KCL Surgical Society

🪡 IWD 2026 - Operating on Women's Health: Conversations with Surgeons and Obstetrician-Gynaecologists

Celebrate International Women's Day with KCL OBG, KCL Surg Soc & KCL WinS ✨

Join us for an evening with an incredible panel of expert doctors & surgeons as we explore the landscape of women's health, being a woman in medicine, and much more! 🦋

🗓️ Thursday 26th March, 6:30 - 8pm
📍 NHH Lecture Theatre 2, Guy's Campus
Sign up via the link in our bio!

📣 Amazing opportunity alert!
We have teamed up with to provide you an amazing chance to spend up to 4 weeks in Barcelona shadowing surgeons at the Hospital del Mar. Together with Gimbernat Surgical Society and their professor, Professor Manuel Pera, we are giving 3 students the chance to gain an insight into what surgery is like in Barcelona.

To sign up, just visit the Google Form in our link tree and answer the questions provided. Shortlisted candidates will be notified soon after!
Only current society members will be considered.

📣 Note: the flights, accommodation, and any personal expenses will have to covered by the student themselves. All shadowing/operative time and research opportunities will be organised by the hospital.

Link in our bio!

Deadline: Monday 25th April, 17:00

KCL Surgical Society elections will be facilitated by KCLSU on their website and follow the above schedule.

Candidates will be able to nominate themselves by going to the KCLSU website, logging in and then nominating themselves via the elections webpage on our LinkTree.

Committee role descriptions have also been uploaded to the LinkTree.

We look forward to receiving your nominations!

our sponsors are running a competition to win an £80 Just Eat voucher!

Head over to Instagram to find out how to enter: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYpLtFgBUZH/

They pick a winner every 2 months. Open to MDU members only. Good luck!

Come and watch The London Anatomy Cup 2022 Finale live via Microsoft Teams on Saturday 12th March 10am-1pm for free! The finale will consist of a series of game show style rounds where 1 team from each London Medical School will compete to win the title of the Best Anatomy Team in London as well as other prizes! 🎁
We are very excited to be collaborating with KCL Anatomy Society for this event! 🫀🦴

Link will be in our bio!

Thank you to everyone who attended our Synergy conference this past month - from the speaker sessions in February to our conference day last Saturday! We hope you had a fulfilling time during the conference and we look forward to seeing you at more Surgical Society events. A big thank you to all our speakers and demonstrators especially for making this conference possible and for sharing their wonderful insights with us!

Here is a breakdown of how our workshop day is going to run:⁣⁣
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In the morning, take your pick of 2 out of 3 of the following workshops:⁣⁣
- CST Portfolio⁣⁣
- Basic Suturing⁣⁣
- Speed Dating⁣⁣
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After lunch (included in your ticket price!! 🤩) and poster presentations, the afternoon workshops will be:⁣⁣
- Plastics⁣⁣
- Orthopaedics⁣⁣
- Vascular⁣⁣
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➡️ Swipe for a short description of each workshop! ⁣⁣
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We are so excited to see you all there! Grab your tickets now while they’re available - remember you have to buy a ticket and fill out the google form to secure your place! Links in bio 👀

📣 TICKETS ARE LIVE! 📣⁣
Bag your tickets now for our 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 workshop day as part of our Synergy conference! It will be held on Saturday 26th February 2022 in New Hunts House on Guy’s Campus. ⁣
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If you are looking to pursue surgery as a career or if it’s something you’re interested in, this conference day is perfect for you! We have some fantastic workshops lined up for you - get surgeons’ advice on how to build your CST portfolio, learn about a range of surgical specialties and improve your suturing skills. You don’t want to miss this! Keep your eyes peeled for our next post breaking down how the day is going to run. ⁣
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‼️ Tickets are first come first serve so get them while they’re available and please make sure to buy your ticket 𝐀𝐍𝐃 fill out the google form to secure your spot. Links to both can be found in our bio ‼️⁣

Interested in publishing your own work? Join us on the 20th Jan for an online event with Dr Kotecha, a GKT graduate who is kindly sharing her advice on how to publish work as a medical student. Link below!

Publishing as a Medical Student
Jan 20, 2022 06:00 PM London

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83015883193?pwd=MmY3bDZseEhVdzQxSGxFbEpZaGVvZz09

Last but not least, we have Prof. Prokar Dasgupta, who will be our final speaker for the conference. We look forward to having him with us!

This year’s conference will take place virtually, with speaker sessions each afternoon through the week of 24th January, followed by an in person (!!!!) workshop series on 29th January. We hope to see you there!

Check out our other posts for more details on the conference and on our other speakers.

Our third speaker for this year’s ‘Synergy’ conference is none other than Dr. Nancy Ascher. Get to know more about her in the bio above!

This year’s conference will take place virtually, with speaker sessions each afternoon through the week of 24th January, followed by an in person (!!!!) workshop series on 29th January. We hope to see you there!

Check out our other posts for more details on the conference and on our other speakers.