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💫 What a week for our Peninsula Oesophago-gastric Unit at AUGIS 2025 in Glasgow! 💫 ✨ So proud of our team at University Hospitals Plymouth! ✨ We had an Invited Talk from our unit, our student won the main AUGIS Prize Paper 🏆 & Best Medical Student Paper Award 🏅, and our junior doctors presented multiple oral, video, and poster sessions across innovation, sustainability, education, and surgical excellence. 🎤 Invited Talk Routine ward-based care after Oesophagectomy: A unique model with best length of stay in the UK Ariyarathenam A.V. 🎙️ Oral Presentations • The Reimagined Kardex System – An Ecological, Economical & Standardised Approach Lawrence S., Ariyarathenam A.V. 🏆 • Reusable Scrub Caps in Medical Training: A Sustainability, Safety & Teaching Initiative Lawrence S., Down R., Chilton J., Watson H., Drake E., Bethune C., Stevenson A., Ariyarathenam A.V. 🎬 Video Presentation Robotic Repair of Recurrent Giant Hiatal Hernia & Excision of Sarcoma Raghunanan Y., Chan D.S. 📊 Poster & Short Oral Presentations • Pain Relief or Opioid Grief? A Reduction in Opioid Prescribing Following Gastro-oesophagectomy Forbes R.H., Gibbons B.M., Jobson O., Berrisford R.G., Chan D.S., Sanders G., Tham J., Wheatley T., Abdelrahman M., Ahmed A., Ariyarathenam A.V. • From Waste to Sustainability: Reducing Chest Drain Bottle Waste Post Oesophagectomy Muneeswaran S., Badr M., Ariyarathenam A.V. • Immersive Surgical Training on a Budget: Evaluating a Low-Cost VR Headset for Robotic Upper Gastrointestinal Procedures Lopes T., Bush A., Abdelrahman M., Ahmed A., Chan D., Sanders G., Tham J., Wheatley T., Ariyarathenam A.V. 👏 A huge thank you to the AUGIS team for organising such an outstanding conference in Glasgow — a brilliant blend of education, innovation, and connection. We’re grateful for the opportunity to share our work and for the recognition it received. Special thanks to Javed for the kind invitation, Steve and Shajahan for chairing the ERAS+ session, and Arin and the education team for inspiring and supporting the next generation of Upper GI surgeons. Our juniors returned from AUGIS highly motivated — that inspiration alone made the journey worthwhile! Finally, our sincere thanks to Iain for his outstanding leadership as President, and we look forward to the year ahead under Andy’s guidance. 💙 #AUGIS2025 #PeninsulaOGUnit #TeamUHP #Surgery #Innovation #Sustainability #MedicalEducation #Leadership #Mentorship #Collaboration #Oesophagogastric AUGIS Steve Hornby Arin Saha Iain Cameron Mohamed Abdelrahman Tim Wheatley sophie lawrence Trisha Lopes Alexander Bush David Chan Heather Davis University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust University of Plymouth Oliver Brown Annette Rickard Neil Macdonald Jo Beer Amanda Nash

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