The Ryan Lecture
The Ryan Lecture was established to mark the lifetime contribution to the management of victims of trauma made by Professor James "Jim" Ryan - the founding chairperson of Trauma Care. It is given annually at the Trauma Care conference by a distinguished speaker invited by the Trauma Care Council.
Professor Ryan's long and distinguished military career ended as Colonel in the Royal Army Medical Corps, as Joint Professor of Military Surgery at the Royal Army Medical College, London and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. His military experience included services in Northern Ireland, Cyprus, the Falkland Islands, Nepal, the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Central Asia.
On leaving the military, Jim Ryan was, from 1995 to 2007, the first Leonard Cheshire Professor in Conflict Recovery at the Department of Surgery, University College London. He was also visiting professor in trauma care and honorary consultant in emergency medicine at University College London Hospitals. In 2002, he became International Professor of Surgery at the United Services University for the Health Sciences in Maryland, USA. In 2007, he was appointed emeritus professor at the Centre for Trauma, Conflict and Catastrophe Medicine at St George's University of London.
Professor Ryan was convener for the 'Diploma in the Medical Care of Catastrophes' at the Society of Apothecaries in London. He is the immediate past President of the Conflict and Catastrophe Faculty at the Society and a past President of the Catastrophe and Conflict Forum at the RSM. He was awarded the OBE for services to military and humanitarian medicine in 2011.
The Ryan Lecturers
2005 Professor James Ryan OBE
2007 Professor (Colonel) Tim Hodgetts CBE QHS*
2008 Mr Steven Mannion
2009 Professor Sir Keith Porter Kt
2010 Professor Sir Keith Willett Kt CBE
2011 Professor Karim Brohi
2012 Professor Mervyn Singer
2013 Professor James O'Connor
2014 Dr Lynne Gerber-Smith
2015 Professor Chris Moran OBE
2016 Dr Peter Oakley
2017 Mr Gareth Davies
2018 Professor Richard Williams OBE
2019 Professor (Surgeon Captain) Jason Smith QHS RN
2020 Mr David Nott OBE
2021 Dr John Etherington CBE
2022 Dr David Zideman LVO, QHP(C)
2023 Professor Anthony Redmond OBE
*The early Trauma Care Conferences were held biannually.
THE NEED
" Trauma is a serious public health problem, with notable social and economic costs. In the UK, 17,000 deaths each year are a direct result of injuries. Annually, injuries lead to 720,000 hospital admissions and 6 million visits to emergency departments. Victims of trauma receive care and attention from many individuals within a wide range of specialities and professional backgrounds. Without commonly agreed standards, patients’ outcome may be less than optimal. "
ABOUT US
Trauma Care was founded in 1996 to address the need for commonly agreed standards of the best clinical practice in the management of trauma. We aim to improve the outcome of the trauma victim by establishing best practice throughout the whole chain of care. We achieve this through education, research and publishing. No other organisation encompasses the diverse specialties involved in the care of trauma victims from the moment of injury, to the return to active life.
Trauma Care is a registered UK charity. No. 1078780
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