Introductions from Krashna Patel
(STEER Vice Chair & Event Host)


Project proposal pitched to the Dragons

The panel of Academic Dragons
21/02/2020
Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge
This event was the first of its kind in General Surgery within the East of England training deanery. It was hosted by the STEER Collaborative with support and sponsorship from NIHR Eastern. It allowed general surgical trainees to present their project proposals to a panel of academic Dragons, after which they would be critiqued, questioned and interrogated! The overall aim of the event was to promote research in general surgery within the East of England region and also allow trainees to bring forward project ideas for high-quality collaborative research with full support from STEER and NIHR.
Over a dozen high-quality project proposals were submitted before the event and eventually, 5 were shortlisted to present as an oral presentation at the Dragon’s Den event. The top three oral presentations, as marked by the Dragons, would be awarded prizes. The overall winning project would get taken forward with support from STEER and NIHR to form a multi-centre collaborative project within the East of England.
Our formidable Dragons included:
Overall, the event was a great success with over 25 delegates attending. Five high-quality oral presentations were delivered at the event with time for plenty of questions from the Dragons and the audience. The top three presentations as judged by the formidable Dragons were as follows:
We would like to thank our panel of Dragons and attending delegates for their support at the event and hope they will join us in our Dragon’s Den event in 2021!
Krashna Patel
Vice-Chair of STEER collaborative
Introductions from Krashna Patel
(STEER Vice Chair & Event Host)
Project proposal pitched to the Dragons
The panel of Academic Dragons
Alan Askari (STEER Chair) critiquing a project proposal
Omar Abbassi (1st Prize winner)
Mohamed Aly (2nd Prize winner)
James Ashcroft (3rd Prize winner)