Scottish Spine Surgeons 16th Annual Meeting - 2025 - Programme
The Scottish Spine Surgeons seek to promote safe and best practice spinal surgery across Scotland. Our annual meeting is a friendly forum for learning, discussion and promotion of this aim.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD): Award (awaited) hours of continuing professional develop by the Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow – Recognition number – RCSG xxxxx on (x hours Day 1, y hours Day 2).
Please bring a mobile device to allow interaction during the meeting. For voting during presentations we are moving to Microsoft Teams using Forms accessed through NHS Scotland.
Wi Fi is available throughout.
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Programme (updated 03/11/2025)
| Day 1 | Thursday - 6 November | |
| 0930 |
Registration Tea and Coffee and meet the Sponsors in Kibble Suite |
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| 1020 | Welcome in Botanic Suite |
Fraser Dean Tony Gibson |
| 1030 | "Endoscopy experience in Glasgow" | Mohamed Abdelsadg |
| 1130 | "Complex case discussion" | Niall Craig |
| 1230 | Lunch in Kelvin Suite | |
| 1330 | "The pain clinic perspective" | Pete Paisley |
| 1400 | "AI / Innovation in spine surgery" | Likhith Alakandy |
| 1430 | "A career in spine surgery" | David Jaffray |
| 1530 | Tea and Coffee and meet the Spsonsors in Kibble Suite | |
| 1550 | Presentation from Johnson and Johnson - DePuy Synthes | (tbc) |
| 1600 | Scotland - around the regions | All |
| National Deformity Service | CHris Adams | |
| Glasgow - Neurosurgery Spine | Likhith Alakandy | |
| Glasgow - Orthopaedics Spine | Niall Craig | |
| Edinburgh |
Karen Outram Jothy Kandasamy |
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| Aberdeen | Santosh Baliga | |
| Inverness | Gerry Cousins | |
| Dundee | Heinke Pulhorn | |
| 1830 | Drinks in the Terrace Lounge, Grosvenor Hotel | |
| 1930 | 16th Annual Dinner | |
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in the Botanic Suite, Grosvenor Hotel (dress code smart / casual) |
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| Late | End of day 1 |
| Day 2 | Friday - 7 November | |
| 0900 | Tea and Coffee and meet the Sponsors in Kibble Suite | |
| 0930 | "History of innovations in spine surgery" | Robert Dunsmuir |
| 1010 | "Glasgow Extended Scope Physiotherpy Update | John O'Toole |
| 1030 | "Updates in Radiology" | Jason Jacob |
| 1110 | Coffee and meet the Sponsors | |
| 1130 | Free papers | |
| 1215 |
Where next meeting? |
Fraser Dean |
| 1230 | Presentation of prizes and Closing Remarks | |
| 1245 | Lunch in Kelvin Suite |
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