The 2026 BFIRST Webinar Series
Offering focused, high-quality sessions for the global plastic surgery community.
Additional webinar dates and topics will follow throughout the year as we continue to expand our programme.
We look forward to welcoming you to an engaging and educational year with BFIRST.
There has been a slight change of plans to the start of the series, and webinar dates are now as follows. We will shortly update you with the Zoom links.
January 2026
Microsurgery, Mr J R Srinivasan
📅24 January 2026 (TBC): 13:00 - 14:00 GMT
Mr Srinivasan is a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in Preston, with special interests in microsurgery and head and neck reconstruction. He is the Clinical Director to the Plastic Surgery Department in Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, a BAPRAS Council Member, and has been on the BFIRST Committee since September 2025.
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February 2026
Setting Up an Orthoplastics Service, Mr A Emam
📅 21 February 2026: 13:00 - 14:00 GMT
Mr Ahmed Emam is a consultant plastic and reconstructive surgeon based in Swansea, with a special interest in microsurgery and limb reconstruction. He leads the plastic surgery for South Wales Major Trauma Network and currently chairs the BAPRAS Trauma Special interest Group (SIG) and is co-chair of the BFIRST Education, Research and Fellowship Subcommittee.
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March 2026
Global Surgery, Mr Naveen Cavale
📅 March (Date TBC): 13:00 GMT
Mr Cavale trained in London and has been a consultant plastic surgeon since 2009. He has an NHS and Private Practice, both based in South London. Since 2014, he has been visiting Gaza, with a team of Limb Reconstruction surgeons, helping to look after complex blast and gunshot injuries. As well as direct patient care, the emphasis there has been on training local surgeons to increase capacity. Via BFIRST, Mr Cavale is involved in a collaboration project with BSSH in Tanzania. Mr Cavale is the past Chair of BFIRST and continues to play an active role.
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Planned for 2026
Hand and Upper Limb Reconstruction (TBC), Mr Makarand Tare
Military (TBC), Mr Graham Lawton
Burns (TBC), Mr Stuart Watson
A webinar from our past BFIRST Fellows
Research (TBC), Mr Kavit Amin
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