2025 AZAD NAJMALDIN Lecture

Prof. Arnaud Bonnard 🇫🇷

Paediatric Surgeon, Université Paris Cité, Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris

Arnaud Bonnard is currently professor in pediatric surgery at the Robert Debré Children University Hospital and Chief of Pediatric Surgery department In Paris, France. His main interests are mini invasive surgery, neonatal surgery and thoracic surgery with a special focus on congenital malformation. He’s involved in many teaching courses on behalf the EUPSA educational office board and other society such as ESPES and the French pediatric surgery society.  He has been involved in EUPSA society as treasurer for 6 years. He is the course director of IRCAD Mini invasive and robotic pediatric surgery program and he is also the program director for pediatric surgery residency in Paris.   As a professor, he’s still doing basic research on a mouse model of NEC testing the effect of CO2 insufflation on the intestinal lesion and on cerebral induced lesions.

MIS UROLOGY Lecture

Prof. Rama Jayanthi 🇺🇸

Paediatric Urologist, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio

Rama Jayanthi, MD, is the former chief of Urology at Nationwide Children’s Hospital and is a Professor of Urology at the Ohio State University. He did his urology training at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York and then completed a pediatric urology fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. He returned home to Central Ohio in 1994 where he still works and resides. His passions include hypospadias, minimally invasive surgery, DSD and complex urological reconstruction.

Our 2025 Annual dinner will be held at the Scotch Whisky Experience which is located next to Edinburgh Castle where a warm Scottish welcome is assured along with a true ‘Taste of Scotland’ menu.