Specialty Skills in Breast Surgery (Level 2)

Principles of breast symmetrisation surgery, lipomodelling and Latissimus Dorsi Flap breast reconstruction

calendar_month 01 October 2025  - 02 October 2025
info 2 days
location_on Vesalius Clinical Training Centre & The Clayton Hotel, Bristol

Full programme information will appear here in due course.

Wednesday 02 October

Speaker(s) Portrait
09:00 to 09:10
Introduction &Welcome
Mr Brendan Smith
Speaker(s) Portrait
09:10 to 09:25
Anatomy, anatomical variations
Mr Brendan Smith
Speaker(s) Portrait
09:25 to 10:10
Technique for performing a LD based breast reconstruction
Mr Iain Brown
Speaker(s) Portrait
10:10 to 10:30
Techniques and tips for adding volume to LD flaps
Miss Penelope McManus
Speaker(s) Portrait
13:45 to 16:15
LD Flaps: Key operative steps
All Faculty
Speaker(s) Portrait
16:15 to 17:15
Nipple reconstruction: To carry out various techniques in nipple reconstruction, and grafts Nipple Reconstruction Technique Demonstration
Emma De Souza

Thursday 03 October

Speaker(s) Portrait
08:00 to 08:15
Registration and Refreshments
All Faculty
Speaker(s) Portrait
08:15 to 08:20
Introduction: aims and objectives of day 2
Miss Penelope McManus
Speaker(s) Portrait
08:20 to 08:40
Lipomodelling guidelines, techniques and outcomes?
Miss Jo Skillman
Speaker(s) Portrait
08:40 to 09:10
Lipomodelling Breast Reconstruction and Corrective Surgery - Indications for lipofilling in oncoplastic surgery
Miss Penelope McManus
Speaker(s) Portrait
09:10 to 09:35
How I do a Wise Pattern breast reduction
Mr Peter Kneeshaw
Speaker(s) Portrait
09:35 to 10:10
How I do a Vertical breast reduction
Emma De Souza
Speaker(s) Portrait
10:10 to 10:25
Tips for marking for symmetrisation
Mrs Isabella Karat
Speaker(s) Portrait
10:25 to 10:40
Sponsor Presentation
TBC
Speaker(s) Portrait
11:00 to 11:15
Sponsor Presentation
TBC
Speaker(s) Portrait
11:15 to 12:45
Participant mark up on models
All Faculty
Speaker(s) Portrait
13:45 to 14:10
Breast Augmentation considerations and principles for Marking up including for symmetry
Mr Richard Sutton
Speaker(s) Portrait
14:15 to 15:30
Participant mark up on models
All Faculty