This award was endowed by Professor T Pomfret Kilner through a legacy received from the late Sir Joseph Kay.  The initial endowment was for a prize of £25.00.

The prize was awarded from 1962-2004 for an essay, the title of which was decided by Council, and the best entry on the website related to the practice of plastic surgery.  Due to lack of interest in the prize and the withdrawal of the sponsor for the B Braun Aesculap Prize form 2006 the Kilner Prize will be awarded for the presenter of the best paper at the Winter Meeting of the Association.  The winner will receive a cheque for £1,000.00.

Past Winners

1962
L R McLaren, FRCS for an essay on “Reconstructive surgery in the treatment of malignant disease of the mouth”.

1963
R F Brown, FRCS for an essay on “The management of traumatic tissue loss in the lower‑limb, especially when complicated by skeletal injury”.

1964
A F Wallace, FRCS for an essay on “The problem of skin cover in extensive burns”.

1965
No award made

1966
D O Maisels, FRCS FRCSEd for an essay on “The timing of the various operation required for complete alveolar clefts and the influence on facial growth”.

1967
S Milton, BM BCh for an essay on “The tubed pedicle flap”.

1968
J S Calnan, FRCS for an essay on “Whither plastic surgery? – Trends for the future”.

1969
No award made

1970
No award made

1971
G F Crikelair, MD for an essay on “The influence of surgical pathology on plastic surgery procedures”.

1972
J P Bennett, FRCS for an essay on “The treatment of rodent ulcer in the 19th Century and its relationships to the development of British plastic surgery”.

1973
No award made

1974
No award made

1975
D Poswillo, DDS DSc FDS MRCPath for an essay on “The relationship between oral and plastic surgery”.

1976
No award made

1977
K C Condon, FRCSE for an essay on “The role of the plastic surgeon in the accident service”.

1978
D E Tolhurst, FRCS for an essay on “Skin and bone”.

1979
D A McGrouther, FRCS FRCSG for an essay on “The operating microscope – a necessity or a luxury?”.

1980
C M Ward, FRCS for an essay on “Breast reconstruction after cancer – aesthetic triumph or surgical disaster?”.

1981
C T K Khoo, FRCS for an essay on “Cosmetic surgery - where does it begin?”.

1982
No award made

1983
M J Timmons, FRCS for an essay on “Specialist FRCS – An irritating irrelevance or desirable diploma?”.

1984
No award made

1985
D Elliot, FRCS for an essay on “The management of hypospadias: Its relevance to surgical training in the principles and practice of plastic surgery”.

1986
M N Tempest, MA MD ChM FRCSE for an essay on “Is the policy of informed consent in the interests of the surgeons or the patients?”.

1987
No award made

1988
D A R Burd, FRCSEd for an essay on “Super specialization leads to higher surgical standards”.

1989
M R Masser, FRCS MRCP for an essay on “Tissue expansion:  A reconstructive revolution or a cornucopia of complications”.

1990
R W Griffiths, MS FRCS for an essay on “Plastic surgery in a changing health service”.

1991
R P Cole, MB ChB FRCS for an essay on “The role of the clinical trial in the evaluation of cleft surgery”.

1992
No award made

1993
No award made

1994
R V S Thompson, MB BS(Melb) FRACS FRCS for an essay on “What are the priorities in plastic surgery”.

1995
No award made

1996
M Coady, FRCS for an essay on “Measuring the outcomes in plastic surgery”.

1997
No award made

1998
No award made

1999
J Hurren, BSc MB BS FRCS for an essay on “Plastic surgery in the millennium”.

2000
No award made

2001
No award made

2002
No award made

2003
G Offer, BSc MB ChB FRCS for a website on “Evidence based medicine as applied to plastic surgery.  (Evidence based plastic surgery)”.

2004
F Urso-Baiarda, BM BCh MAHons(Oxon) MRCS for an essay on “Early vs late mobilisation of grafted pretibial wounds”.

2005
No award made

2006
D Morritt, MB ChB MRCS for a website on Surgical Instruments

BEST PAPER PRESENTED AT THE WINTER MEETING

2006
V Agrawal for his paper "In vivo imaging and targeted delivery of gene therapy using ex vivo transduction of microvascular free flaps".

2007
W-Y Chan for her paper "An Assessment and Feedback Method for Clinical Microsurgery Competence".