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The Education Department Faculty - we are always interested in hearing from surgeons willing to teach on our courses and contribute their time and experience to their colleagues in the profession in this way.

The Education Department's reputation as a leading supplier of surgical education is founded on the expertise of our tutors. Led by the Director, they are practising surgeons seconded part-time to provide academic direction for our programmes. The department is headed by:

Director: Professor Michael Larvin
Chairman of Education: Professor Michael Horrocks
Anatomist: Professor Vishy Mahadevan

They are supported by other Tutors, also practising surgeons seconded part-time to provide academic direction for our programmes, in:

Individual courses are presented and taught by a widely-based team of volunteers from the surgical profession (and where appropriate from other medical professions), under the leadership of what we call 'course convenors' - surgeons invited by the department, normally through the Raven Tutor, to manage the surgical input to the course.

We are very grateful for all the hard work and expertise that our faculty brings to the course programmes, and we are always interested in hearing from surgeons willing to teach on our courses and contribute their time and experience to their colleagues in the profession in this way.

Director
Professor Michael Larvin BSc MBBS CMgt MA MD FRCS

Director of the Education Department.
Professor of Surgery, University of Nottingham.
Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Supported by B Braun Medical Ltd

Chairman of Education
Professor Michael Horrocks

Professor Michael Horrocks qualified from Guy’s Hospital Medical School in 1970. He acquired the FRCS in 1974 and was appointed consultant surgeon at the Bristol Royal Infirmary in 1982, moving to Bath in 1991 to take up the Postgraduate Chair in Surgery. Professor Horrocks has been secretary general of the European Society of Vascular Surgery and President of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland and serves on the Court of Examiners for the intercollegiate examinations. He is an active member of the Wessex regional training committee, having chaired it for five years.

Anatomist
Professor Vishy Mahadevan
Barbers' Company Reader in Anatomy

Professor Mahadevan qualified in India, trained in general surgery in the UK and obtained a PhD for his research work on tumour angiogenesis.

As the College's Barbers' Company reader in anatomy, he provides instruction in surgical anatomy at courses and workshops. He is also a member of the Court of Examiners.

Operating Theatre Team Tutor

Consultant General Surgeon at North Tyneside General Hospital, Mr Liam Horgan FRCS is the new tutor for the ‘Operating Theatre Team Project’

Supported by the George Drexler Foundation

Colorectal Surgery Tutor
John Hartley BSc. MD FRCSGen

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon to the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals has been working in colloboration with the education and training commmittee of the Association of Coloproctology in order to develop skills based courses in colorectal surgery mapped against the requirements of the ISCP for intermediate and advanced levels of training.

Coloproctology course portfolio

Supported by the George Drexler Foundation.

Tutor in Trauma and Emergency and General Surgery
Professor Karim Brohi FRCS

Mr Brohi, Consultant in Trauma, Vascular and Critical Care Surgery at The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel is responsible for the development and provision of the Trauma and Emergency and General Surgery portfolio in the Education Department.

He is working in partnership with the Royal College of Physicians of London and a number of specialist associations to provide structured short courses for all trainees in medicine and surgery.

Courses in Trauma and Emergency and General Surgery

Neurosurgery Tutor
Ian Sabin BMSc FRCS FRCS (Ed)

Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel. Mr Sabin is the neurosurgery tutor responsible for refining and developing the provision of courses in the specialty in partnership with the specialist association.

Course portfolio in neurosurgery

Supported by Codman and Medtronic Ltd.

Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery Tutor
Mr Steve Langton

Steve Langton is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at Burnley General Hospital.

He is the oral and maxillofacial tutor and is responsible for expanding the provision of courses in this specialty in partnership with the specialist association.

Course portfolio in Oral & Maxillo-Facial Surgery

Supported by Medartis Ltd and Calumet Photographic

Orthopaedic Surgery Tutor
Mr Kevin Sherman FRCS M.Ed PhD

Course portfolio in Orthopaedic Surgery

Supported by Ansell Healthcare, BMI Healthcare

Paediatric Surgery Tutor
Mr Tony Lander FRCS

Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Diana Princess of Wales Childrens Hospital. Mr Lander is the paediatric surgery tutor and is responsible for the development and provision of the paediatric surgery portfolio in the Education Department.

Course portfolio in Paediatric Surgery

Danone Baby Nutrition and the George Drexler Foundation

Spinal Surgery Tutor
Alistair Stirling MB ChB FRCSEd

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham. Mr Stirling is the spinal surgery tutor responsible for the development of the spinal surgery curriculum and the provision of spinal courses in the Education Department.

Course portfolio in Spinal Surgery

Supported by DePuy Spine, Medtronic Ltd, Scient'X UK Ltd, Surgi C.

Urology Tutor
Miss Tamsin Greenwell FRCS

Consultant Urological Surgeon at University College Hospital, Miss Greenwell is the urology tutor and is responsible for expanding the provision of courses in the specialty in partnership with the British Association of Urological Surgeons.

Course portfolio in Urology

Aesthetic Surgery (BAPRAS) Tutor

Mr Andrew Batchelor FRCS, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at BUPA Hospital, Leeds, is the BAPRAS aesthetic surgery tutor to the Education Department.

Minimally Invasive Surgery Tutor

Tutor in Minimally Invasive Surgery (To be appointed)

The Minimally Invasive Surgery courses at basic, intermediate and advanced levels are all integrated into the overall surgical training curriculum. They will be run regionally, and will be supplemented by high quality learning materials developed specifically for the courses.

The Core Skills in Laparoscopic Surgery programme has already been developed and implemented throughout a network of regional centres to complete the first phase of the project.

e-Learning for Healthcare – Clinical Lead for Surgery
Mr Mark I Goodwin, FRCS (Ed), FHEA

Clinical Lead for Surgery – e-Learning for Healthcare project
Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, University of Southampton
Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Southampton

Head of Training and Programme Director, Wessex Institute

The e-Learning for Healthcare project is run in partnership with the Department of Health