Price Thomas Travel Bursaries
The group of Travelling Surgical Club (as it was then) members photographed above in Madrid in 1953 includes Clement Price Thomas, seated centrally, beside Bob Nevin (Secretary of the TSC).
The Travelling Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland
2020 Price Thomas Travelling Fellowship
Applications are now open for the 2020 Price Thomas Fellowship.
The winner of the 2020 award will travel to Milan with the Travelling Surgical Society in May (15-22) 2020. During this time s/he will deliver at least two papers at scientific meetings at Milan University Hospitals. The bursary will cover registration fees, travelling expenses, hotel costs and all organised meals.
This prestigious bursary is open to surgical trainees at ST7 or more senior by May 2020 and to Consultants within 10 years of appointment.
All expenses including travel, accommodation, organised meals and course fees will be met by the society. The award is open to surgeons in the following specialties: General surgery, including any of the subspecialties (Breast, Colorectal, Upper GI, HPB, Endocrine), Vascular, Cardiothoracic, Plastic, Urology, General Paediatric, Transplantation and General Surgeons with an interest in Trauma or Military Surgery.
Download: Price Thomas application form 2020.
Former Price Thomas Travelling Fellows
2019 Major Michael Hughes travelled to Malta and presented to the University of Malta and the Mater Dei Hospital.
2018 Mr Alastair Simpson and Mr Mohan Singh travelled to Budapest, Hungary. They presented at the GI and Vascular Institutes of the Semmelweiss University.
2017
In an era where antibiotic resistance is a very real threat, Ernest Azzopardi gave us some insight into cutting edge research which will differentiate infection (which needs treatment with antibiotics) from inflammation (which does not).
2016
The number and quality of applications for the bursary this year was outstanding. The judging panel, chaired by the President, deliberated hard and concluded that we should appoint two travelling fellows this year. They travelled with us to Canada and presented two papers each at our academic sessions in Toronto. They were: Mr Joseph Hardwicke. Lecturer in Plastic Surgery at the University of Birmingham, and Specialty Registrar ST8 in Burns and Plastic Surgery travelled to Toronto, Canada. He Presented papers at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (University Health Network) and St Michael’s Hospital. His report can be seen here and Mr Prasanna Sooriakumaran. Senior Research Fellow in Robotics & Urology and Consultant Urological Surgeon at the University of Oxford
2015
The 2015 Fellowship was awarded to Professor Nawwar Al-Attar, Consultant Cardio-Thoracic Surgeon from the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Glasgow travelled with us to Madrid. He presented a paper ‘Managing the cardiac crisis: from mechanical circulatory support to transplantation’ at the Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre and “Pure internal thoracic artery CABG:the ‘nec plus ultra’ in myocardial revascularisation” at the Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro. His report is here
2014
Mr Fung J Foo travelled with the society to Rennes, France and to Jersey. He presented papers at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rennes and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, France.
2013
Mr Jawad Ahmad an SpR from Belfast, was the 2013 Price Thomas Fellow and travelled with the society to Charlottesville and Richmond Virginia, presenting two papers during the meeting. His report is here.
2012
Mr Justin Davies travelled to Dublin with the society where he presented papers at St Vincent’s University Hospital and at the Mater Misericordiae Hospital.
2011
The holders of the 2011 awards, Mr John Simpson (Nottingham) and Mr James Clover (Cork), travelled to Switzerland with the Travelling Surgical Society from 4th to 11th June 2011. During this time they delivered two papers at scientific meetings at Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève and attended a meeting at The International Committee for the Red Cross, Geneva. You will find John Simpson’s report here
2010
The winners of the 2010 Price Thomas Travelling Fellowships were Prof Ian Chetter, Senior Lecturer/Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Hull and Mr David Macafee, Trainee, Northern Deanery. They travelled with the society to Cuba and Barbados. You will find David Macafee’s report on his trip in 2010 here .
2009
The winners of the 2009 Price Thomas Travelling Fellowships were Prof David Jayne, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Senior Lecturer, Leeds and Prof Tim Lane, Consultant Urologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary Medical School, London. They travelled with the society to Iceland.