3rd International Congress of Advanced and Digital Technology in Head and Neck Reconstruction, June 29 – July 1, 2008, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Call for Papers
This conference provides a unique opportunity to bring together clinical and scientific disciplines with industry partners to explore the future role of advanced digital technology in head and neck reconstruction. The conference was last held in Banff, Canada in 2005 and proved to be very successful.
Abstracts should be submitted by the 15th January 2008, details on how to submit abstracts are included on the conference website which can be found at the link below.
Registration is now open and early regsitrations benefit from a reduced fee.
CARTIS launch new Patient Information
CARTIS has recently launched new, web-based patient information that describes the treatment ofprosthetic retention using osseointegrated implants. CARTIS embarked on the project to utilise our research and technical skills to develop new patient information hosted here on this website free for all patients and their families.
The project was funded by the UWIC Third Mission Fund and was undertaken by CARTIS using the lastest computer aided design software.
Click here to open the patient information in a new browser window
CARTIS research contributes to new book
A new book on the application of advanced technologies in medicine has recently been published. The book Medical modelling: The application of advanced design and development techniques in medicine, was written by Dr. Richard Bibb, Head of Medical Applications at the National Centre for Product Design & Development Research and a member of the CARTIS team.
The research carried out by CARTIS provided much of the material for the book and many of the case studies that feature in the book are taken from CARTIS projects that have addressed the application of advanced design technologies in surgery and prosthetic reconstruction.
The book is available from Woodhead Publishing Ltd. and details can be found here.
South Wales teacher’s epic bike ride completed!
A South Wales primary school teacher has successfully completed a mammoth 1,000 miles cycle ride to Geneva in aid of the Swansea NHS Trust hospital which helped him recover from serious head and facial injuries sustained in a French skiing accident in 2003. Gavin Rees completed the cycleGENEVA challenge with his friend Duncan Edwards, who was also injured in the same accident.
They set off from Milford Haven in West Wales and cycled to Alpe D'Huez in France, via Geneva, to celebrate Gavin’s recovery and in thanks for the support and ongoing care he has received from Morriston Hospital’s Maxillofacial Unit.
CARTIS would like to congratulate Gavin and Duncan on this incredible achievement and thank them for their fund raising efforts.
Gavin has raised a great deal of money but would like to raise more. Please visit Gavin’s web site and support his fund raising efforts (www.cycleGENEVA.co.uk).
Click here for the BBC News website story.
New partnership builds on head and neck reconstructive surgery advancements
A new partnership which aims to make Wales a world-leader in the research, development and application of advanced medical technology will be launched on February 9th 2006.
The Centre for Applied Reconstructive Technologies in Surgery (CARTIS) has been jointly established by Swansea NHS Trust’s Maxillofacial Unit at Morriston Hospital and the National Centre for Product Design and Development Research (PDR) at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC). The Centre, which is unique in Wales, was launched at a dinner at UWIC’s Celtic Suite Restaurant, Colchester Avenue.
The launch of the new centre combines the strengths of Morriston Hospital and UWIC in a formal partnership. It brings together the existing facilities and expertise of both Morriston’s Maxillofacial Unit and UWIC’s PDR for the benefit of patients with diseases including cancer, face and jaw deformity, and injuries, as well as close collaboration with neurosurgeons.
The full UWIC press release of this story is available here.