Scientific meetings

Year	Location	Chair, Organizing Committee
2010	London	Peter Barton-Smith
2011	Cork	Matt Hewitt
2012	Manchester	Ahmed Sekotory Ahmed
2013	London	Thomas Ind & Peter Barton-Smith
2014	Wolverhampton	Alaa El-Ghobashy
2015	The Wirral	Nahid Gull
2017	Leicester	Esther Moss
2018	Guildford	Simon Butler-Manuel
2019	Newcastle	Tony Chaloub
2020	Virtual (Due to COVID-19 restrictions)	Nahid Gull
2021	Virtual (Due to COVID-19 restrictions)	Nahid Gull
2023	RCOG Robotic Update	Nahid Gull
2023	London	Dennis Tsepov
2024	Liverpool	Mo Otify
2025	Crewe	Zeiad El-Gizawy
2026	Gateshead	Ali Kucukumetin

BIARGS regularly hosts a half-day session at the RCOG Annual Professional
Development Conference (formerly the Consultant & Senior Staff Conference)

Dear BIARGS Member,
Share your research on a global stage and showcase your expertise at the BIARGS 15th Annual Scientific Meeting!

We invite you to submit abstracts for oral, video, or poster presentations. This is a fantastic opportunity to:
• Enhance your CV
• Develop presentation and public speaking skills
• Compete for prestigious prizes!

Presentation Categories & Awards

Free Communication – Video Presentations
(Thomas Ind Prize)
• 1st Prize: £250
• 2nd Prize: £150

Free Communication – Oral Presentations
(Jeremy Wright Prize)
• 1st Prize: £250
• 2nd Prize: £150

Important Dates
• Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 15 September 2025 (23:59 UK time)
• Notification of Acceptance: Monday, 29 September 2025
• ePoster Submission Deadline: Monday, 27 October 2025

We look forward to seeing your innovative work and welcoming you to a vibrant scientific exchange in the beautiful setting of Crewe Hall.

BIARGS 14th Annual Scientific Meeting 15-16 November, 2024 Liverpool

Register Now

Click Here for more information www.biargs2024.co.uk

13th Annual Conference of British & Irish Association of Robotic Gynaecological Surgeons

BIARGS educational meeting on 26th June 2023 at RCOG Union Street

Programme BIARGS Educational day 26th June 2023.pdf

Speakers
Nick Elkington	Mr Nick Elkington FRCOG BIARGS Past President Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Frimley Park Hospital Surrey
Marielle Nobbenhuis	Marielle Nobbenhuis MD PhD BIARGS President Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon and Oncologist The Royal Marsden & St George’s hospitals
Alec McEwan	Consultant Gynaecologist Head of School Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham
Nahid Gul	Miss Nahid Gul FRCOG Vice President & Chair of BIARGS Educational training portfolio subgroup Consultant Gynaecological Pelvic Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeon Gynae Oncology & Advanced Endometriosis Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Northwest, UK
Mark Slack	Chief Medical Officer CMR Surgical Consultant Urogynaecology, Cambridge

Kevin Burton	Gynae oncologist Gynaecology Oncology Department. Royal Infirmary, Glasgow
Jeffrey Ahmed	Consultant Gynaecologist, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, England
Richard Peevor	Consultant Gynae oncologist, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, Bangor, Wales
Uzma Mohammad	Miss Uzma Mahmood FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological SurgeoncUniversity Hospital group, Limerick, Ireland
Emad Nasr	Milton Keynes University Hospital
Gemma Owens	University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff
H Nicks	Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust

RaneeThakar	President RCOG Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist at Croydon University Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s University of London
	President RCOG Consultant Obstetrician and Urogynaecologist at Croydon University Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer, St George’s University of London
Peter Barton-Smith	Consultant Gynaecological robotic surgeon, Princess Grace Hospital London
Horace Roman	Professor in Endometriosis surgery. Bordeaux, France Remote presentation

Manou Manpreet Kaur	Miss Manou Manpreet Kaur, MD Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
Marie Taniacao	Marie Heane D. Taniacao Surgical Care Practitioner
	The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust London
Denis Tsepov	Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon, HCA London
Kevin Burton

For: Zeiad El-Gizawy Consultant Zeiad El-Gizawy Consultant Gynaecologist University Hospitals of North Midlands Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire	Against Mr. Tom Coia MRCOG Specialist trainee Royal Stoke University Hospital, Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent Staffordshire

Ariane Sickinghe	The Royal Marsden Hospital/Utrecht University
Mickey Buckingham	St George’s Hospital University of Oxford

Facilitators:
Mr Nick Elkington FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey
Marielle Nobbenhuis MD PhD Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon and Oncologist The Royal Marsden & St George’s Hospitals
Miss Nahid Gul FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Pelvic Surgeon Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Northwest, UK
Miss Uzma Mahmood FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon University Hospital group, Limerick, Ireland
Mr Amer Raza Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon. Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London
Miss Sujata Gupta FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester foundation trust. Manchester
Zeiad El-Gizawy Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon. University Hospitals of North Midlands Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire

Facilitators:

Mr Nick Elkington FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey

Marielle Nobbenhuis MD PhD Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon and Oncologist The Royal Marsden & St George’s Hospitals

Miss Nahid Gul FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Pelvic Surgeon Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Northwest, UK

Miss Uzma Mahmood FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon University Hospital group, Limerick, Ireland

Mr Amer Raza Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon. Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London

Miss Sujata Gupta FRCOG Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon St Mary’s Hospital, Manchester foundation trust. Manchester

Zeiad El-Gizawy Consultant Gynaecological Surgeon. University Hospitals of North Midlands Stoke-on-Trent. Staffordshire

BIARGS Training Courses

Month	Speaker	Topic	Date*	Time*
February	Mr Nick Elkington	Introduction	8/2/22	19:00
March	Miss Marielle Nobbenhuis	Equipment	1/3/22	19:00
April	Dr Mike Smith	Setup	5/4/22	19:00
May	Miss Nahid Gul	Role of surgical assistant & training curriculum / certification	16/5/22	19:00
June	Miss Manou Kaur	Emergencies	7/6/22	19:00
July	Dr Mike Smith	Energy sources	5/7/22	19:00
August	*Summer Break*
September	Miss Nahid Gul	Surgical Procedures	6/9/22	19:00
October	Mr Nick Elkington	Endometriosis	4/10/22	19:00
November	Prof Barry O’Reilly	Urogynaecology	1/11/22	19:00
December	Mr Simon Butler-Manuel	Inter-specialty collaboration	6/12/22	19:00

BIARGS 11th Annual Scientific Meeting (Virtual ASM) on 24th and 25th June 2021

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Programme
- Day 1
- Day 2
Sponsers
- Platinum sponsor: Intuitive surgical
- Gold sponsor: CMR Robotics
Registration(Closed)
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BIARGS Basic Robotic Gynaecology Surgical Skills Course

BIARGS focus on training : Listen to Tom Cecil Colorectal Surgeon talk about
“How to train your dragon in robotic surgery”

BIARGS welcome all grades of Gynaecology trainees/ surgical assistants and Nurses

Today’s Trainees are our future surgeons; hence BIARGS main focus is on safe robotic service and surgical training including surgical assistants, nurses who are integral part of our multidisciplinary team

Registration:

Membership is FREE for 2021!(only for Nurses and Trainees) Register here: https://biargs.org.uk/become-a-member/

Invited RCOG & International speakers:

Sue Ward, Vice President RCOG
Jo Mountfield, Vice President RCOG
Rainer Kimmig, Germany
Roman Horace, France
Taner Usta, Turkey
Shailesh Puntambekar, India
Barry O’Reilly, Ireland
Matt Hewitt, Ireland

Scientific Committee:
Nick Ellkington, President BIARGS
Thomas Ind, Past President BIARGS
Marielle Nobbenhuis , Vice President BIARGS
Nahid Gul, Treasurer/Secretary BIARGS
Johnathan Lippiatt , Council member BIARGS
Helen Smith , Trainee rep BIARGS
Doreen Contreras , Nurse rep BIARGS

Programme: Day 1 Thursday 24th June 2021

	Online Registration, Virtual Lecture Theatre
12:00-12:10	Introduction and welcome	Nahid Gul, Nick Elkington , Marielle Nobbenhuis Conference Chairs
Session 1:		Moderators: Marielle Nobbenhuis, Simon Butler-Manuel
12:10 – 12:25	Effect of The Covid-19 Pandemic on Gynaecology robotic services in UK	Nick Elkington
12:25 – 12:40	COVID in robotic theatres, what measures were taken to deliver safe surgery?	Doreen Contreras
12:40 – 12:55	Robotics in Gynaecological Oncology during COVID-19 pandemicEnhanced Recovery outcomes following 1,550 cases in the Guildford Epicentre Program and impact on resource utilisation and patient care	Alex Tan
12:55 – 13:05	Panel discussion
Session 2:		Moderators: Jo Mountfield, Mike Smith
13:05 – 13:25	RCOG vision for the future of gynaecological surgery	Sue Ward
13:25 – 13:45	Training programme in gynaecology robotic surgery (RCOG ASM)	Jo Mountfield
13:45 – 14:00	How to become recognized robotic surgeon and achieve BIARGS certification? Robotic annual dataset and governance.	Nahid Gul
14:00 – 14:15	Trainee’s perspective of robotic surgery	Helen Clarke
14:15 – 14:30	A robotic teaching programme for trainees, designed by trainees	Tom Coia
14:30 – 14:40	Panel discussion
14:40 – 14:50	Break: Virtual Poster Viewing; Industry Stands	BIARGS 2021 Poster_Chandrasekaran_ExtremeObesity [8450].pdf BIARGS Poster 2021- Obesity (Natasha DSouza).pdf BIARGS Poster- Elderly[1441376].pdf BIARGS_2021_BMI50_v2 (1).pdf Lusine Sevinyan – DASI poster.pdf Poster 4 BIRAGS – final template 21-06-2021-.pdf poster 5 BIARGS 2021 Poster_settingup_Rob_programme_D.El-Hamamsy.pdf
Session 3:		Moderator: Thomas Ind
14:50 – 15:35	John Shepherd Lecture: “How to train your dragon in robotic surgery”.	Tom Cecil
Session 4:		Moderators: Jonathan Lippiatt, Nick Elkington,
15:35 – 15:55	Robotic radical hysterectomy and exenteration	Shailesh Puntambekar
15:55 – 16:15	Role of robotic intraoperative ICG fluorescence in resection of parametrial disease (In cancer or extensive endometriosis)	Rainer Kimmig
16:15 – 16:30	The role of robotic surgery in uterine pathology	Christina Uwins
16:30 – 16:45	Robotic pelvic lymph node dissections for endometrial cancer: what is the actual complication rate?	Michael Alvin Floreskou
16:45 – 16:55	Panel discussion
Session 5:		Moderators: Orfhlaith O’Sullivan, Nahid Gul
	Platinum sponsors: Intuitive surgical	www.intutivesurgical.com
17:00 – 17:10	Gold sponsors: CMR Surgical “Versius-Concept, Training and Implementation	Mark Slack
17:10 – 17:25 Free Communication	ACS NSQIP – Personalised Risk Prediction Tool for Postoperative Complications in Gynaeoncology Robotic Surgery (Review of 917 patients)	Lusine Sevinyan
17:25 – 17:40 Free Communication	Total Robotic Diaphragmatic Stripping in ovarian cancer	Christina Uwins
17:40 – 17:55 Free Communication	Efficiency in Robotic Theatres; a mixed-methods study.	Dina El-Hamamsy
17:55 – 18:10 Free Communication	A case of robotic-assisted uterine niche resection	Chou Phay Lim
18:10 – 18:20	Panel discussion, Close
18:20	Day 1 meeting close
18:30 – 19:30	BIARGS AGM (Members only -via separate link)
AGM Programme
18:30	President/Vice presidents report
To 19:30	Secretary/treasurer report/elections

Programme: Day 2 Friday 25th June 2021

	Registration, Virtual Lecture Theatre
12:00 – 12:10	Introduction, Welcome	Nahid Gul, Nick Elkington , Marielle Nobbenhuis Conference Chairs
Session 6:		Moderators: Nick Elkington, Orfhlaith O’Sullian
12:10 – 12:25 Free communication	Current national guidance considers that: The presence of a Surgical Care Practitioner in the perioperative team is of benefit both to the patient and the consultant-led surgical care teams within which they work	Marie Heane D. Taniacao
12:25 – 12:40 Free communication	Trainees’ experience of robotic gynaecological surgery in Wessex deanery	Hannah Pierce
12:40 -12:55 Free communication	Low ‘draped-not-docked’ rate reflects appropriate case selection for robotic-assisted surgery, enabling effective theatre utilisation	Dhivya Chandrasekaran
12:55 -13:10 Invited presentation	Emergency protocol in robotic theatre	Manou Kaur
13:10 -13:30 Invited presentation	Tips and tricks in robotic surgery	Matt Hewitt
13:30 -13:40	Panel discussion
13:45 – 14:00	Break: Virtual Poster Viewing; Industry Stands
Session 7:		Moderators : Nahid Gul, Mike Smith
14:00 – 14:30 Invited presentation	Robotic management of diaphragmatic endometriosis	Roman Horace
14:30 – 14:50 Invited presentation	Exploring Pelvic Pain with the Robot; Deep to ischial Spines including Pre-Sacral Roots.	Taner Usta
14:50 – 15:10 Invited presentation	Robotic surgery in deep infiltrating endometriosis (DIE) UK endometriosis Centre	David Rowlands
15:10 -15:35 Free Communication	A retrospective review of Robotic vs Laparoscopic hysterectomy for benign disease over a 4-year period at a Tertiary Hospital	Julia Parton
15:35 – 15:50 Free Communication	Robotic stapler disc bowel resection for DIE of the recto-sigmoid colon. Case study and outcomes.	Denis Tsepov
15:50 – 16:00	Panel discussion.
Session 8:		Moderators: Marielle Nobbenhuis. Nick Elkington
16:00 – 16:20 Invited presentation	Robotic surgery in urogynaecology. A single centre experience	Barry O’Reilly
16:20 – 16:40 Invited presentation	Digital training and Augmented virtual reality	Mohamed Mabrouk
16:40 – 17:00 Invited presentation	Future robotic research study MIRRORS	Simon Butler-Manuel
17:00 – 17:10	Panel discussion
17:15-17:30	Prize announcement and Close	Nahid Gul
17:15 – 17:30	John Shepherd Prize for best oral presentation Jeremy Wright Prize for best poster presentation
17:30	Annual scientific meeting Close:

BIARGS 2021: 11th Annual Scientific Meeting

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Annual Scientific Meetings

Date	Location	Organiser	File
2020	10th BIARGS/SERGS online	Online	SERGS BIARGS cork
2019	9th Newcastle	Tony Chalhoub	BIARGS 2019 Newcastle
2018	8th Guildford	Simon Butler-Manuel
2017	7th Leicester	Esther Moss	Proposal for 2016 BIARGS by University Hospitals of Leicester
2015	6th The Wirral	Nahid Gul	BIARGS Newsletter 2016
2014	5th Wolverhampton	Alaa Elghobashy	BIARGSNewsletter2015
2013	4th London	Thomas Ind & Peter Barton-Smith
2012	3rd Manchester	Ahmed Ahmed
2011	2nd Cork	Matt Hewitt
2010	1st RCOG, London	Peter Barton-Smith