ASGBI Podcasts

Faith and religion as a surgeon

Shailinder Singh, Mitt Dattani, Beth Miller and Jonathan Epstein join Marwa and Nuha for a frank discussion on faith, spirituality, and religion as a surgeon.

EDI podcast series- LGBTQIA advocacy and inclusion

Ms Marwa Jama EDI lead at MA and Ms Nuha Yassin, director of EDI at ASGBI host Mx Karen Chui and Ms Ginny Bowbrick. They discuss LGBTQIA advocacy, their work at PRISM as well as inequality issues at work and how to improve our inclusion of LGBTQIA colleagues and patients. 

EDI podcast series- Ill health and disability as a surgeon

Nuha Yassin, EDI director at ASGBI and Marwa Jama, MA EDI lead talk to Mr Mo Bilal and Ms Rhiannon Richards on navigating (return to) working and training as a surgeon with ill health or disability.

Management of the acute abdominal and groin hernia

Listen into Mr Dimitrios Damaskos, consultant in general surgery with a special interest in emergency general surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, who shares his valuable insight and strategies for approaching these acute presentations.  

USA vs. UK: ASGBI Ep. 2 - Surgical Careers

We’re excited to bring you the second episode in our BTK/ASGBI collaborative series, where we compare and contrast various aspects of surgery in the US and the UK, debating who does it better. In today’s episode, BTK fellow Jon Williams and ASGBI hosts Kellie Bateman and Jared Wohlgemut welcome the Christian Macutkiewicz from the UK and Scott Steele to discuss surgeon careers--from getting your first faculty job to broadening your impact to compensation structures. Dr. Macutkiewicz is the President-Elect of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland. He is a General and HPB Surgeon in Manchester, England. He completed a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry at the University of Birmingham, before studying medicine at the University of Manchester, and received an MD doctorate at the University of Manchester for research into sepsis. He underwent surgical training in North West Deanery, before completing an HPB and Liver Transplant Fellowship in Leeds. He has been a consultant surgeon in Nottingham, Leeds and most recently in Manchester since 2018. He also works privately at Spire Manchester Hospital. Dr. Steele needs no introduction as a founder of BTK, but otherwise he is president of the Cleveland Clinic main campus and chair of the department of colorectal surgery. After graduating from West Point, Dr. Steele received his medical degree from University of Wisconsin. He then underwent general surgery residency training at Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA followed by colorectal surgery fellowship training at University of Minnesota Medical Center. Dr. Steele then served in the military as an active duty surgeon until 2015, including several deployments and further faculty time at Madigan where he additionally served as Associate Program Director for general surgery. He then served as Division Chief of colorectal surgery at University Hospitals in Cleveland and associate director of surgical services at the Digestive Health Institute, prior to being named Chair of the department of colorectal surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in 2016, a position that he continues to hold today. So, which country would you rather work in to carry out your illustrious surgical career? Give this episode a listen and decide for yourself!Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.  If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://app.behindtheknife.org/listen

USA vs. UK: ASGBI Ep. 1 - Surgical Training

Welcome to the first episode of our new collaborative series with Behind the Knife (BTK)! During this series, BTK fellow Jon Williams and ASGBI hosts Kellie Bateman and Jared Wohlgemut compare and contrast the surgeon profession between the United States and the United Kingdom, debating who does what better. In this episode, we take a deep dive into surgical training in the US and the UK, from fostering student interest to trainee operating to specialization and certification. Dr. Jeremy Lipman represents the US while Dr. Jon Lund represents the UK in this thought-provoking conversation.Dr. Lipman is a colorectal surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic and the director of graduate medical education for all training programs at the Cleveland Clinic. Additionally, he is an Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Professor of Surgery at Case Western Reserve University. After going to Boston College for his bachelor degree, he obtained his medical degree from Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia. Subsequently he completed his general surgery residency training at Case Western and his colorectal surgery fellowship at Cleveland Clinic. After practicing at MetroHealth Medical Center where he served many training and education leadership roles, he returned to Cleveland Clinic as faculty where he remains today.Dr. Lund is Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery at University of Nottingham at Derby, and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Royal Derby Hospital. He is Chair of the Joint Committee on Surgical Training, and before that was Surgical Director of the Intercollegiate Surgical Curriculum Programme, the online training management system used by all trainees and trainers in Surgery in the UK. He has recently been appointed as Dean of education at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.So, who trains surgeons better? UK or US? Give the episode a listen and decide for yourself!Please visit https://behindtheknife.org to access other high-yield surgical education podcasts, videos and more.  If you liked this episode, check out our recent episodes here: https://app.behindtheknife.org/listen

Diversity and inclusion series: Black History month, Advocacy and Community

ASGBI and Moynihan Academy's respective EDI leads Nuha Yassin and Marwa Jama launch our new Diversity and Inclusion podcast series. The first episode is in honour of Black History Month. Our guests Dr Vanessa Apea and Ms Georgette Oni share about their work and advocacy within the Black community.

Fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis and outcomes from the Waterfall trial

Fluid resuscitation in acute pancreatitis and outcomes from the Waterfall trial with Professor Enrique de-Madaria, consultant gastroenterologist at Balmis General University Hospital, Alicante who is discussing the outcomes and recommendations from the Waterfall trial and further research he is developing (with further information available on his blog).