17th March 2025

ASiT Silver Scalpel Award Winner 2025

This year was the 49th ASiT Annual Surgical Conference, which took place in Belfast, from the 7th – 9th March. Now in its 26th iteration, the prestigious Silver Scalpel Award sponsored by Swann-Morton, has played an important role in recognising trainers who go the extra mile to inspire, support and shape the next generation of surgeons over the past two decades.  

The Nominees for the 2025 ASiT Silver Scalpel Award were as follows:

• Mr Filippo Di Franco - Consultant Upper GI Surgeon, Hinchingbrooke Hospital, North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
• Mr Diwarkar Sarma - Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust
• Miss Melissa Cuhna - Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospitals of Birmingham 
• Miss Emma Gray - Consultant General and Breast Surgeon, Southend Site, Mid and South Essex
• Mr James Tysome - Consultant ENT Surgeon, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
• Mr Jon Ghosh - Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary