OMFS Daniel Van Gijn awarded Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowship
25 January 2022 (Last updated: 25 Jan 2022 17:31)
Daniel Van Gijn, an ST7 specialist registrar in oral and maxillofacial at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust, is one of the five successful applicants for the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowships.
With the support of the travelling fellowship, he will be spending a year in Australia at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (COBH). Daniel has a fellowship in head and neck surgery and post-ablative microvascular reconstruction at the COBH in Sydney.
“The surgical opportunities presented to me at the Chris O’Brien Lifehouse will equip me to continue my career as a consultant head and neck surgeon,” Daniel commented.
Professor of OMFS Kathy Fan said she was delighted that Daniel Van Gijn has won the award.
RSM Trustee and Chair of the Ellison-Cliffe Charitable Trust Dr Melita Irving says she looks forward to hearing how the fellows have had an impact on patient care.
Daniel recently published the new Oxford Handbook of Head and Neck Anatomy.
- The Oxford Handbook of Head and Neck Anatomy by Daniel R Van Gijn (Author), Jonathan Dunne (Author), Susan Standring (Consultant Editor), Simon Eccles (Consultant Editor).
- The RSM Ellison-Cliffe Travelling Fellowships were set up in 2004, and are open to senior registrars and early career consultants, who are members of the undertaking specialist training overseas. There have been 47 awards.
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