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): Awarded 8 hours of continuing professional develop by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – Recognition number – RCSEd 03330 on 08/10/2024 (5 hours Day 1, 3 hours Day 2).
| Day 1 | Thursday - 7 November | |
| 0930 | Tea and Coffee and Sonsor Stands | Sponsor Stands |
| 1000 | Welcome | Gerry Cousins |
| 1015 | "Military and Humanitarian Surgery in Conflict Settings" | Andy Kent |
| 1115 | "Gagged by guidance" | Vinay Jasani |
| and "Adult deformity case series" | ||
| 1215 | Lunch and Sponsor Stands | |
| 1345 | Scottish regions - current state of play | All |
| West of Scotland | Niall Craig | |
| Grampian / Norht of Scotland | Pete Bodkin | |
| Highland | Jo Surtees | |
| Tayside | Heinke Pulhorn | |
| Lothian and South East | Karen Outram | |
| 1500 | Patient Safety - engaging with the Scottish Parliament health committee | Chris Adams |
| 1600 | Quiz | |
| 1700 | Platinum sponsor - 10 minute presentation | DePuy Synthes |
| 1710 | End of day 1 | |
| 1900 | Annual Dinner at Glen Mhor Hotel |
| Day 2 | Friday - 8 November | |
| 0900 | Tea and Coffee and Sonsor Stands | |
| 0930 | Free papers | |
| Paper 1 | Patient Prioritisation for Lumbar Decompression: Linear Analysis of Pre-Operative vs 1yr Post-Operatively Patient Reported Outcome Measures | Mostafa Beshr |
| Paper 2 | Is MRI Reporting on Spinal Stability after Thoracolumbar Spinal Trauma Adequately Informative? |
Eilidh Edmiston Ryad Khatib |
| Paper 3 | Radiological and Functional Outcomes of Surgically Managed Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy(DCM) in Northern Ireland between 2019 to 2021 period: A Retrospective Regional Study with 1 year follow-up period. | Hushil Singh Sandhu |
| 1030 | Training to be a Spinal Consultant: The pathways, scope of practice and what the future holds. | Girish Swamy |
| 1115 | Cauda Equina Pathway - GIRFT - questionnaire and discussion | Gerry Cousins |
| 1200 | Close, next meeting and Lunch |