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19 October 2016

Milan prize winners were Jim Tiernan (Best Paper), Gonzalo Martin-Martin (Best Lunchtime Poster) and Evangelos Xynos (Best New Trial).

19 October 2016

  ESCP offered 10 opportunities between August 2015 and June 2016: 2-4 week observerships, 3-month fellowships and 6-month fellowships. Fellows report here on their experiences.

5 October 2016

Outgoing President, Stefan Post, gave the first ESCP Conference Presidential Address at Milan 2016. He talked about the benefits of membership and ESCP's aim to be the greatest platform in the world for education, colaborative research and guidelines in coloproctology.

23 September 2016

At this year’s ESCP meeting in Milan, Dr Steven Wexner from Cleveland Clinic Florida discussed the current controversies in robotic colorectal surgery. We talked to Dr Wexner about the procedures limitations, the lack evidence to support its widespread adoption and its possible educational practicalities…

15 September 2016

The Society hosted several Educational Sessions for trainees in colorectal surgery at this year’s meeting in Milan. We talked to Professor Dieter Hahnloser (University Hospital Lausanne, Switzerland) about the aims and highlights of some of the sessions…