Being on the committee is great. It’s fun, engaging and is a chance to learn new skills as part of one of the most active societies in the clinical school. If you want to get involved, elections are held each year around June, and will be advertised on our Facebook page.

Melissa Yuan
Melissa YuanCo-President
Hi, I’m Melissa! I am one of the co-presidents for Cambridge University Surgical Society this year and am looking forward to a year of great events! We hope to continue to achieve our aims in demystifying surgery, providing opportunities for students interested in pursuing a career in this field and to aid every medical student in the surgical aspects of their exams. I’m interested in both plastic surgery and paediatric surgery!

mwy23@cam.ac.uk

Mostin Hu
Mostin HuVice-President
Hi, I’m Mostin! I’m one of SurgSoc’s co-presidents alongside Melissa. I am excited to see the variety of events this year, with the continuation of SurgSoc’s core events such as Aspiring Surgeons and Women in Surgery conferences and Surgical Skills club, alongside newer events to expand our teaching/academic series! I am interested in an academic clinical career in cardiac surgery.

mah240@cam.ac.uk

Michael Li
Michael LiTreasurer
Hi, I’m Michael! I’m the treasurer for SurgSoc this year, and responsible for organising the society’s finances and sponsorships. I’m most interested in trauma-related specialties such as orthopaedic and plastic surgery.

mkl33@cam.ac.uk

Cecilia Kim
Cecilia KimSecretary
Hi! I’m Cecilia and I’m a 5th year at Emma and I’m SurgSoc’s Secretary. I’m interested in general, vascular and plastic surgery. I’ll be sending out bulletins every month with different events and opportunities so be on the lookout for those!

jik29@cam.ac.uk

Luke Maxwell
Luke MaxwellPublicity
Hi! I’m Luke and I’m in my 5th year at Caius. This year I’m the publicity officer for SurgSoc. I’m looking forward to sharing all of the fantastic events we’ve got planned. I’m most interested in orthopaedic surgery and psychiatry.

lnm28@cam.ac.uk

Ujjawal Kumar
Ujjawal KumarTransplant Co-Ordinator
Hi! I’m Ujjawal, and I’m in my final year at Gonville & Caius. I’ll be co-ordinating the student transplant rota this year, providing clinical students the opportunity to get involved with abdominal organ transplants at Cambridge University Hospitals, an internationally renowned centre of excellence for transplantation. I’m interested in a future career as a surgeon-scientist specialising in cardiothoracic surgery.

uak20@cam.ac.uk

Sofia Kler-Sangha
Sofia Kler-SanghaAccess
Hi, I’m Sofia! I am a 4th year at Murray Edwards and I’m one of the Access Officers. I will be co-organising the Surgery in Schools event with Aiswarya. I am most interested in vascular and cardiothoracic surgery.

sk2107@cam.ac.uk

Aiswarya Lakshmi
Aiswarya LakshmiAccess
Hi, I’m Aiswarya! I am a 5th year at Downing and one of the Access Officers this year. I will be co-organising the Surgery in Schools event with Sofia. I’m most interested in a career in Plastic Surgery.

al962@cam.ac.uk

Audrey FuEvents - Aspiring Surgeons
Hi! I’m Audrey, a 5th year at Emma. I’m one of the event officers for the Aspiring Surgeons conference. I’m interested in transplant surgery and surgical oncology.

zf254@cam.ac.uk

Aniket Dembi
Aniket DembiEvents - Aspiring Surgeons
Hello, I’m a 5th year Robinson medic who is also an Events Officer. I’ll be primarily looking into organising some talks and workshops that will give you an insight into the different specialities for the Aspiring Surgeons conference. I have a personal interest in Cardiothoracics / T&O.

ad2010@cam.ac.uk

Alice Monaghan
Alice MonaghanEvents - Women in Surgery
Hi, I’m Alice, a 5th year at Sidney and one of the Women in Surgery Conference organisers this year, along with Aga and Ellie. I’m interested in a career in general surgery, possibly rural.

ajm341@cam.ac.uk

Agnieszka Polak
Agnieszka PolakEvents - Women in Surgery
Hi, I’m Aga! I am one of the events officers for Cambridge University Surgical Society this year. I will co-organise the Women in Surgery Conference with Alice and Eleanor! I’m interested in both cardiothoracic and transplant surgery!

akp49@cam.ac.uk

Eleanor Taylor
Eleanor Taylor Events - Women in Surgery
Hi, I’m Eleanor, a 5th year at Trinity Hall and one of the events officers for the Women in Surgery Conference. I’m interested in pursuing a career in paediatric surgery.

et463@cam.ac.uk

Emily Smith
Emily SmithEvents - Surgical Skills
Hi, I’m Emily! I’m a 5th year at St John’s and one of SurgSoc’s Events Officers this year, working specifically on organising the surgical skills club! I’m most interested in ENT and Gen Surg, although all of the surgical specialities are interesting to me.

efs30@cam.ac.uk

Mustafa Al-Baldawi
Mustafa Al-BaldawiEvents - Surgical Skills
Hi, I’m Mustafa! I’m a 6th year at Sidney Sussex and one of the Events Officers this year working on organising the surgical skills club. I’m interested in plastic and orthopaedic surgery!

mbaa2@cam.ac.uk

Liness Thavaraja
Liness ThavarajaEvents - Academic/Career
Hi, I’m Liness, a 5th year at Queens’ and one of SurgSoc’s Events Officers this year. I’ll be co–organising Academic and Careers events. I’m interested in a range of surgical specialties, particularly trauma and orthopaedics.

lt483@cam.ac.uk

Rajapriyian Murugaiyan
Rajapriyian MurugaiyanEvents - Academic/Career
Hey, my name is Raju, I am also a 5th year at Caius and I look forward to organising the Academic and Careers Series with the rest of the Events team. I am especially interested in Trauma & Orthopaedics, having really enjoyed my SSC and SSP placements!

rm969@cam.ac.uk

Lucas Hutchinson
Lucas HutchinsonEvents - Academic/Career
Hi, I’m Lucas, I am a 5th year at Caius and one of the Events Officers for the Academics and Careers series. I am most interested in a career in Trauma and Orthopaedics.

lmh95@cam.ac.uk

Dave Duru
Dave DuruPreclinical Representative
Hi, I’m Dave! I’m a 2nd year at Caius and the pre-clinical representative this year. I look forward to working with the committee to organise and publicise events for pre-clinical students. I’m most interested in orthopaedic and plastic surgery.

dd614@cam.ac.uk