Mr Plaha talks about where brain tumour surgery was 5 years ago, shares where we are now with the changing philosophy and management of brain tumours, including new surgery technical advances – minimally invasive endoscopic surgery and awake craniotomy. Mr Puneet Plaha is Consultant Neuro oncology Surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/

Professor Chris Pugh gives a talk on clinical academic training and the role OUCAGS (Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School) plays. Professor Chris Pugh is Professor of Renal Medicine, Director of OUCAGS and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Health Education England – Thames Valley.

Dr Raman Uberoi talks about interventional radiology and gastrointestinal haemorrhage. Dr Raman Uberoi is a Consultant Radiologist at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Professor Amir Ghaferi discusses the current state of communication in healthcare and in particular surgery. Is there a failure in need of rescue? Professor Amir Ghaferi is Associate Professor of Surgery and Business at the University of Michigan.

Miss Renata Greco talks about personalised external aortic root support and in particular the Oxford experience with this technique. Miss Renata Greco is a Senior Aortic Fellow for the Complex Aortic Surgery Team at the Oxford Heart Centre.

Professor Giles Toogood talks about his background which combined sport and surgery, and discusses the advances in hepatobiliary. Professor Giles Toogood is a Professor of Hepatobiliary Surgery at Leeds University.

Professor Peter Friend, Dr David Nasralla and Dr Carlo Ceresa discuss liver transplantation and why they are replacing conventional cold storage in an ice box with normothermic automated, transportable liver preservation. Professor Peter Friend is Professor of Transplantation at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, and Dr David Nasralla and Dr Carlo Ceresa are Clinical Research Fellows in Transplant Surgery at NDS, University of Oxford.

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Professor Dominic Furniss and Dr Akira Wiberg discuss the tremendous connection we have between the hand and the brain, focusing their talk on Dupuytren's Disease and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. Professor Dominic Furniss is Associate Professor at the Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) and Dr Akira Wiberg is a MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow at NDORMS, University of Oxford

Mr Hamish Dibley, a senior management consultant, explores a new and refreshing approach to how we understand and improve healthcare systems. He outlines his alternative approach to realising better healthcare services at less cost. It begins with looking at healthcare not from a conventional activity perspective but from a person-centred one.

Dr Simon Lord presents a clinical study to understand the effect of metformin - one of the most commonly prescribed treatments worldwide for diabetes - on breast cancer metabolism. Dr Simon Lord is a Senior Clinical Researcher in Experimental Cancer Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in Medical Oncology at the University of Oxford.