{"id":178,"date":"2014-06-10T10:52:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T10:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=178"},"modified":"2014-06-27T15:38:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-27T15:38:14","slug":"call-for-abstracts-submission-of-abstracts-and-applications-for-the-simpson-smith-travelling-award-is-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/06\/10\/call-for-abstracts-submission-of-abstracts-and-applications-for-the-simpson-smith-travelling-award-is-now-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Abstracts &#8211; Submission of abstracts and applications for the Simpson Smith Travelling Award is now open"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2014\/06\/10\/call-for-abstracts-submission-of-abstracts-and-applications-for-the-simpson-smith-travelling-award-is-now-open\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>We are delighted to invite you to London\u2019s 8th Surgical Symposium on Wednesday 3rd of September 2014.\u00a0Please click on the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2014\/06\/Surgical-Symposium-Poster.pdf\">Surgical Symposium Poster<\/a>\u00a0for more details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The programme for the day includes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The 67th Simpson Smith Memorial Lecture:<strong> &#8220;Improving surgical outcomes in rectal cancer surgery: past, present and future&#8221;<\/strong> by Professor Per Nilsson, Karolinska University Hospital, Sweden<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>\u201cThe role of surgery after chemoradiation in oesophageal cancer\u201d<\/em><\/strong><em> by Professor Christophe Mariette, University of Lille 2, France<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>&#8220;The use of bioimpedance for clinical applications&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><em> by Professor Richard Bayford, <\/em>Middlesex University, United Kingdom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Plenary and Poster Sessions with prizes, a debate, and the announcement of the Simpson Smith Travel Award winner 2014<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Call for abstracts:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We welcome submission of abstracts for the plenary, poster and audit poster sessions at this stage, full details of how to submit can be found on our <a href=\"www.imperial.ac.uk\/medicine\/surgicalsymposium\">website<\/a> and the deadline is the <strong>25<sup>th<\/sup> of July 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Extension of deadline for applications for the Simpson Smith Travel Award:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants are invited to apply for the <strong>Alex Simpson Smith Travelling Fellowships<\/strong> and the <strong>deadline has been extended to 25<sup>th<\/sup> of July 2014<\/strong>. These awards are offered to senior surgical trainees (ST3 or above), or to newly appointed consultants (within 5 years of appointment) in any branch of surgery.\u00a0 The Fellowships are intended to allow candidates to visit centres of excellence abroad, in order to obtain further experience or training within their speciality, currently not available in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>For further details of how to register for this event, book a place at the evening meal or apply for any of the sessions, please see our flyer which is attached, and visit our website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/medicine\/surgicalsymposium\">www.imperial.ac.uk\/medicine\/surgicalsymposium<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>Surgical Symposium Organising Committee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to invite you to London\u2019s 8th Surgical Symposium on Wednesday 3rd of September 2014.\u00a0Please click on the Surgical Symposium Poster\u00a0for more details. 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