Ablation Study Day
Tuesday 1st December 2026
Woburn House Conference Centre, Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HQ
8:45 – 9:20 Registration and coffee
9:20 - 9:30 Welcome Dr Pete Littler
9:30 - 11:00 Liver Chairs : Dr Pete Littler, Mr Rohan Thakkar , Dr Tim Cross
9:30 - 9:45 Consensus statements – Dr Ed Johnston
9:45 – 10:00 HEPAR scoring system for ablation – Dr Maarten Smits (Utrecht)
10:00 – 11:00 MDT Case discussions Dr Nabil Kibriya, Dr Maarten Smits, Dr Teik Choon See
11:00-11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:30 Lung MDT Case Discussions Chairs Dr Mark Maddock, Dr Mark Anderson & Dr Clive Peedell
Cases presented by Dr Mark Anderson, Dr Rahul Chivate & Dr Clive Peedell
12: 30 – 13:30 Kidney MDT Case Discussions Chairs Dr Phil Haslam & Mr Mark Evans
Cases presented by Mr Mark Evans, Dr Richard Lindsay, Dr Alex King & Dr Miles Walkden
13:30 – 14:30 Lunch and Posters
14:30 – 15:00 Scientific session Chairs Dr Ben Stenberg and Dr Georgia Priona
15:00– 16:15 Cutting edge ablation: Chairs Dr Teik Choon See, Dr Maarten Smits & Dr Tim Cross
NIHR UK trial: Histotripsy Prof Tze Min Wah
Endobiliary ablation Dr Tim Fotheringham
Ablation confirmation outside of the liver Prof Nicos Fotiadis
A future with AI assisted ablation! Dr Yiannis Skarparis
16:15 Main meeting close
16:30 – 17:30 Essentials
MSK cases – Prof Nicos Fotiadis
SABR cases – Dr Clive Peedell
Liver cases – Dr Guy Hickson
Abstract Submission Information
This year will feature a scientific oral presentation session and a poster display to showcase UK ablation related work.
All abstracts will be reviewed by a panel and the top 3 will be invited to present at the Ablation Study Day during the Scientific Session. All other submissions will be given the opportunity to have their poster displayed during the day.
Please submit all abstracts to peter.littler@nhs.net.
These will be anonymised and then sent to the judging panel.
All abstracts need to be submitted by 6pm, 18th October 2026.
View the abstract submission guidelines: Ablation Study Day Submission.indd
