European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma Examination 2019

Mr Muir is Co-chairman of the board of examiners for the above Diploma. Mr Martin Richter from Bonn is the Chairman.

The latest exam was held in the Sofitel Hotel in Berlin on Sunday 16 and Monday 17 June.

This year we trialed a new system of three (rather than two) orals and a practical station for everyone.

Congratulations to all those who passed, especially those who were not successful at a previous diet and who have come back to pass second time round. Often these candidates get high marks.

Instructional Courses in Hand Surgery (ICHS) 7.6 Manchester 14-15 June 2019

Here are some pictures from the course

Dr Jean Michel Cognet

Dr Cognet talked on arthroscopic radius and scaphoid fracture management

The organising committee

Dr Praveen Bhardwaj

Dr Bhardwaj from the Ganga Hospital, Coimbatore, India

Questions and answers on radius fractures

Dr Frederik Verstreken, Dr Jean-Michel Cognet, Miss Jane McEachan, Miss Sue Fullilove, Mr Sam Gidwani and Professor Matthew Costa

Question session

Professor Vivien Lees, Dr Praveen Bhardwaj, Professor Kevin Chung

Professor Kevin Chung

Small group session on the scaphoid

Mr Mark Brewster from Birmingham and Dr Jean-Michel Cognet from Reims, France

Mr Naqui teaching wrist examination

Mr Jonathan Hobby and Professor Arnold Schuurman

Mr Sam Gidwani and Miss Jane McEachan

Mr Michael Craigen and Dr Praveen Bhardwaj

This session was on peri lunate dislocation

Proifessor Kevin Chung and Dr Philippe Cuenod

Dr Alan Sorani and Dr Sarah Jackson

Professor Joe Dias

Professor Dias spoke on the SWIFFT scaphoid fracture trial

Mr Andrew Henry

Faculty members Saturday 15 June

Instructional Courses in Hand Surgery (ICHS) 7.6 Manchester 14-15 June 2019

The course has just finished.

Mr Muir is enormously grateful to all who helped teach on the course.

This was the last in the series; Mr David Clark takes over for series 8.

Mr Muir would like to thank all of the committee whose help he has so valued over his years as chairman.

Mo Akhavani Alex Hazelrigg

Vijay Bhalaik Fortune Iwuagwu

Grainne Bourke Mary Clare Miller

Dan Brown Anuj Mishra

Maurizio Calcagni Rikki Mistry

James Colville Zaf Naqui

Simon Fleming Mark Pickford

Sam Gidwani Gill Smith

Phil Grieve

and of course the team from the BSSH - Helen, Charlotte and Kavita

Instructional Courses in Hand Surgery (ICHS) 7.6 Manchester 14-15 June 2019

Just over three weeks to go till the course.

I am very much looking forward to this. I think we have a fabulous faculty of experts who will give great insight into disorders of the wrist.

The final programme is available here.

See below for details of the international faculty.

Instructional Courses in Hand Surgery (ICHS) 7.6 Manchester 14-15 June 2019

The final faculty for the above course has been announced.

Our international guest speakers include , Dr Praveen Bhardwaj (Coimbatore), Dr Jean Michel Cognet (Reims), Professor Kevin Chung (Michigan), Dr Philippe Cuenod (Geneva) Dr Olivier Mares (Nimes), Professor Arnold Schuurman (Utrecht) and Dr Frederik Verstreken (Antwerp)

Dr Praveen Bhardwaj

Professor Kevin Chung

Dr Jean Michel Cognet

Dr Philippe Cuenod

Dr Olivier Mares

Professor Arnold Schuurman

Dr Frederik Verstreken

European Board of Hand Surgery (EBHS) Diploma exam

Mr Muir will be hosting the written exam at Salford Royal on Friday 15 March.

If you are coming please remember that the exam starts at 12 noon in the UK (13.00 on the continent).

The FESSH office will circulate details of how to get to the exam centre.

BSSH review of Instructional Course in Hand Surgery (ICHS) 7.5

Mr Muir’s report and some photographs of the day can be seen here.

There is also a brief preview of 7.6 on the wrist.

Latest publication

Along with his colleagues Mr Constantinos Kritiotis, Mr Alistair Phillips and Mr Zaf Naqui, Mr Muir’s paper on WALANT surgery was published in the prestigious series Hand Clinics

Instructional Courses in Hand Surgery

Mr Lindsay Muir is immensely grateful to the national and international speakers on the above course of which he is the current Chairman. This latest session was on congenital hand surgery and tumours.

We had contributions from Dr Maybeth Ezaki from Texas, Dr Massimo Corain from Verona, Dr Stephane Guero from Paris, Dr Steven Hovius from Holland and from our local experts from Leeds and from London. Tumours were covered by a team from Birmingham and form Oswestry. The standard of presentation was outstanding.

The Instructional Course Committee

Mr Bran Sivakumar and Dr Frederik Verstreken

Dr Massimo Corain, Dr Marybeth Ezaki, Miss Ruth Lester, Mr Lorenzo Garagnani

Mr Mark Pickford and Professor Steven Hovius

Dr Marybeth Ezaki and Miss Gill Smith

Congenital hand surgery legends

Mr Lorenzo Garagnani and Miss Grainne Bourke

New book publication

Mr Muir’s latest textbook chapter has been published in “Atlas of Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis”