This is our annual joint meeting with the Liverpool Medical Institution. As part of Professor Andrew Drakeley's Presidential Lecture Programme. We have three excellent speakers lined up to impart their wisdom on managing neck injuries from different perspectives. Mr Marcus de Matas: Consultant Spinal Surgeon, The Walton Centre; Dr Akshay Sule: Consultant Anaesthetist, The Walton Centre; and Dr Adam Rhys Boardman: Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine. We will start with the reception and drinks at 18:30. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Mr Marcus de Matas leads the spinal surgery unit at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and is a visiting surgeon at Alder Hey, providing services for young people with congenital and acquired pathology of the spine. Dr Akshay Sule is a Consultant Anaesthetist at The Walton Centre. Dr Adam Rhys Boardman is a Consultant in Rehabilitation Medicine at The Walton Centre with a special interest in spinal injury and traumatic brain injury. Dr Boardman attended the University of Liverpool Medical School and graduated in 2012. After completing Core Medical Training, he trained in Rehabilitation Medicine in The Walton Centre. During training he worked in a variety of rehabilitation settings including hyperacute units in The Walton Centre and Salford Hospital, the North West Regional Spinal Injury Centre in Southport, and have worked closely with the Major Trauma team in Aintree and the Neurotrauma teams in The Walton Centre. In his role managing individuals with spinal cord injury or traumatic brain injury, he strives to improve patient care and streamline transition into a rehabilitation setting. (Source: https://www.thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk/dr-adam-rhys-boardman/)