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Book today and join your fellow extreme medics for inspiration and engagement that is quite literally out of this world!

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World-renowned experts across the medical and expedition disciplines for the first time in WEM history are returning to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh and also online via our brand new, top of the range software in November for the largest 3-day medical event in the world and so could you. Welcome to #WEM21 – split over three action-packed days between 13th – 15th November, you’ll encounter the biggest and best content as we celebrate out 10th anniversary,  plus we’ll be making it EXTRA extreme with speakers and insights you do not want to miss!

Throughout the 2021 World Extreme Medicine Conference you’ll have the opportunity to find out more on Extreme, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, Disaster & Humanitarian Medicine and Extreme Pre-Hospital Care and Retrieval Medicine; as well as discovering cutting-edge research, get hands-on with industry-leading practical techniques and network with like-minded medical mavericks from around the globe.

Here are just a few of the benefits:

  • Learn from 80+ of the most convention-breaking, discipline-blending, boundary-shattering medics this side of the known universe.
  • Uncover how rudimentary equipment can be used in ways you never expected to tip the balance of life and death.
  • Get your hands dirty learning cutting-edge field-proven techniques both indoors and in outdoor ‘rain or shine’ technical sessions.* (Will be streamed online, but your hands will be clean unless you come to Edinburgh!)
  • Immerse yourself in visceral real-world simulations, including our hugely popular live action ‘mass casualty’ simulation.*
  • Unlock the secrets to becoming a specialist in extreme medicine by connecting with world leaders in extreme medicine and unlock the secrets to becoming a specialist yourself – from war surgeon or humanitarian, to emergency first responder or Arctic expedition medic.
  • Network with career-defining organisations including NASA, the ICRC and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Our online environment will use artificial intelligence to connect you with relevant people and businesses.
  • Suit up for evening events and bracing morning runs with our team of maverick medics* (This year we even have a surprise treat – think modern Vivaldi playing exclusively for you)
  • Earn up to 18 CPD credits to prove your continued dedication to your development.

Join one of the most energetic and unique networks in the universe and be part of the world’s greatest gathering of extreme medics and thought-leaders; dedicated to inspiring and sharing medical knowledge with you.

Book your place now! 

N.B. If you are unable to attend this year’s conference, you can catch up on many of the talks through WEMAcademy – our new digital resource for extreme medical professionals.


Other blogs that may be of interest, include:

#WEM21 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers (FAQ’s)
#WEM21 Speaker Announcement including keynote speaker Dr Jane Goodall
WEM Extreme Medical Conference Inspires Career Changes
Book today and join your fellow extreme medics for inspiration and engagement that is quite literally out of this world!

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Chris Imray, Altitude and Frostbite Expert

Chairing Day 1 of #WEM18 – Prof. Chris Imray – Expedition Medicine Vascular Surgeon and world-renowned expert on frostbite and cold injuries

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We are delighted that Expedition Medicine world authority Prof. Chris Imray is coming back and chairing the morning Day 1 of our 2018 World Extreme Medicine Conference.

Chris is a Consultant Vascular and Renal Transplant Surgeon at UHCW NHS Trust and a Professor at Warwick Medical School, Coventry University and Exeter University. He has a Diploma in Mountain Medicine is an Expedition Medicine expert and is a world-renowned expert on frostbite and cold injuries; as well as having medical interests in extreme altitude physiology and the brain at high altitude. Chris will also take to the main stage to talk about new research into the effects of altitude on brain activity.

Chris started climbing while at school, and has continued to travel all over the world to indulge this passion; climbing as far afield as the sea cliffs of Cornwall to the volcanoes of Chile. He began working with the Birmingham Medical Research Expeditionary Society in the late 1980s, which is where his interest in altitude research became a passion. Chris now continues his research with the Caudwell Xtreme Everest Research Group and more recently has become involved with the UCL team at The Centre for Altitude Space and Extreme Environment Medicine (CASE).

Having been one of the medical officers taking part in the 2006 Xtreme Cho Oyu expedition to Tibet, Chris went on to be the Deputy Climbing Leader of the 2007 Caudwell Xtreme Everest Expedition. He summited both Cho Oyu, the sixth highest mountain in the world (8201m) and Everest (8848m), and has the dubious distinction of having the second lowest arterial gases ever recorded in an adult (at 8400m)! This was the first ever measurement of the level of oxygen in human blood at 8400m, on the balcony of Everest and was the centrepiece of an extensive and continuing programme of research into hypoxia (low oxygen levels) and human performance at extreme altitude.

Chris has published over 130 peer review papers on various subjects including altitude medicine, expedition medicine, cold injury, vascular surgery and renal transplantation, and remains an active mountaineer and altitude researcher.


Join us this year where for the first time in WEM history, we’re hosting a virtual conference (17th & 18th Oct) – so you can be inspired from the comfort of your sofa (or, frankly, from wherever in the world you can get online). Book your place today!

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