Speakers
Girish Swamy
Specialist Society
Free Papers and Spinal Cord Injuries
Chair: Girish Swamy
Agenda:
10:30 - 11:00 Free Papers presentations
- 10:35 - 10:42 (377) What is the most appropriate method for the measurement of the range of motion in the lumbar spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis? A systematic review Ibrahim Haq
- 10:43 - 10:50 (471) Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Risk Prediction and Diagnosis of Vertebral Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Srikar Namireddy
- 10:50 - 10:58 (719) The Stable Acute Vertebral (SAVe) compression fracture study: a novel clinical care pathway for the management of osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures Bridget Melley
11:00 - 11:30 Acute Management of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Pradeep Thumbikat
11:30 - 12:00 Recognising Late Complications of Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Pradeep Thumbikat
Consultant Spinal Surgeon at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Trust with interest in paediatric deformities and revision surgeries. Faculty for FRCS training courses, spinal education in UK and abroad. Secondary module lead for medical students and Tier one lead. Pastoral roles to medical students. Involved in Scoliosis charities in India and Nepal.
Honorary Senior Lecturer and Consultant Surgeon in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation at STEPS Rehabilitation and the Princess Royal Spinal Injuries Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Trust. Areas of special interest include surgical management of pressure ulcers and management of the tetraplegic upper limb. active nationally and internationally in furthering the cause of spinal cord injury rehabilitation and training in the specialty. Education Committee lead for the British Association of Spinal Cord Injury Specialists, he has worked with spinal cord charities and the Royal College of Physicians in addressing some of the concerns around training in SCI rehabilitation. He is the vice chairman of the Specialist Advisory Committee of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) in Rehabilitation Medicine.