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Citation on behalf of Simon N. Rogers on receipt of the BAOMS Surgery Prize 2004
British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 43 (2005) 374
Citation on behalf of Simon N. Rogers on receipt of the BAOMS Surgery Prize 2004 Simon Rogers has had a meteoric ascent in his professional career since his appointment as a Consultant to The Regional Centre for Maxillofacial Surgery at University Hospital Aintree, six and a half years ago. Simon’s family originally hail from Norfolk, but the family settled in Sheffield where his father was a senior lecturer in pharmacology. Simon has three brothers one of whom is his twin. One brother is a doctor. He attended prep school at Birkdale and his secondary education was at Repton School where he enjoyed a high academic and sporting reputation. He was a fine cross-country runner and excelled both at hockey and squash. On completion of A levels he entered the undergraduate dental course at Sheffield University graduating in 1984. He attended Birmingham University as a medical student, obtaining an honours degree in 1990. Throughout both undergraduate courses, Simon acquired an indecent number of academic prizes. I first met Simon Rogers whilst he was on a medical student elective at our unit. I hasten to add it was not the reputation of the unit that had attracted him to Liverpool but a certain daughter of a well known Liverpool orthodontist, who happened to be a fellow class mate. Simon on completion of BST joined the unit as a higher trainee, initially as registrar and subsequently as senior registrar. It was immediately obvious to all of us, that we had something special both in terms of commitment to the specialty but also academically. He began his prolific output of peer reviewed papers, embarked on his thesis which he acquired in 2000. This thesis laid the foundations for his national and international reputation on quality of life outcomes in head and neck cancer. He acquired his intercollegiate FRCS in 1997 winning the Gold Medal in the process.
My colleagues and I were determined that on completion of his training he should be appointed to the Unit as a consultant colleague. Following some creative accounting, we acquired the finances to do just that and the post to which he was appointed is perhaps unique in that it is a NHS funded consultant post, but has in built in the job description a sizeable academic component. Simon has already been awarded many honours—he is an honorary Reader in Maxillofacial Surgery at Liverpool University and he received a Hunterian Professorship in 2002. He is in high demand as a lecturer and surgical demonstrator both in the UK and abroad on many aspects of head and neck cancer and he certainly gives the lie to the perceived view of academic surgeons, as he is a highly talented and skilled ablative and reconstructive head and neck surgeon. Simon married his fellow medical student Sian, who in her own right has a formidable intellect. They have two children Matthew and Lucy and I am informed that the siblings have acquired the intellects of both parents. Simon Rogers devotes an inordinate amount of his time to his specialty and is currently the recipient of the poisoned chalice of being the Units Clinical Director, no easy task in this day and age with ten belligerent and individualistic colleagues. Domestically, he is a family man who devotes all his free time to his children. He has devout privately held religious beliefs which obviously inspire him in his daily work. Mr. President, it is my honour and privilege to present to you Simon Rogers as a worthy recipient of this honour of the BAOMS Surgery prize. E. David Vaughan June 2005 Available online 19 August 2005
0266-4356/$ – see front matter © 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.07.006
Citation on behalf of Simon N. Rogers on receipt of the BAOMS Surgery Prize 2004 Simon Rogers has had a meteoric ascent in his professional career since his appointment as a Consultant to The Regional Centre for Maxillofacial Surgery at University Hospital Aintree, six and a half years ago. Simon’s family originally hail from Norfolk, but the family settled in Sheffield where his father was a senior lecturer in pharmacology. Simon has three brothers one of whom is his twin. One brother is a doctor. He attended prep school at Birkdale and his secondary education was at Repton School where he enjoyed a high academic and sporting reputation. He was a fine cross-country runner and excelled both at hockey and squash. On completion of A levels he entered the undergraduate dental course at Sheffield University graduating in 1984. He attended Birmingham University as a medical student, obtaining an honours degree in 1990. Throughout both undergraduate courses, Simon acquired an indecent number of academic prizes. I first met Simon Rogers whilst he was on a medical student elective at our unit. I hasten to add it was not the reputation of the unit that had attracted him to Liverpool but a certain daughter of a well known Liverpool orthodontist, who happened to be a fellow class mate. Simon on completion of BST joined the unit as a higher trainee, initially as registrar and subsequently as senior registrar. It was immediately obvious to all of us, that we had something special both in terms of commitment to the specialty but also academically. He began his prolific output of peer reviewed papers, embarked on his thesis which he acquired in 2000. This thesis laid the foundations for his national and international reputation on quality of life outcomes in head and neck cancer. He acquired his intercollegiate FRCS in 1997 winning the Gold Medal in the process.
My colleagues and I were determined that on completion of his training he should be appointed to the Unit as a consultant colleague. Following some creative accounting, we acquired the finances to do just that and the post to which he was appointed is perhaps unique in that it is a NHS funded consultant post, but has in built in the job description a sizeable academic component. Simon has already been awarded many honours—he is an honorary Reader in Maxillofacial Surgery at Liverpool University and he received a Hunterian Professorship in 2002. He is in high demand as a lecturer and surgical demonstrator both in the UK and abroad on many aspects of head and neck cancer and he certainly gives the lie to the perceived view of academic surgeons, as he is a highly talented and skilled ablative and reconstructive head and neck surgeon. Simon married his fellow medical student Sian, who in her own right has a formidable intellect. They have two children Matthew and Lucy and I am informed that the siblings have acquired the intellects of both parents. Simon Rogers devotes an inordinate amount of his time to his specialty and is currently the recipient of the poisoned chalice of being the Units Clinical Director, no easy task in this day and age with ten belligerent and individualistic colleagues. Domestically, he is a family man who devotes all his free time to his children. He has devout privately held religious beliefs which obviously inspire him in his daily work. Mr. President, it is my honour and privilege to present to you Simon Rogers as a worthy recipient of this honour of the BAOMS Surgery prize. E. David Vaughan June 2005 Available online 19 August 2005
0266-4356/$ – see front matter © 2005 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2005.07.006