AWARDS & GRANTS
All the latest Fellowships, Grants and Bursaries from the RCSEd
Tuanku Muhriz Fellowship in Rural Surgery
Applications are open for the Tuanku Muhriz Fellowship, which provides awardees with the opportunity to gain further experience in rural surgery in Malaysia. Applicants should be Higher Surgical Trainees (who are yet to reach consultant grade) or Trainee General Surgeons in the UK.
Funding of up to £2,000 will be awarded for accommodation and flights.
The closing date for applications is 15 January 2025
Joint RCSEd & Cutner Research Fellowship in Orthopaedics
Applications for the Joint RCSEd & Cutner Research Fellowship in Orthopaedics are invited from suitably qualified and experienced young surgeons, including Core Trainees, Specialty Trainees, SAS Doctors, LEDs and Consultants in the field of Orthopaedics. UK and International applicants are welcome.
Funding of up to £60,000 is available to cover the salary of the successful applicant. No funding will be allocated for running costs, purchase of equipment, acquisition of computing facilities or travel.
The closing date for applications is 2 November 2024
Ethicon Foundation Fund Travel Grant
Applications for the Ethicon Foundation Fund Travel Grant are welcomed from Members and Fellows who are in training grade appointments and have pre-planned medical training electives abroad that will provide education in an area that directly relates to their home specialty or provides relevant surgical experience that is not available in their home country.
Funding of up to £1,000 is available for travel costs.
The closing date for applications is 15 January 2025
Shanghai Travelling Fellowships
The RCSEd is delighted to offer four specialist travelling Fellowships under world-renowned specialists in Shanghai. These specialist Fellowships are designed to enhance a young surgeon’s knowledge and understanding. The specialties available are:
Head and Neck Surgery | Thoracic Surgery | Reconstructive Surgery | Esophageal Cancer Surgery
Funding of up to £4,000 per award is available.
The closing date for applications is 13 February 2025
Joint RCSEd and Binks Trust Medical Student Elective Bursary (in association with the Binks Trust)
Applications are now open for medical students, in the UK and ROI who wish to apply for financial support towards their elective aboard in surgery.
Funding of up to £250 is available.
The closing date for applications is 14 January 2025
Bursaries for Medical Student Elective Placements in Africa
Applications are now open for medical students in the UK and ROI who wish to apply for financial support towards their elective in Africa.
Funding of up to £500 is available.
The closing date for applications is 14 January 2025
Saleem Khwaja Memorial Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery
The Saleem Khwaja Memorial Fellowship was created to honour the life of Professor Saleem Khwaja, who worked across Africa, the UK and the Middle East in neonatal surgery. He dedicated his life to mentoring the next generation of neonatal surgeons. As such, applications for this memorial fellowship are open to paediatric surgery trainees and junior consultants globally to travel overseas to learn specialist techniques and offer charitable service to another centre.
Funding of up to £5,000 is available.
The closing date for applications is 27 March 2025
How to apply
Applications to any of our Fellowships, Grants and Bursary offerings are only available to Affiliates, Fellows and Members of the College in good standing. Applicants will have to submit their application form on the following platform: rcsed.grantplatform.com
Further information and guidance notes can also be found there.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING FELLOWSHIP, GRANT AND BURSARY AWARDEES
Ethicon Foundation Fund Travel Grant
Devvrat Katechia, Tata Memorial Centre and Bhagwan Mahaveer Cancer Institute, India
Project: To gain further surgical knowledge and skills to better assist UK patients in reconstructive and plastic surgery following treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers and mucosal head and neck cancers.
George Holland, Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand
Project: To gain clinical experience in primary and revision lower limb arthroplasty.
Nastaran Sargazi, Perth, Australia
Project: To gain further experience in novel procedures in hand and wrist surgery, specifically arthroscopy and arthtoscopic-assisted procedures such as fracture fixation under the supervision of Dr Jeff Ecker.
Fellowship in Dental and Clinical Experience
Abu Bakar Noraini
Project: To gain exposure and understanding of the multidisciplinary management of complex craniofacial deformity such as cleft lip and palate.
Shanghai Head and Neck Fellowship
Ben Steel, Head and Neck and Maxillofacial Oncology, Ninth People’s Hospital, Shanghai
Project: Experience the surgical techniques, technology and expertise of Professor He Yatto.
Shanghai Esophageal Cancer Fellowship
Yuen Hua ‘Alex’ Loh, National Cancer Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing
Project: Experience the surgical techniques, technology and expertise of Professor Li Yin.
Malaysia – UK Travelling Fellowship (MUTF)
Sui Weng Wong, Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
Project: To gain experience in minimally invasive robotic colorectal surgery to improve patient outcomes.
Saleem Khwaja Memorial Fellowship in Paediatric Surgery
Mariana Antunes Pereira Corcoran, Hypospadias Specialty Centre, Texas
Project: Paediatric Urology.
Undergraduate Bursary
Alsadeg Bilal, University of Edinburgh
Project: Determining the reliability and benefits of utilising automated pupillometry in emergency department assessments.
Ji Yun Bog, Ophthalmology and Brain Sciences, University College London
Project: Determining how paediatric vision screening programmes may impact long-term visual outcome, with a focus on areas of health inequality.
Cardiothoracic Elective Placement and Bursary – Therumo Aortic Educational Grant (TAG)
Sathyan Gnanalingham | Samuel Burton | Natasha Bocchetta | Edward Staniforth | Fatemeh Habibi Nameghi | Mubashar Nadeem
Project: Immersion placement at the James Cook Hospital and Royal Papworth Hospitals.
IN MEMORY
Deceased Surgical Fellows and Members
Christopher John Kent BULSTRODE
FRCSEd 1982
Colin MACKAY
FRCSEd 1965
John Peter Rhys WILLIAMS
FRCSEd 1980
Francis ABRAHAM
FRCSEd 1980
Dewi Richards BROWN
FRCSEd 1988
John Reginald Newstead CURT
FRCSEd 1965
John Telfer GRAY
FRCSEd 1947
Joseph Wan Yee LAU
FRCSEd 1977
Douglas Malcolm MILLAR
FRCSEd 1958
James Baikie MOIR-SHEPHERD
FRCSEd 1970
Udofot Philip NITA
FRCSEd 1973
Hugh John Herman VAN DER POST
FRCSEd 1991
Brian Leigh WARREN
FRCSEd 1986
Dental Fellows and Members
John Ferguson GOULD
FDS RCSEd FRCSEd 1970
Kenneth Richard RAY
FDS RCSEd 1972
DIPLOMA LISTINGS
Congratulations to all our Fellows and Members who were presented with diplomas and awards in Edinburgh in March and April
FRIDAY 15 MARCH 2024
Fellowship Ad Hominem
Miss Gillian M Tierney DM FRCS
Head of School of Surgery HEEM
President, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Honorary Professor, University of Nottingham
Fellowship in Surgery Without Examination
Dr Randeep Wadhawan FICS FACS
Head of Department, GI, MAS, Bariatric & Robotic Surgery, Manipal Hospitals, New Delhi, India
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of General Surgery
Nadeesha Jeewan Nawarathna
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
David Bryan Thomas Robinson
University of Wales
N Suresh Khanna
Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Neurosurgery
Mohamed Salama Abdelmonem Draz
Tanta University, Egypt
Mohammed A G Fadelalla
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Abhijit Kumar Hazra
University of Nagpur, India
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Otolaryngology
Leanne Olivia Wilson Hamilton
Queen’s University Belfast
Aditya Jain
Barkatullah University, India
Diploma of Fellowship in the Specialty of Paediatric Surgery
David Andrew Colvin
Queen’s University Belfast
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
Samir T D Abdalla
University of Liverpool
Iain Ross MacPherson Bohler
University of Edinburgh
James Gordon Jefferies
University of Edinburgh
Elinor Corinne Flatt
University of Sheffield
Sanil Girish Kamat
Goa University, India
William Martin Oliver
Newcastle University
Ashok Ramasamy
Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India
Anna Siobhan Walsh
University of Birmingham
Liam Zen Yapp
University of Dundee
Diploma of Joint Surgical Colleges’ Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
B Karthikeyan
Sri Ramachandra University, India
Diploma of Joint Surgical Colleges’ Fellowship in the Specialty of Neurosurgery
Sneha Chitra Balasubramanian
Government Stanley Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India
Diplomas of Joint Surgical Colleges’ Fellowship in Urology
Sudhindra Jayasimha
Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India
Venkatesh Kunigal Seetaramaiah
Mangalore University, India
Diplomas of Fellowship of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers
Lasitha Bhagya Samarakoon
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Diptendra Kumar Sarkar
University of Burdwan, India
Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Ophthalmology
Bashir Alnajjar
University of Damascus, Syria
F M Ashekullah
Rajshahi University, Bangladesh
Sedoten Dagbeyon Bashorun
University of Lagos, Nigeria
Intercollegiate Diploma of Membership in Otolaryngology
Aditya Jain
Barkatullah University, India
Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Surgery in General
Waleed Abdullah
University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
Zamzam Hamed Mohamed Al Bahri
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Ngozi Sylvia Anyaugo
University of Nigeria
Hussam Hussain Faraj Nassif Baldawe
University of Baghdad, Iraq
Yagnaseni Bhattacharya
University of Aberdeen
Saket Raj Bonde
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India
Jasmine May Brown
University of Edinburgh
Jayati Jagdish Churiwala
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India
Sophie Josephine Donoghue
University of Leeds
Megan Dowdeswell
University of Nottingham
Ahmed Elgabry
Ain Shams University, Egypt
Madeleine Grace Fale
Newcastle University
Vandana B Giriradder
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
Tasnuva Iqbal
Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College, Bangladesh
Michalis Iosifidis
University of London
Md Rezaul Karim
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hari Shankar Mahobia
International Higher School of Medicine, Kyrgyzstan
Akshata Menedal
Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, India
Mishal Nazim
Khyber Medical University, Pakistan
Sumudumali Arundathi Piyarathne
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka
Mohsen Rafii
University of Buckingham Medical School
Joyanta Das Rajib
University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Vijay Sharma
University of Jammu, India
Tasnuva Tarannum
Armed Forces Medical College, Bangladesh
Najeeb Ullah
University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers
Elinor Corinne Flatt
University of Sheffield
Katherine Victoria Hurst
Cardiff University
Diploma of the International Postgraduate Deanery
Irum Sabir Ali
University of Peshawar, Pakistan
Diplomas in Cardiothoracic Surgery for Surgical Care Practitioners
Blanca-Ioana Oancea
Edge Hill University, Manchester
Ivana Petran
University of Zagreb, Croatia
The GB Ong Medal 2023
The GB Ong Medal is awarded each year to the candidate who achieves the highest mark in the Intercollegiate Specialty Fellowship Examination in General Surgery who chooses to affiliate to the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
David Bryan Thomas Robinson
University of Wales
The Joint Surgical Colleges Medal in Urology 2023
The Joint Surgical Colleges’ Medal in Urology is awarded each examination diet to the candidate who passes the Section 2 Fellowship in Urology Examination with the highest score at the first attempt.
Sudhindra Jayasimha
The Tamil Nadu DR MGR Medical University, India
The Dental Faculty Medal 2023
Professor Brian Robert Nattress BChD, PhD, MRDRCS, FDSRCS, FDTFEd
Emeritus Professor in Restorative Dentistry, University of Leeds
Diploma of Fellowship in the Specialty of Orthodontics
Colin Ritchie
University of Dundee
Diploma of Membership in Dental Surgery Without Examination
Sagi Shavit
University of Bucharest, Romania
Diplomas of Membership in Endodontics
Meshal A O S F Al Qahtani
October 6 University, Egypt
Haris Naseer
Liaquat University of Medical Health Sciences, Pakistan
Diploma of Membership in Oral Surgery
Gurnam Aulakh
University of London
Diplomas of Membership in Orthodontics
Meher Kiran Mayi Gaddam
Dr NTR University of Health Sciences, India
Zahra Khalid
National University of Sciences & Technology, Pakistan
Colin Ritchie
University of Dundee
Hareem Sultan
University of Karachi, Pakistan
Kaumadie Sripali Wijesinghe
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
Diploma of Membership in Paediatric Dentistry
Hasan Mohammed Ali Jamal
October University for Modern Sciences and Arts, Egypt
Diplomas of Membership in Periodontics
Riam Bin Barek
University of Science and Technology, Yemen
Ali Sadiq
University of Karachi, Pakistan
Diploma of Membership in Prosthodontics
Mohammad Taimur Khalid
Baqai Medical University, Pakistan
Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery
Ayla Mahmud
King’s College London
Keira Elise Madden
University of Bristol
Yasir Mirza
University of Health Sciences Lahore, Pakistan
Emma Louise Pearman
University of Leeds
Conner Patrick Reynolds
Newcastle University
Shok Chang Wong
Padjadjaran University, Indonesia
FRIDAY 19 APRIL 2024
Fellowship Ad Hominem
Professor Christopher M Pyke FRACS FACS PhD
Professor, University of Queensland, Department of Surgery, Mater Hospital, Australia
Chair, Professional Standards, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Professor Abebe Bekele Zerihun MD FCS (ECSA) FACS MAMSE
Professor of Surgery
Dean, University of Global Health Equity
Secretary General, COSECSA
Kigali, Rwanda
Fellowship in Surgery Without Examination
Dr Radhakrishnan Jayakrishnan FCS(SA) FICS
Head of Department of General Surgery, Cecilia Makiwane Hospital, East London, South Africa
Medical Director, Primary Trauma Care Foundation, Oxford, United Kingdom
Dr Sreejoy Patnaik M.S
Director, Robotic, Bariatric & Metabolic Surgery Shanti Memorial Hospital, Cuttack, India
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of General Surgery
Varun Arunagiri
The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India
Lucy Rebecca Bookless
University of Glasgow
Justin Kurt Lawrence
University of London
Diploma of Joint Specialty Fellowship (Hong Kong) in Orthopaedic Surgery
Chang Liu
Peking University, China
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Otolaryngology
Gaurav Kansal
Chaudhary Charan Singh University,
India
Tinu T Mathew
Cochin University of Science & Technology, India
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
Milindu Chanaka Makandura
University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Abubaker Kabunga Mbogo
Makerere University, Uganda
Michiel Robert Simons
University of Aberdeen
Diplomas of Fellowship in the Specialty of Urology
Ehab Fares Ahmad Abusada
Mu’tah University Faculty of Medicine, Jordan
Katie Esther Brodie
University of Sheffield
Diploma of Joint Surgical Colleges’ Fellowship in Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery
Mohammad Gamal Abdelhameed Elkerwash
Menoufiya University, Egypt
Diploma of Joint Surgical Colleges’ Fellowship in Urology
Shanmugasundaram Rajaian
The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University,
India
Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Ophthalmology
Palak Agrawal
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, India
Asra Ambreen
Gulbarga University, India
Amer Mohammad Ali Hajjaj
University of Jordan
Daryle Jason G Yu
Silliman University Medical School,
Philippines
Janice Marie N Jordan-Yu
Silliman University Medical School,
Philippines
Intercollegiate Diploma of Membership in Otolaryngology
Anna Ewelina Kruczynska
University of Nottingham
Intercollegiate Diplomas of Membership in Surgery in General
Yee Lay Aung
Yangon University, Myanmar
Alexandra Alice Crossland
University of London
Ziad Mahmoud El Menawy
University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Mi Su Yadanar Min Htaw
University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar
Temitayo Koyejo
University of Ibadan, Nigeria
Anna Ewelina Kruczynska
University of Nottingham
Wai Phyo Mon
University of Medicine 2, Yangon, Myanmar
Ajit Singh Oberoi
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Min Zin Oo
University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar
Ifedichimma Emmanuel Orogwu
University of Nigeria
Renjith S
University of Kerala, India
Jigish A Ruparelia
Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, India
Muhammad Hasaan Shahid
University of Lahore, Pakistan
Camy Rinku Parag Sheth
Smt. B K Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre, India
Abhilasha Gloria Singh
The Tamil Nadu Dr MGR Medical University, India
Lei Myint Thu
University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar
Nachappa Sivanesan Uthraraj
Sri Ramachandra University, India
Dimitrios Vlastos
University of Athens, Greece
May Thu Zin
University of Medicine 1, Yangon, Myanmar
Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers
Lucy Rebecca Bookless
University of Glasgow
Diplomas of Membership of the International Postgraduate Deanery
Alwaleed Tariq Amer Babeker
University of Khartoum, Sudan
Ashwini Naveen Gangadharan
University of Kerala, India
Fre Alemseged Hadera
Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
Denise Vorburger
Swiss Medical Association, Switzerland
Diplomas in Immediate Medical Care
Michael Palmer
St George’s University Hospital, London
Liam Gareth Webb
University of Greenwich
Diploma in Retrieval and Transfer Medicine
Nathan Griffiths
University of Sheffield
The GB Ong Medal 2023
Lucy Rebecca Bookless
University of Glasgow
Fellowship in Dental Surgery Without Examination
Dr Christopher Leech
Principal Dentist, Clear Dentistry, Bishops Waltham
Diploma of Fellowship in the Specialty of Oral Surgery
Sarah Louise McKernon
University of Liverpool
Diplomas of Membership in Orthodontics
Ahmed Sayed Akoosh
Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Abdelrahman Mesbah Sayed Kamel
Minia University, Egypt
Diploma of Membership in Paediatric Dentistry
Lujain Jamal Al Khateeb
Kuwait University
Diploma of Membership in Oral Surgery
Sarah Louise McKernon
University of Liverpool
Diploma of Membership in Prosthodontics
Sunie Kundi
University of London
Diplomas of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery
Erin Mariell Tecson Aguilar
King’s College London
Yi Lin Kong
Queen’s University Belfast
Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Trainers
Sarah Louise McKernon
University of Liverpool
Diplomas in Orthodontic Therapy
Lisa Sarah Connery
Edinburgh Dental Institute
Sarah Jane Forbes
Edinburgh Dental Institute
Stacey Kenney
Edinburgh Dental Institute
Kirsty Alanna Leonard
Edinburgh Dental Institute
Jenna Michie
Edinburgh Dental Institute
Inga Katarzyna Pietrzak
Edinburgh Dental Institute
Ami Lauren Reid
Edinburgh Dental Institute
Amy Savage
Edinburgh Dental Institute
The John McDonald Medal 2022/2023
Awarded to the most meritorious candidate from all international diets of the Membership in Orthodontics Examination
Abdelrahman Mesbah Sayed Kamel
Minia University, Egypt
Dean of the Dental Faculty Professor Grant McIntyre awarding Dr Christopher Leech the Fellowship in Dental Surgery Without Examination
Dean of the Dental Faculty Professor Grant McIntyre awarding Dr Christopher Leech the Fellowship in Dental Surgery Without Examination
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