Mr Nick Maynard

We would like to welcome Mr Nick Maynard as the new AUGIS President. 

Congratulations to the UGI Congress Free Paper Prize Winners, who are: 

Zeeshan Afzal: Endoluminal Vacuum Therapy (EVT) for leaks in the upper gastrointestinal (UGI) tract; 10-years’ experience in a specialist Oesphagogastric centre (O-EGS08)

Stella Breininger: Genomic analysis of response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in oesophageal adenocarcinoma (O-OGC06)

Sian Farrell: A composite polymeric nanoparticle as a sensitiser for sonodynamic therapy (SDT)-based treatment of pancreatic cancer (O-P03)

Piriyah Sinclair: The effect of high fat diet and subsequent intentional weight loss on tumour burden in an animal model of spontaneous endometrial cancer (O-B04)

Caoimhe Walsh: Peri-operative thrombophilia in patients undergoing liver resection for colorectal metastases (O-L04)

Helen Whitmore: The management of pancreatitis and complications that require intervention in a Benign Specialist Surgical Unit (O-BN05)

AUGIS will be working on updating the AUGIS Provision of Services Document over the next few months and members will receive updates on the latest Guidlines, in particular those related to the Covid Pandemic and other Intercollegiate advice. 

The AUGIS Clinical Services and Audit Subcommittee develops and updates guidance in partnership with the sub-specialty leads and other associations.  

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