Celebrating 10 Years of IDEAL Symposia
The next IDEAL Collaboration Spring Meeting will take place on March 4, 2026, from 18:00 to 19:30 (GMT).
As IDEAL marks 10 years of its symposia, this meeting offers a special opportunity to reflect on a decade of progress and to look ahead to the future of surgical innovation. This year’s theme, “Breakthrough Developments in Surgery and Research” highlights IDEAL’s ongoing commitment to advancing high-quality, evidence-based surgical innovation and methodology.
We warmly invite all colleagues, researchers, and professionals in the field to register for the online meeting (free of charge).
The Spring Meeting will be held fully online and is free to attend. Registered participants will receive the meeting link and breakout session assignments prior to the event.
| Time | Title of Talk | Speaker |
| 18:00 – 18:10 | The next 10 years of IDEAL | Prof. Hani Marcus, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology and National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery |
| 18:15 – 18:35 | Keynote Lecture Bayesian Analysis for Surgical Trials | Prof. Marion Campbell, University of Aberdeen |
| 18:35 – 19:23 | Abstract Presentations | |
| 18:35 – 18:47 | Standardizing Outcome Reporting and Technique Variations in Nipple-Areolar Complex Neurotization After Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy | Dr Bradley T. Guidry, Maimonides Medical Center, New York |
| 18:47 – 18:59 | Operationalising modification reporting alongside IDEAL guidance: the SMART checklist for surgical innovation | Mr James Oliver, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and University of Bristol |
| 18:59 – 19:11 | Minimising harm and bias in surgical innovation: developing the LOTUS-DESIGN framework to safely adapt patient eligibility criteria in early-phase studies | Dr Rhiannon Macefield, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, University of Bristol and University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| 19:11 – 19:23 | Surgical Redesign with a novel Iatromathematical model | Dr Julio Alberto Perez Sosa, Department of Surgery, Medica Sur Hospital, Mexico City |
| 19:23 – 19:30 | Summary and Closing Remarks | Reflections on the next decade of IDEAL and key takeaways from the meeting |
