B.A.P.E.S was established in 1999 to lead and support the development, maintenance of a high standard and advances in technology in minimal access therapy in paediatric surgery and allied specialties.
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Read the Constitution & History.

Foster the development of endoscopy and minimally invasive techniques in foetuses, newborns, infants, children and young people across the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Advance public education and to raise and maintain the standards of paediatric endoscopy and minimally invasive therapy.

Promote and encourage medical research particularly in the field of minimally invasive therapy.

Disseminate the work of the Association and to interact with other national and international societies.

President: Henrik Steinbrecher
Southampton University Hospital, Southampton.

Treasurer: Alistair Dick
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast.

Honorary Secretary: Atul Sabharwal
Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow.

Executive Member: Simon Clarke
Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London.

Executive Member & Audit Lead: Naved Alizai
Leeds Teaching Hospitals, Leeds.

Webmaster: Abraham Cherian
Great Ormond Street Hospital, London.

For a detailed view of centres and surgeons click on the map. As more surgeons and centres get registered they will eventually appear on the map.

Endoscopic surgery is also known as:

• Minimal access / invasive surgery
• Endosurgery
• Video assisted surgery
• Keyhole surgery
• Robotic / telerobotic surgery

The approach covers:

• Laparoscopy
• Retroperitoneoscopy
• Thoracoscopy
• Intraluminal endoscopy
• Gastroscopy
• Colonoscopy
• Bronchoscopy
• Cystoscopy