Celebrating global practice at BAOMS 2025 Annual Scientific Meeting
11 June 2025 (Last updated: 11 Jun 2025 12:24)
This year, as we meet in London for the BAOMS Annual Scientific Meeting, we celebrate Global Practice. The theme is the choice of BAOMS 63rd President, Professor Kathleen Fan, who wanted to acknowledge the strong international network of expertise among oral and maxillofacial surgeons.
Representatives from the American, Asian, Canadian, European, French and International Associations will attend and speak at the meeting. National and international experts will contribute in each of the symposia, including panels on humanitarian work, research updates and specialist areas within maxillofacial surgery. They will share knowledge and exchange ideas, practice and innovations with the aim of improving outcomes for patients.
Professor Fan was motivated in this theme by her experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges faced by front line health workers including oral and maxillofacial surgeons, they found ways to support one another, sharing best practice and helping each other via video calls and online conferences.
She says: “The COVID-19 pandemic was extremely difficult for oral and maxillofacial surgeons. Like many medics we had to perform lifesaving surgery under arduous and upsetting conditions. One silver lining was the way we exchanged knowledge and supported each other across borders and without boundaries.
“For the first time in my career I could immediately reach a colleague in Italy, America or Asia and get advice about how they reduce the risk of spreading COVID during tracheostomy, for example. I wanted to continue this knowledge exchange and maintain the global network, hence the 2025 conference theme of Global Practice.” continues Professor Kathleen Fan.
She sees a connection with 2024’s theme of The Patients’ Voice. Professor Fan explains: “If we want to do the best for our patients it is crucial that we learn from the experience of others. The ability to pick up the phone and ask for help five years ago made me see clearly how exchanging of information benefits us and our patients and I wanted to celebrate our international network and continue to work with global best practice in mind.”
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