This prize has been awarded annually since 1992 to the presenter of the best paper at the Summer Meeting of the Association and consists of Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier Science, W B Saunders or Mosby publications to the value of £500.00.  

Past Winners

1992
V C Lees for her paper entitled “Development of a new wound healing model for the quantitative study of angiogenesis”.

1993
B Coghlan for his paper entitled “Measurement of the long term effects of the Tajima ‘Reverse‑U’ cleft nose correction”.

1994
D L Harris for his paper entitled “Need and outcome measured in 415 patients listed for cosmetic surgery under the NHS – An interim report”.

1995
L E Ion for his paper entitled “Mechanical analysis of a new type of flexor tendon repair”.

1996
P G Budny for his paper entitled “Effect of body weight and body mass index on outcome and complication rates in breast reduction surgery”.

1997
D S Soutar for his paper entitled “The natural history and patterns of recurrence of tongue tumours”.

1998
S Eccles for his paper entitled “A new method of managing complex intra-articular phalangeal fractures”.

1999
L H Yap for his paper entitled “The anatomical and neurophysiological basis of sensate free TRAM flap”.

2000
G D Sterne for his paper entitled “A method of inframammary crease reconstruction”.

2001
B M Richard for his paper entitled “Maxillary arch changes in a randomized controlled trial of Malek v Oslo sequencing of UCLP repairs”.

2002
A Topping for his paper entitled “Sentinel node biopsy for melanoma – An analysis of results to date with additional reference to histological findings”.

2003
M Rashid for his paper entitled “Avulsion injuries of the male external genitalia:  A classification and customization of the radial forearm free flap for reconstruction”.

2004
P Yu for his paper entitled “Characteristics of the anterolateral thigh flap in a western population”.

2005
Le R Fourie for his paper entitled "Noma: Can we use first world techniques in a third world setting?".

2006
A Greig for her paper entitled "Reconstruction of the Exenterated Orbit with Osseointegrated Implants".

2007
F Sha'ban for his paper entitled "Audit of Infective Complications from Paediatric Burns: Does Mixing Acute Medical Admissions with Burn Patients Increase the Incidence?"