Winners of the ALS 2009 Meeting

Winner of the 2009 ALS Best Short Paper and the David Dunn Medal supported by the British Journal of Surgery
• Ms Katherine Gash, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol

Winner of the 2009 ALS Best Laparoscopic DVD
• Ms S M Wyles, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Winner of the 2009 ALS Best Poster
• Mr D C Brown, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London

Second Prize of the 2009 ALS Best Poster sponsored by Science Posters
• Mr J Simpson, Chase Farm Hospital, London

ALS Industry Partners’ Awards sponsored by Applied Medical, Bard, B Braun, Cook, Covidien, Elemental, Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Fisher & Paykal, Gore, LOTUS, Mantis Surgical, Olympus, Prosurgics, Karl Storz

• All trainees who paid for the ALS registration fees will be reimbursed.
• All trainee presenters of DVDs who paid for their registration fees will be reimbursed.
• In addition all Trainee Presenters of Abstract presentations will be reimbursed £100 and all Trainee Presenters of the top 11 Posters will be reimbursed £50. They are:

D C Brown
J Simpson
M Wiggens
D Miskovic
K Gash
P Shah
S M Wyles
C Liao
J Parry
K Muhammad
C Boulind

Stryker Competition Winner
• Mr Pafitanis Georgios (1 minute 14 seconds)

B Braun Aesculap Competition Winner
• Mr Simon Dexter (46.53 seconds)