CRAMsurg is a charitable association!
CRAMsurg is a charitable association, you can read our charitable purpose and request a copy of our trust deed! We are first of all a team of Surgical Teaching enthusiasts! We created CRAM SURG to provide an accessible online platform for Critical Appraisal and Methodology of clinical research! In the spirit of "sharing is caring" all material created for this project is released under an attribution-non commercial-share alike licence! 
Our trustees
Professor Saba Balasubramanian - president
Saba Balasubramanian is a consultant endocrine surgeon at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and an honorary professor at the University of Sheffield. He is interested in epidemiology, research methodology and critical appraisal pertaining to surgical research.
Giordano Perin - secretary and webmaster
Gio Perin is currently working as the post CCT robotic colorectal fellow in Sunderland. He is a teaching enthusiast with a huge passion for linux, opensource and everything IT related! He is also the webmaster for this website, so if anything does not work, feel free to contact and blame him!
Maria Digby - treasurer
Maria is an IST General Surgery core trainee in South Yorkshire. Whilst on maternity leave, she started to attend the CRAMSurg sessions. Maria has taught advanced ballet and pointe at the University for 9 years. Maria enjoys learning, teaching and keeping track of the finances!
Evripidis Tokidis - trustee
Evri Tokidis is a Colorectal Trainee in the Yorkshire region, currently Out of Programme, researching Evidence Based Surgical Practice at the Medical Education department of Sheffield University. He is passionate about an equitable surgical profession and works within national organisations (ACPGBI EDI, PRiSM RCSEng) to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. He enjoys cycling, cooking and long walks in nature.
Right to left: Prof. Saba Balasubramanian, Mr Evri Tokidis, Mr Gio Perin, Miss Maria Digby
Magdalena O'Connor-Manson - trustee
Magdalena O'Connor-Manson is our most recently appointed trustee. Magdalena has been helping with the CRAMsurg activities since she was a 3rd year medical student. She is now a fundation trainee with a keen interest in surgical specialities. She is looking after our medical students team.
Our medical students collaborators
Nith & Emily are our medical students collaborators, they help with running the regular journal club sessions as well as other activities from courses to conferences. They have a key role in managing our social media accounts and helping with audio and video editing!
Founding Members
Adam Hague, Benjamin Wood and Joshua Lau were part of the original team that set up CRAMsurg!
Previous collaborators
Lydia Brown, Alice Lewis, Prashant Gurung, Feargus Pitcher, Emily Moran, Ozlem Boztepe