Jeremy Rodriguez is a consultant plastic surgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire and an Associate Professor at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit. He describes how he “stumbled across” plastics as a specialty and is fascinated by the diversity and complexity of procedures. During his training he travelled and worked extensively, which enriched and challenged his clinical practice. His role is split between clinical work and his research on psychometrics: improving and using patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs). He reflects on the potential for conflict between these two roles and stresses the importance of having a system in place in order to deliver on research commitments.
Sarah Chadwick is a plastics specialty trainee in the North West deanery. She trained at Sheffield University School of Medicine and qualified i…
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Aug 9, 2021
Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, Surgical Crossroads: Choosing your specialty - the ENT episode
We begin our new series focusing on careers and career aspirations with co-host, Sadie Khwaja’s own specialty, Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery. Our guests are Consultant Otolaryngologist Emma Stapleton, ENT Registrar Todd Kanzara and medical student Eman Hasan.
Emma Stapleton is a Consultant Otolaryngologist at Manchester Royal Infirmary where she is also Clinical Lead for the Manchester Cochlear Implant Programme and academic and educational supervisor for Foundation and ENT Trainees. Among her many other roles within surgery and ENT, she is Regional Surgical Adviser for RCSEd, Honorary Secretary of the North of England Otolaryngology Society and Vice President of WENTS . She is is married with two sons.
Emma tells us what led her to choose ENT as a specialty and the importance of selecting a specialty which fits with your lifestyle. She highlights the pleasure of transitioning through one’s career to becoming a consultant - embracing challenges and having the freedom to pursue fur…
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Aug 4, 2021
Introducing Surgical Crossroads: Choosing Your Specialty - the careers series from the Let's Talk Surgery podcast
The Let's Talk Surgery podcast from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh (RCSEd) introduces a new surgical career's series, 'Surgical Crossroads: Choosing Your Specialty'.
In this series, podcast hosts Greg Ekatah and Sesi Hotonu are joined by ENT surgeon Sadie Khwaja, bringing the Health Education England North West Career's Fair, which traditionally takes place each November, to a broader audience via the podcast platform.
With 11 episodes, this podcast series focuses on careers and career aspirations. We'll be talking about how to choose the career you want in surgery and giving you a flavour of our guests' chosen specialty, as well as hints, tips and advice from those established in their career to their colleagues who are just beginning to find their career pathways.
In each episode, we will look at a different specialty and speak with three guests at different stages in their career path – a consultant, a registrar and a medical student. We wish to thank our guests for gi…
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Aug 3, 2021
Performance Project #2: Michael Moneypenny – Debriefing for life
Ken and Steve are joined by Dr Michael Moneypenny, a consultant anaesthetist who talks passionately and with great insight on the use of debrief in simulation and in real life. The hows, whens and pitfalls.
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Jul 30, 2021
Simon Paterson-Brown & MSc Patient Safety and Clinical Human Factors
Mr Simon Paterson-Brown joins the podcast as co-director of the MSc in Patient Safety & Clinical Human factors to discuss the aims of the course, its inception and applicability in everyday healthcare delivery.
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Jul 26, 2021
Vascular Surgery Round-table – Workforce Challenges and Solutions
Sesi and Paddy are joined by Ciaran McDonnell, Hannah Travers and Mimi Li, vascular surgeons across the grade spectrum for an interesting and insightful discussion around the workforce challenges that faces vascular surgery both now and in the future but also offer some solutions being considered and implemented by the Workforce Committee, Rouleaux club and the wider vascular community. Listen out for a light-hearted but well off the mark prediction of a famous rugby match from Ciaran!
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Jul 16, 2021
Vascular Journal Club & Roundtable #2; Ruth Benson
Paddy and Sesi are joined by Ruth Benson, vascular trainee, and recent past president of the Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN) to discuss innovative research during the COVID pandemic – COVER Study and her’s and VERN’s journey through research.
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Jul 9, 2021
Performance Project 4: Roger Kneebone, Becoming Expert
Ken & Steve along with guest host Rachel Falconer are joined by Professor Roger Kneebone, author of the book ‘Expert: Understanding the path to Mastery’.
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Jul 5, 2021
Performance Project #3; Carol-Anne Moulton – Performance, Identity and Culture
Ken and Steve are joined by Hepatobiliary surgeon, scientist and culture change enthusiast, Carol-Anne Moulton from the University of Toronto to explore some of her research work and her personal experiences.
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Jun 25, 2021
Performance Project #2: Michael Moneypenny – Debriefing for life
Ken and Steve are joined by Dr Michael Moneypenny, a consultant anaesthetist who talks passionately and with great insight on the use of debrief in simulation and in real life. The hows, whens and pitfalls.
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Jun 18, 2021
Performance Project Series #1; Iya Whiteley
Ken and Steve kick off their performance project series with Iya Whiteley, Director of Centre for Space Medicine, UCL.
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Jun 11, 2021
The Performance Project Series - Introduction
RCSEd is pleased to partner with ‘Ken & Steve’ to bring the Performance Project Podcast series. Ken Walker and Professor Steve Yule will be hosting a series of podcast episodes talking to guests from a range of professions between health, psychology, space and others to discuss some of the challenges professional face and how these can be overcome to maximise performance. Worth a tuning in for! Greg and Sesi are joined by Ken and Steve to discuss the upcoming series and what to expect.
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Jun 4, 2021
Vascular Surgery Roundtable VALS - John Houghton and Andrew Nickinson
Sesi, Greg and Paddy are joined by John and Andrew, vascular registrars, to discuss their innovative work and research projects around critical limb ischaemia and service redesign.
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May 21, 2021
Introduction to the Vascular Surgery Series - Mr Patrick Coughlin
In this episode, Greg and Sesi are joined by Patrick Coughlin, consultant vascular surgeon in Cambridge. They discuss the exciting upcoming vascular surgery series on the "Let's Talk Surgery" podcast where the latest in vascular research, practice, training and innovation will be explored.
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May 14, 2021
Global Surgery Series 2: Miss Mhairi Collie, Global Citizen of the Year
A consultant colorectal surgeon and a career dedicated to improving the lives of women with complex childbirth injuries, Mhairi Collie joins Sesi and Greg to talk about her journey, the Uganda Childbirth Injury Fund and the recent prestigious award of Global Citizen of the Year. Selflessness, caring, compassion and the strive to make the world a better place for all!
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May 7, 2021
Global Surgery Series 2 with Mr Phil Hammond
“Inspiring… Bravery… Self-less… Fun” Some of the reflections from Mr Philip Hammond, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon who joins Sesi and Greg on this episode of the podcast. Phil discusses his humanitarian missions as well as a brief stint with the Royal Navy. This is full of interesting insights and useful advice.
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Apr 26, 2021
Leadership in Focus - Caroline Lamb
Caroline Lamb is the current Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and the Director General of Health and Social Care within the Scottish Government. She joins Greg and Sesi to reflect on her leadership journey but also her experiences of leading through the pandemic in a number of portfolio areas within the Scottish Government. Passionate about leadership, empowering others, and inclusivity, Caroline also touches on the recent International Women’s Day and how we can ensure more women are afforded similar leadership opportunities.
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Apr 16, 2021
Leadership in Focus - Tim Graham
On this episode of the podcast, we meet Tim Graham, consultant cardiac surgeon and leads the Professional Standards Office at RCSED. He discusses his training journey, being a cardiac surgeon, his passions and candid reflections on leading through a crisis / difficult moments as well as gives us a flavour of the role of the professional standards office.
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Apr 9, 2021
Leadership in Focus - Dr David Rosser
In the second in our four-part leadership series focusing on leading through the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, Greg and Sesi sit down with Dr David Rosser, Chief Executive of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. As head of one of the largest hospital trusts in the UK, they discuss Dr Rosser's experiences of responding to the clinical challenges posed by pandemic, and the role of innovation in service provision and recovery of services.
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Mar 26, 2021
‘Improving Safety Out of Hours’ campaign – Beth Lineham
Following the recent publication of ‘Patient Safety: Improving Safety Out of Hours’ document, Greg and Sesi are joined by Beth Lineham, Orthopaedic Registrar and co-author of the report, to discuss some of the salient points identified in the survey. They discuss key issues highlighted and some examples of good practice noted in the survey.
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Mar 19, 2021
Leadership in Focus – Professor Jason Leitch
A four part series focusing on leadership, in particular leading through crisis within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Greg and Sesi are joined on the podcast by the Scottish Government National Clinical Director, Professor Jason Leitch to discuss his leadership journey and his reflections on the last 12 months.
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Mar 19, 2021
The Pandemic versus Medical Students
Sesi is joined by Gillian Hardman from the RCSED Trainees committee in an all-female panel, in commemoration of International Women’s Day, to reflect on how the pandemic has impacted on Medical Students. They are joined by an inspiring group of students to have open, frank conversations on their experiences and hopes for the future. Important lessons on how to help future generations during this difficult period.
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Mar 19, 2021
Patient Safety Series - Kevin Turner, 'we are ordinary people'
In the final episode of the patient safety series, Greg and Sesi welcome Kevin Turner, consultant urologist and chair of the surgical adverse events first aid response working group to discuss patient safety from the lens of resilience in surgeons and other clinicians. We discuss the concept of the secondary casualty following significant adverse events, how we can support clinicians through complications and some of the data coming out of ongoing research in this area. Very insightful and fun discussions.
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Mar 19, 2021
Patient Safety Series - Professor Rhona Flin
As our focus on patient safety continues, Greg and Sesi welcome Professor Rhona Flin to the podcast to discuss her journey through psychology, human factors and translation of her work to the frontline of healthcare.
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Mar 19, 2021
Patient Safety Series - ‘Just Culture, not blame culture’ with Martin Bromiley
The second instalment of the patient safety series - Out of the darkness of the death of his wife in 2005 came a number of positives – Martin has continued to advocate for patient safety to be at the forefront of all we do in health and social care around the world. The Clinical Human Factors Group, his journey through adversity and how we can aim for a ‘just culture rather than blame culture’ is also explored in this absolutely brilliant episode of the LTS podcast. One of the most passionate, honest and insightful conversations Greg and Sesi have had since the inception of the podcast!
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Mar 19, 2021
Patient Safety Series - Anna Paisley
The first of 5 episodes in our patient safety series which looks to interview leading figures in patient safety work across RCSEd and the rest of the UK. Miss Anna Paisley, consultant Upper GI Surgeon and chair of the RCSEd Patient Safety Group joins Greg and Sesi.
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Mar 19, 2021
The Faculty of Surgical Trainer Series - Claire McNaught, RCSEd Honorary Secretary
In the final episode of the FST Trainer’s series, we sit down with Claire McNaught – RCSEd Honorary Secretary and Colorectal Surgeon to discuss her reflections on training.
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Mar 19, 2021
The Faculty of Surgical Trainers Series - Mr James Tomlinson, Deputy Director of FST
On this episode of the Let’s Talk Surgery Podcast FST Series, James Tomlinson joins Greg and Sesi for an exciting, brilliant and informative discussion on training, leadership, and the human side of surgery. Plus some good tips on books to read as well as sage words of wisdom.
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Mar 19, 2021
Wellbeing Week Build Up
Ahead of the upcoming inaugural wellbeing week hosted and organised by the RCSED trainees’ committee, Kellie Bateman and Gillian Hardman join Greg and Sesi on the podcast to talk about the importance of wellbeing both during the COVID pandemic and as we move forward. They also build up to wellbeing week with the development, and some of the highlights of the week. Not to be missed!
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Mar 19, 2021
The Faculty of Surgical Trainers Series - Chris Caddy
On the next episode of the Let’s Talk Surgery Faculty of Surgical Trainers Series, we welcome Chris Caddy, retired Consultant Plastic Surgery who shares his reflections of training from the views of being a trainer.
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Mar 19, 2021
The Faculty of Surgical Trainers Series – Robin Paton
Professor Robin Paton, consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon, joins Greg and Sesi to share his reflections of training from the perspective of a trainer. Important messages and lots of good humour.
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Mar 19, 2021
The Faculty of Surgical Trainers Series – David O’Regan
This week, we bring the first episode of a new FST series exploring training from the eyes of trainers. Fascinating insight into their training experiences as trainees and also as trainers. Mr. David O’Regan join us this on this episode.
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Mar 19, 2021
A Christmas special with RCSEd Office Bearers
Ahead of the Christmas holiday season, we bring you a mini-Christmas quiz with the College Office Bearers as well as a Christmas message to Fellow, members, affiliates, and our audience. At the end of a tough 2020, we hope to bring some Christmas cheer and light-hearted round table podcast episode.
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Mar 19, 2021
Concussion and Head Injury Awareness with Dr. Jonathan Hanson
Greg and Sesi are joined on the podcast by Dr. Jonathan Hanson, Consultant in Sports & Exercise Medicine, Team doctor for Glasgow Warriors Rugby team and member of the Scottish Government Medical Advisory Group on Sports Concussion. He talks about some of the short, medium and long effects of concussions, the work being done to tackle concussions and head injuries in sports and the general public. Giving the recent spotlight on this, one of his key messages is the need to be cautious and trat head injuries with respect as clinical questions continue over the long term implications.
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Mar 19, 2021
An audience with the RCSEd Leadership Fellow
On this week's episode, Greg goes from being the host to the guest - taking us through his leadership experience / journey over the course of a fellowship like no other in the face of the COVID pandemic.
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Mar 19, 2021
Paediatric Global Surgery
On this week's episode of the RCSEd Let's Talk Surgery Podcast, we sit down with 2 leaders in the field of Paediatric Global Surgery, Professor Kokila Lakhoo and Naomi Wright. Join us for insightful discussions and practical tips on getting involved.
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Mar 19, 2021
College Activity: Hot off the Press!
On this week's episode, we summarise the latest activity within the College, and highlight exciting developments and upcoming events to get involved in.
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Mar 19, 2021
An International College with Pala Rajesh
On this week's episode, we welcome Pala Rajesh, Vice President of RCSEd, with insights on the College's international strategy and exciting plans for the future.
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Mar 19, 2021
'Faeces, Fluid, Flatus...' - The Two David's
On this episode we welcome Mr David O'Regan, Chair of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, and Mr David Riding, Chair of the RCSEd Trainee's Committee. We have radical conversations and passionate discussions on training, current issues in surgical training and how to maximise training opportunities in the context of the current COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
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Mar 19, 2021
An Audience with the Presidents
On this episode, we welcome RCSEd President, Professor Michael Griffin, and Vice-president, Professor Rowan Parks, to discuss their personal and leadership journeys, inspirations and how COVID-19 has affected the College while looking forward to the recovery in the months to come.
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Mar 11, 2021
Welcome to Let's Talk Surgery
Hosts Gregory Ekatah and Sesi Hotonu introduce the inaugural RCSEd Podcast, the topics they will be covering and special guests who will join the show.
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