Cutting Edge Leeds was founded in 2001 to promote surgery as a career within the University of Leeds and its Medical School. It is affiliated with the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng, Registered Charity No. 212808) and has close to 400 members among the student community.

The society aims to achieve its goals by promoting RCSEng and Women in Surgery (WinS) events, organising talks from surgeons in all stages of their careers - both about particular surgical specialties (such as neurosurgery, vascular surgery and maxillofacial surgery), and about surgical training in general and by organising clinical skills workshops.We have developed as a society over the years, and are striving to provide beneficial resources to students.

In addition, the Cutting Edge Leeds committee has made a bold transition from the previous year rep structure that many societies adopt. Instead, we are now organised into groups or departments to maximise the efficiency within the committee and, therefore, to provide a better service to our members and attending non-members.

We also received the award for the Best Departmental Society at the 2009 Riley Awards, as part of the Leeds University Union Celebrate Week - a testament to our hard work and to commitment of our members.

We are friendly and approachable, not cliquey and aloof. Some of us think that surgery is the career for us, while others have not yet decided. We don't expect you to know either; we just want to make you think about surgery. Membership costs £3.00 per year. If you are interested, just come along to one of our events or sign up sessions, or become a member online. For further information, contact mail@cuttingedgeleeds.co.uk or visit our contact page.

The committee  members are:

President: Ganan Radhakrishnan

Vice President: Mike Drozd

Education and Skills Lead: Nick Smith

Education and Skills Officer: Matt Cetin

Treasurer:Shoumik Choudhury

Secretary: Alice King

Transplant Rota Coordinator: Matt Stanford

2nd Year Rep:

3rd Year Rep:  Arnaldo Neves Santos Silva

Women in Surgery Coordinator: Kaveeta Bedi