Abdul Sultan

14.2.93 

The Victor Bonney Shield

for the best presentation to The Victor Bonney Society, Hampshire:

Are junior doctors and midwives adequately trained to repair the perineum?

12.10.93

The Gladys Dodds Prize

for the best presentation at the Senior Registrars and Registrars Conference, RCOG, London:

Anal sphincter disruption during vaginal delivery

02.6.95

The Ellis Barnett Prize

for the best paper published in "Clinical Radiology," the official journal of the Royal College of Radiologists:

Endosonography of the anal sphincter: normal anatomy and comparison with manometry

24.7.00

Awards for Excellence in the NHS 2000

Nominated by Croydon Health Authority

10.11.05

Hospital Doctor “UK Continence team of the year 2005”

Award for “orchestrating clinical excellence”

Abdul Sultan, Ranee Thakar and team

10.11.05

Hospital Doctor “UK Doctor of the Year 2005”

Overall winner chosen from 15 category winners

03.7.2003

Andrews V, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Do hands-on training workshops on obstetric perineal repair change clinical practice?

Mayday Research Day, Croydon

2^nd prize best oral presentation

01.5.2004

Andrews V, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Occult sphincter injuries- myth or reality?

Victor Bonney Society Meeting, London

2^nd prize best oral presentation

01.7.2004 

Andrews V, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Mayday obstetric anal sphincter injury repair protocol- time for national implementation?

Mayday Research Day, Croydon

Best poster presentation

01.7.2004

Andrews V, Thakar R, Sultan AH

The role of endoanal sonography in detecting obstetric anal sphincter injuries

Mayday Research Day, Croydon

Best oral presentation

18.2.2005

Andrews V, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Occult anal sphincter injuries- Myth or Reality

Royal Society of Medicine, Registrars prize meeting

2^nd Prize Best oral presentation

31.3.2005

Andrews V, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Risk factors for obstetric anal sphincter injury- A prospective study

International Continence Society (UK) 12^th Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow

1^st prize for Best podium presentation

30.09.2005

Andrews V, Thakar R, Sultan AH                       

Occult anal sphincter injuries -- myth or reality?

Fourth South Thames Postgraduate Conference                       

1^st prize for the best oral presentation

13.10.2005

Andrews V, Thakar R, Jones PW, Sultan AH                       

Risk factors for obstetric anal sphincter injuries                         

The Victor Bonney Society                        

1^st prize for the best oral presentation

17.2.2006

Scheer I, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Will my sex life get better, Doctor?

Royal Society of Medicine, Registrars prize meeting

2^nd Prize Best oral presentation

11.03.2006 

Scheer I, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Urinary incontinence after obstetric anal sphincter trauma

Roy Forum Urodynamicum, Germany

First prize for the best presentation

29.06.2006 

Fernando RJ, Sultan AH, Thakar R

Are vaginal pessaries as effective as surgery in symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse? 

Mayday Research Day, Croydon 

First prize for the best oral presentation

16.02.2007

Scheer I, Sultan AH, Thakar R

Does pregnancy and delivery affect pelvic organ support?

Royal Society of Medicine, Registrars prize meeting

First prize for best poster

Abdool Z

Prospective evaluation of outcome of vaginal pessaries versus  surgery in women with symptomatic

pelvic organ prolapse

Recipient of the IUGA fellowship award (Supervisors Sultan AH and Thakar R)

Johnson A, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Obstetric Perineal Trauma- A complete audit cycle

Best audit presentation at Croydon Research Day

Van Delft K, Schwertner-Tiepelmann N, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Inter-rater reliability of clinical assessment in obstetric practice

Best Research Poster at Mayday Research Day

Elenskaia K, Sultan AH, Thakar R, Scheer I, Onwude J

Does mode of delivery affect pelvic organ support and quality of life?  A longitudinal 5 year study

Best oral poster presentation IUGA 2011, Lisbon

Lone F, Sultan AH, Thakar R, Stankiewicz A

Is pelvic floor ultrasonography useful when combined with clinical assessment?

Croydon University Hospital, Research Day, Croydon

Best research presentation

Lone F, Sultan AH, Thakar R, Stankiewicz A

Natural progression of pelvic organ prolapse using dynamic 2D-transperineal

ultrasonography: a one year prospective study

Croydon University Hospital, Research Day, Croydon

Best research presentation

Lone F, Sultan AH, Thakar R, Stankiewicz A

A one year prospective comparison of vaginal pessaries and surgery in the treatment of pelvic

organ prolapse using the validated ICIQ-VS questionnaire

Croydon University Hospital Research Day, Croydon

Runner up prize - research presentation

Johnson A, Sultan A, Thakar R

Midwives training in the management of perineal trauma – time for reappraisal?

Croydon University Hospital, Research Day

Best poster prize

Lone F, Thakar R, Sultan AH, Stankiewicz A

Vascularity of the urethra in urinary continent women using colour doppler high-frequency

endovaginal ultrasonography (EVUS)

37^th Annual IUGA Meeting, Brisbane

Best oral poster by a fellow

Lone F, Thakar R, Sultan AH, Stankiewicz A

Vascularity of the urethra in urinary continent women using colour doppler high-frequency            

endovaginal ultrasonography (EVUS)

37^th Annual IUGA Meeting, Brisbane

Best oral poster by a fellow

Thiagamoorthy G, Johnson A, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Audit of variations in the incidence, management and recording of obstetric perineal trauma in the 

United Kingdom

BSUG Annual Research Meeting

Best Abstract

Thiagamoorthy G, Johnson A, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Audit of variations in the incidence, management and recording of obstetric perineal trauma in the 

United Kingdom

Royal Society of Medicine, Herbert Reiss Prize 2013, London

2^nd Prize- Best presentation

Van Delft KWM, Thakar R , Sultan AH

Levator Ani Muscle detachment: predicting the missing link?

Ist Prize - Oral Podium Croydon Research Day

Thiagamoorthy G, Sultan AH, Thakar R

Does concomitant insertion of a minimally invasive suburethral sling (MIS) insertion 

adversely affect the subjective outcome of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) surgery?

2nd Prize - Oral Podium Croydon Research Day

Van Delft KWM, Thakar R , Sultan AH

Is there a relationship between anal canal dimensions and anal incontinence following childbirth?

3rd Prize - Oral Podium Croydon Research Day

Naidu M, Sultan A, Thakar R

Getting the size right, are gynaecologists ready for it

Ist Prize - Oral Podium Croydon Research Day

Jordan P, Naidu M, Thakar R, Sultan AH

Effect of subsequent vaginal delivery on bowel symptoms and anorectal function in women who

sustained a previous Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury

1^st prize – oral podium Service Improvement - Croydon Research Day

Naidu, M Sultan AH, Thakar R

Reducing Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injuries Using Perineal Support, a preliminary Experience

1^st prize – Poster presentation. Croydon Research Day

Naidu M, Sultan AH, Thakar R

Outcome of anal symptoms and anorectal function following two obstetric anal 

sphincter injuries (OASIS) – A prospective case controlled study

2^nd prize – Research - Croydon Research Day

Isabelle MA van Gruting, A Stankiewicz, R Thakar, AH Sultan

Is evacuation proctography still the gold standard for the diagnosis of posterior pelvic

floor disorders

1^st Prize. Best clinical research paper

European Urogynecological Association Congress, Amsterdam

Linda P Arendsen, R Thakar, AH Sultan

The Impact of Copper Impregnated Wound Dressings on Surgical Site Infection after Caesarean Section: 

a Double Blind Randomised Controlled Pilot Study

1^st Prize Best Research paper - Croydon Research Day

Aswini Balachandran, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Reducing Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury Rates in Croydon – Our Success Story

1^st Prize for  Best Service Improvement Podium Presentation

Aswini Balachandran, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Prescribing Management following third and fourth degree perineal tears

1^st prize for the  Best Audit Poster

A Taithongchai, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Fourth degree obstetric anal sphincter injury: can we repair the internal sphincter?

First prize for research poster presentation, Croydon Research Day, Croydon

Volløyhaug I , A Taithongchai, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Can Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury be Diagnosed with a Vaginal or Abdominal Probe

First prize for Poster presentation, Norwegian Association for Gynaecology and Obstetrics Annual Meeting

A Taithongchai, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Repair of the internal anal sphincter: is there room for improvement?

First prize for Poster, BSUG Annual Meeting, London

A Taithongchai, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Use of 3D introital or transperineal ultrasound to diagnose OASI: is EAUS still the gold standard?

Second prize for oral presentation, BSUG Annual Meeting, London

A Taithongchai, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Mid-urethral slings for stress urinary incontinence: What does pelvic floor ultrasound got to do with it?

First prize for oral presentation (British Society of Gynaecology Imaging / RCOG Annual Meeting)

A Taithongchai, I Pandeva, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Mid-urethral slings for stress urinary incontinence: What has pelvic floor ultrasound got to do with it?

The Herbert Reiss Prize (Royal Society of Medicine)

A Taithongchai, I Volloyhaug, I van Gruting, L Arendsen, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Ultrasound imaging of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIs): is there an alternative to using an endoanal probe?

Highly Commended for Research Poster Presentation, Croydon Research Day, Croydon

A Taithongchai, I Pandeva, AH Sultan, R Thakar

Advancing the way we investigate women presenting with pelvic floor mesh related complications

First prize for oral research presentation, Croydon Research Day, Croydon