International Clinical Trials Day – Trials in Surgery

International Clinical Trials Day - Trials in Surgery, 20th May We are delighted to invite you to the International Clinical Trials Day – Surgical Cancer Trials Event being held face to face in the Keeton Lomas Lecture Theatre in Newcastle University’s Armstrong Building and via Zoom from 1100 to 1400 hours on Friday 20th May…

NESTAC/NESS Online Event 2022 – Prize Winning Opportunities

The North East Surgical Training Academy (NESTAC), in association with the North East Surgical Society (NESS), are now receiving applications for the award of three prizes at their joint virtual meeting on 29th April, 1-5pm. We welcome abstract submission by the 2nd April deadline for the opportunity to win one of three £250 prizes. NESTAC…

Pybus Lecture & NESS/NESTAC Scientific Day 2022

ONLINE EVENT Friday 29th April 2022   I    13:00 – 17:00 BST Join us for our online version of the annual Pybus Lecture and NESS/NESTAC Scientific Day. This is an excellent opportunity for juniors with an interest in surgery to get an overview of what trials and research there is going on in the…

Pybus Lecture & NESS/NESTAC Scientific Day 2021

Online Event 7 May 2021 14:00 – 17:50 BST Join us for our online version of the annual Pybus lecture and NESS/NESTAC scientific day. This is an excellent opportunity for juniors with an interest in surgery to get an overview of what trials and research there is going on in the region and how to…

COVERing the Globe: The global vascular COVID-19 webinar

Date and Time Fri, 27 November 2020 15:00 – 16:20 GMT Webinar This international webinar is delivered by the Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN). Over the past 8-9 months Sandip Nandhra, has been co-leading the COVER study which has been recording a raft of vascular related outcomes globally (see more: https://vascular-research.net/). This has been irrespective of COVID…

Students in Surgical Research

Date and Time Sat, 19 October 2019 09:00 – 15:00 BST Location Herschel Building, Lecture Theatre 2 Newcastle University Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU North East Surgical Training Academy (NESTAC) and Newcastle University Surgical Society would like to welcome you to their Autumn 2019 meeting. NESTAC aims to stimulate interest and enthusiasm for surgical research…

Pybus Lecture and NESS NESTAC Scientific Day. Friday 3rd May 2019.

The North East Surgical Training Academy (NESTAC), in association with the North East Surgical Society (NESS), are now receiving applications for the award of the NESS George Feggetter Medal for trainees and NESTAC Medal for medical students. In the past this medal has been won by Orthopaedic registrars, Upper GI registrars and ENT surgeons amongst…

NESTAC Annual Autumn Meeting.

Date and Time Sat, 13 October 2018 09:00 – 15:00 BST Location Faculty of Medical Sciences Newcastle University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE2 4HH We would like to welcome you to the North East Surgical Training Academy (NESTAC) Autumn 2018 meeting, taking place at Newcastle Medical School on Saturday 13th October 2018. NESTAC aims to stimulate…

GRANULE: GeneRAtiNg sUrgicaL rEcruiters for randomised trials.

Northern Surgical Trainee Research Association and  the North East Surgical Training Academy Course. This course will equip you with the practical skills to recruit patients into randomised trials. It will focus on the ability to communicate to patients the concept of 'equipoise', the uncertainty over which treatment is best. Completing this course will give you…