2023 Tom Donaldson Poster Prize – 2nd Place

2023 Tom Donaldson Poster Prize – 2nd Place – Sameer Barakat

Sameer is a fifth year medical student at Imperial College London. He conducted this research during his intercalated year in Surgical Design, Technology and Innovation in the Imperial MSk Lab under Professor Alison McGregor. Outside of medicine he is a nationally-ranked powerlifter and is currently President of the Imperial College Barbell Club.

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