Douglas Murray
Douglas Murray, FRCS
Douglas Murray FRCS, Consultant plastic surgeon is past-president of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons and former chairman of the Intercollegiate Speciality Board in Plastic Surgery. He had a great interest the career development and training of plastic surgeons from the UK and overseas.
The Douglas Murray Prize is awarded in recognition of his commitment to plastic surgery training with the aim of encouraging trainees to progress the speciality of plastic surgery whilst developing their own career aspirations.
The Douglas Murray prize is awarded to the best presentation at the annual NPRAS meeting.
Trainees are invited to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words on any topic relating to plastic, reconstructive or aesthetic surgery.
Douglas Murray Prize winner 2017
Hugh Wright
Hugh Wright, a trainee from the Oxford region won the 2017 prize for his presentation, "Cooling of burns inhibits activation of the complement and coagulation cascades- a potential therapeutic target?”.
Hugh is shown receiving his prize from Douglas Murrary.
Hugh's work was undertaken at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford
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Past winners of the Douglas Murray Prize
2017 - Hugh Wright - “Cooling of burns inhibits activation of the complement and coagulation cascades- a potential therapeutic target?” - Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford
2016 - Hazim Sadideen - "Distributed Simulation in Burns and Plastic Surgery: "The Burns Suite" as a Unique Training Model for Technical and Non-Technical Skills"
2015 - Ciara Deall - "Refining a facial aesthetic outcome tool for scoring cleft surgery; human and computer based assessments" - Birmingham Children’s Hospital
2014 - Suzanne Murphy - “Skin sparing debridement of necrotising fascitis” - Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge
2013 - Vikram Sharma - “Improved diagnostic outcomes in craniofacial surgery by use of next generation DNA sequencing - John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
2012 - Yasemin Tavsanoglu - “Collagenase treatment of Dupuytren’s contracture; our experience, clinical outcomes and patient satisfaction” - Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead
2011 - Richard Thomson - “Thermal imaging in assessment of burn depth - revisited with new high resolution technology” - Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
2010 - Joseph Ward - “Functional and aesthetic outcomes following surgery for non-syndromic sagittal synostosis - an analysis of a six year cohort of 51 patients” - Birmingham Children’s Hospital
2009 - Jonathan Pleat - “Scarring and depth of injury - human population study” - Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury
2008 - Evangelia Vlachou - “Prospective, randomised, controlled trial using Hartmann’s solution and 6% hydroxyethylstarch (HES) for fluid resuscitation following major burn injury”- Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
2007 - Woan Yi Chan - “An assessment and feedback method of clinical microsurgery competence”
2006 - Lorraine Harry - “Comparison of muscle and fasciocutaneous tissue on the healing of open tibial fractures - Charing Cross Hospital, London
2005 - Michael Schenker - “Will transferred toes become fingers? Physiological force coordination after toe-to-hand transfer in children with congenital absence of digits - St James’ Hospital, Leeds
2004 - Michael Reid - “Sprayed, cultured, autologous keratinocytes used alone and in combination with meshed autografts” - Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead