Surgeon Event
- Time:
- 19:00 - 20:30
- Date:
- 8 November 2013
- Venue:
- Winchester Discovery Centre
For more information regarding this event, please telephone 01962 873 603 or email www.bit.ly/19Jbvgs .
Event details
An evening of conversation, real-life surgical footage and working demonstrations, Surgeon is Tim Underwood’s personal story of a surgical career, the challenges he confronts every day and his efforts to help eradicate oesophageal cancer.
An evening of conversation, real-life surgical footage and working demonstrations,Surgeon is Tim Underwood’s personal story of a surgical career, the challenges he
confronts every day and his efforts to help eradicate oesophageal cancer.
FEATURING
Anatomy of a surgeon’s life
Open and keyhole surgery on screen
Human error in the operating theatre
Fighting the ‘heartburn’ cancer
Live demonstrations
Speaker information
Mr Tim Underwood,An award-winning surgeon and Medical Research Council clinician scientist, Tim Underwood is an upper gastrointestinal specialist at Southampton, combining surgical practice with research to improve patients’ outcomes and oesophageal cancer diagnosis, treatment and care. Tim is also a trustee of Heartburn Cancer Awareness & Support, and is running the 2013 New York Marathon with colleagues to raise £100,000 for Cancer Research UK.