72nd UKNG Sheffield 6-7 Nov 2026
Dear Colleagues
Please find link below for registering for UKNG. Sheffield would appreciate your support for this meeting! It will follow the usual format of Friday morning trainee event followed by Friday Afternoon / Saturday Morning talks.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScbh3DQraV3w_W-CBFYZbdNBuLJehWLyRPwb-CGo4ThEVsDyQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor
The UKNG secretary has asked me to remind everyone that they should be members in good standing for accommodation/conference costs to be covered. Dr Crossley can provide details for registration/payment.
Deadline for all other attendees Friday 23rd October 2026 to confirm hotel accommodation and dinner numbers.
Thank you all again in advance, any questions then please do email me.
Sincerely
George on behalf of Sheffield INR team
Programme
Friday 6th November 2026
9-12 Trainee
09:00-09:30 Spinal Angiography
(Dr Rob Lenthall, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust)
09:30-10:00 Case Discussions
(Dr. G Tse, Sheffield Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust)
10:30-11:00 Coffee
11:00-12:00 Simulators
12-13 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Gamma Knife Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Arteriovenous Malformations
(Mr. Julian Cahill, National Centre for Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Sheffield)
13:30-14:00 Multiplug Nidal Flow Control Technique for Curative AVM Management: A shift from Single-Operator Practice to a Team-Based Endovascular Approach
(Professor Saruhan Cekirje, Bayindir Hospitals and Koru Hospitals, Istanbul, Türkiye)
14:00-14:30 'Flow Remodelling As A Next Generation Aneurysm Treatment Concept: Artistic Technique vs Artistic Simplicity
(Professor Saruhan Cekirje, Bayindir Hospitals and Koru Hospitals, Istanbul, Türkiye)
14:30-15:00 Stereotactic Radiosurgery a Radiologists Viewpoint
(Dr Richard Dyde, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust)
15:00-15:30 Coffee
15:30-15:45 Things I’ve learnt as a new consultant
(Dr George Tse, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, NHS Foundation Trust)
15:45-16:00 Things I’ve learnt as a new consultant
(Dr Vartan Balian, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
16:00-16:15 Things I’ve learnt as a new consultant (Subject to change)
(TBC)
16:15-16:30 Things I’ve learnt as a new consultant
(Dr Hamed Nejadhamzeeigilani, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
16:30-16:45 Highs and Lows of an INR Career
(Dr. Tony Goddard, formerly Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
16:45-17:15 Pub Quiz
17:15-18:15 Business Meeting
19:30 Dinner
Saturday 7th November 2026
09:00-09:20 Pub Quiz results
09:20-09:40 Preston experience on AVM
(Ms Yan Lim, University of Manchester / Lancashire Teaching Hospital)
09:40-10:00 Leeds AVM transvenous embolization experience
(Dr Fathallah Islim, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust)
10:00-10:20 Transvenous CSF Venous Fistula Embolisation
(Dr. Mohammad Altibi, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust)
10:20-10:40 Update on IIH trial
(Prof Phil White, University of Newcastle)
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 MT Credential - an INR's perspective
(Dr N Chan, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
11:20-11:40 Successful expansion of INR services in the UK: winners and losers
(Dr Rob Lenthall, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust)
11:40-12:00 Artificial Intelligence in LVO Stroke: National Survey, Multiplatform Evaluation and Meta-analysis
(Dr Abhishekh Ashok, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
12:00-12:20 Neurointervention the Emirati way: Perspectives of a British INR working in the UAE
(Dr Zafar Hashim, Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City Abu Dhabi)
12:20-12:30 Closing remarks