OMFS Peter Brennan’s Gray’s Surgical Anatomy ‘written by surgeons for surgeons’
08 November 2019 (Last updated: 4 May 2020 13:07)
OMFS Peter Brennan’s Gray’s Surgical Anatomy ‘written by surgeons for surgeons’ - launches 29 November 2019
Portsmouth-based Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon (OMFS), and Honorary Professor of Surgery, Peter Brennan admits it has been three years of hard work, but is “absolutely honoured” to be the lead editor for Gray’s Surgical Anatomy. This new book will launch at the end of November, and is the sister text to the legendary Gray’s Anatomy.
“The book has been written for surgeons by surgeons. It combines topographic and surgical anatomy, very similar to the original edition of Gray’s Anatomy published over 150 years ago,” Peter Brennan explains.
Professor Brennan wrote and edited the book together with an international team of expert surgeons and world-renowned anatomist Professor Susan Standring. It consolidates surgical, anatomical and technical knowledge for the entire human body in a single volume.
“The editors and authors are all committed to education, training and patient safety,” Peter Brennan says, adding: “The book contains a wealth of information as well as top tips and hazards boxes in each chapter to ensure safe practice in the operating theatre.”
Peter Brennan wrote the chapter on minimising error and improving safety for patients based on his recent PhD on human factors (HF): “Because the operating theatre is one of the most likely sites in the hospital for serious medical error, it is so important that we understand the effects of HF before we even pick up a scalpel,” he states.
“The book contains beautiful easy-to-understand artwork, together with many operative images and online videos to bring the anatomy alive and, I hope, make it a joy to learn and apply in theatre.”
Congratulating Peter Brennan on the completion of this major project, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) President Sat Parmar said: “It is with immense pride that I look on this historic, but new and beautifully illustrated book, edited by an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. Peter was a previous, very successful editor for the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and a past BAOMS President.
“I would like to thank him for all his hard work and congratulate him for the book.”
Peter Brennan says it is a privilege for him “as a maxillofacial surgeon to be lead editor for this prestigious and eagerly-awaited book. It puts OMFS very firmly on the map”.
Peter Brennan hopes that Gray’s Surgical Anatomy will become the anatomy text that surgical trainees use for their studies in the future. It has already been recommended as essential reading for surgeons in the United States. The foreword by Dr Courtney Townsend, President of the American College of Surgeons, describes it as an historical landmark.
“It’s such an honour for me, and it’s a great showcase for our specialty too,” Peter Brennan says.
Gray’s Surgical Anatomy is published by Elsevier on 29 November 2019.
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