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University of Liverpool Student Surgical Research Society 

The UoL SSRS was set up by our fellows with the aim of having students learn and participate in surgical research with the hope they continue research in their careers. Below is a list of the achievements of the group, with muliple presentations at local, national and international conferences, publications and awards (students are highlighted in bold). If you are a UoL medical student who would like to get involved there are regular meetings throughout the year please get in touch with the current president, Jayden Gittens or Matthew Fok.

Current President 2024

Hagar Salem

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Publications 

Peer reviewed papers ​

  1. Risk of tumour seeding in patients with liver lesions undergoing biopsy with or without concurrent ablation: meta-analysis. Maducolil JE, Girgis S, Mustafa MA, Gittens J, Fok M, Mahapatra S, Vimalachandran D, Jones R. BJS Open. 2024 May 8;8(3):zrae050. doi: 10.1093/bjsopen/zrae050

  2. Fok M, Hill R, Fowler H, Clifford R, Kler A, Uzzi-Daniel J, Rocha S, Grundy G, Parsons J, Vimalachandran D. Enhancing Radiotherapy Outcomes in Rectal Cancer: A Systematic Review of Targeting Hypoxia-Induced Radioresistance. Clin Transl Radiat Oncol. 2023;44:100695. 

  3. Fowler H, Law J, Tham SM, Gunaravi SA, Houghton N, Clifford RE, Fok M, Barker JA, Vimalachandran D. Impact on blood loss and transfusion rates following administration of tranexamic acid in major oncological abdominal and pelvic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis. J Surg Oncol. 2022;126(3):609-621.

  4. Fok M, Toh S, Maducolil J, Fowler H, Clifford R, Parsons J, Vimalachandran D. Proton beam therapy in rectal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Surgical Oncology. 2021:101638.

Abstracts

  1. MS Chohan, K Goyal, M Fok, R Hill, A Kler, D Vimalachandran. P10 Do chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine have a role as radiosensitisers in the treatment of cancer? A systematic review. British Journal of Surgery. 2023; 110 (Supplement_3)

  2. A Kler, A Najran, MS Choan, M Fok, D Vimalachandran. O130 Transarterial chemoembolization in rectal cancer: a systematic review. British Journal of Surgery. 2023; 110 (Supplement_3)

  3. M Fok, H Fowler, R Clifford, A Kler, J Gittens, S Toh, R Wade, D Vimalachandran. O133 Network meta-analysis of neoadjuvant therapy in rectal cancer. British Journal of Surgery. 2023;110 (Supplement_3), znad101. 133

  4. O Jayawardena, S Toh, H Fowler, M Fok, R Clifford, 667 Virtual Learning During The COVID-19 Pandemic Amongst Medical Students in The United Kingdom, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 108, Issue Supplement_2, May 2021, znab134.160

  5. S Toh, O Jayawardena, H Fowler, M Fok, R Clifford, 457 Survey of Perceived Barriers to Medical Students for Progression into Surgery, British Journal of Surgery, Volume 108, Issue Supplement_2, May 2021, znab134.145

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Awards

Deepshikha Kumar (2024) - INSPIRE summer studentship - £600
Jeremy Easow (2021) - oral presentation winner - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Undergraduate and Foundation Doctors Research Symposium
Jayden Gittens (2022) - oral presentation winner - Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Undergraduate and Foundation Doctors Research Symposium
Sisyena Gunaravi (2021) - National Undergraduate Anaesthetics Conference 2nd place
Chyu Lai Yan Naing (2021) - Virtual Academic Surgery Conference NSTS: SAR Prize

Presentations

Oral 

  1. Steven Toh - Proton Beam Therapy in Rectal Cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2020 - ASiT/MedAll Virtual Surgical Summit

  2. Steven Toh - Survey of perceived barriers to medical students for progression into surgery 2020 - ICGRx Summit 

  3. Steven Toh - Virtual learning during COVID-19 Pandemic -  ICGRx Summit

  4. Jeremy Easow - Proton Beam Therapy in Rectal Cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2020 - National William Harvey Surgical Evening 

  5. Su Ming Tham - Impact on blood loss & transfusion rates following TXA administration in elective abdominal surgery - 2020 - National William Harvey Surgical Evening

  6. Chyu Lai - Reducing waiting lists for laparoscopic cholecystectomy: An intensive approach to aid COVID-19 recovery - 2021 - Virtual Academic Surgery Conference 

  7. Sisyena Gunaravi - 2021 - Impact on blood loss & transfusion rates following TXA administration in elective abdominal surgery - National Undergraduate Anaesthetics Conference 

  8. Jeremy Easow - 2021 - National Undergraduate Anaesthetics Conference - RCSEd undergraduate research symposium

​Posters

  1. Steven Toh - Surgical Education and Simulation International Online Conference 2020 - Survey of perceived barriers to medical students for progression into surgery

  2. Ovin Jayawardena - Surgical Education and Simulation International Online Conference 2020 - Virtual Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic amongst Medical Students in the UK

  3. Ovin Jayawardena - ASiT/MedAll Virtual Surgical Summit - Virtual Learning during the COVID-19 pandemic amongst Medical Students in the UK

  4. Joe Hanna - ASiT/MedAll Virtual Surgical Summit - Colorectal Cancer Surgery Service Provision during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Assessment of a Single Trust

  5. Chris Khoory - ACPGBI Annual Meeting (due to COVID posters not presented - published instead) - Colorectal Cancer Surgery Service Provision during the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Assessment of a Single Trust

  6. Sisyena Gunaravi - National Undergraduate Anaesthetics Conference - Impact on blood loss and transfusion rates following administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) in elective abdominal surgery: a systematic review and meta analysis

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