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Appointment to Clinical Advis
Appointment to Clinical Advis.
About this update from Surgical Innovations Group Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n RNS Number : 5404Z Surgical Innovations Group PLC 17 January 2011 \n \n\n\n\n\n\nNews release\n\n\n17 January 2011\n\n\n\n\n \nSurgical Innovations Group plc\n(\"SI\" or \"the Group\")\n \nAppointments to the Clinical Advisory Board\n \nSurgical Innovations Group plc (AIM:SUN), the designer and manufacturer of innovative medical devices, is pleased to announce the appointment of arthroscopic specialist Mr Jon Conroy and laparoscopic specialist Mr Marco Adamo to its Clinical Advisory Board (CAB) with immediate effect. \nMr Jon Conroy, BSc, MB ChB, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Tr & Orth), MSc, is a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon specialising in joint replacements and arthropscopic, or 'keyhole', surgeries to the hip and knee. Mr Conroy is a member of the British Hip Society, International Society of Hip Arthroscopy, The British Orthopaedic Association and a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. He also holds a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Leeds University. Mr Conroy has published research in several medical journals and won the GlaxoSmithKlein Orthopaedic Essay Prize in 2005 and the John Fitton Prize for Orthopaedic Specialist Registrars in 2006. \nMr Marco Adamo, MD is a Consultant Surgeon and Bariatric Surgery Lead at the University College London Hospital (UCLH) where he has worked since 2007. He graduated in 1995 with full marks and honours in Palermo, Italy, where he also completed his training in general surgery. Since moving to the UK in 2000 he has focused on advanced laparoscopic surgery and laparoscopic bariatric (obesity) surgery. He performed the first single incision laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the UK and also has a specific interest in laparoscopic hernia surgery. As a dedicated trainer in his field he often runs advanced training courses for UK and European surgeons. Mr Adamo is a member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES), British Society for Metabolic and Obesity Surgery (BOMSS), Association of Upper-GI Surgeons (AUGIS) and Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons in UK (ALS) and Italy (SICE). \nGraham Bowland, Chief Executive Officer for Surgical Innovations, said: \"We are very pleased to welcome Jon and Marco to the CAB. Jon's expertise in arthroscopy will be invaluable as w...