Ameera Milhan

During a surgical conference at King’s, I attended a vascular workshop where we were taught the technique of a patch angioplasty. Using different materials in surgery to repair something that I initially did not even realise could be approached surgically was very interesting. In addition, speaking to the vascular trainee was very interesting as he explained the numerous techniques, they use to repair something so tiny but so vital. For these reasons, I would love to bring vascular surgery into more focus at UCL and introduce it to more students as a fun and prospective speciality. I believe I am well equipped for this role as I was a member of the OMFS committee as well as being the Suture The Future co-lead in year 2. Moreover, I have attended numerous UCL surgical society events including conferences. Together, these roles and my experiences have given me a good understanding of how surgical society works as well as how important having a good leader is.

I would start by holding a lecture series, introducing vascular surgery and presenting different speakers. Moreover, vascular surgery can be well tied into the medical curriculum and promoted at sessions by making some lectures relevant to the content we learn as this gives the students an incentive to attend. All the sessions mentioned can build up to our own vascular conference in term 2 which will involve interactive workshops. Moreover, this could also be a collaboration with other committees in surgical society.