Cheltenham Colorectal Group

Training and Position

Qualifications:
~* MB BS - Guy's Hospital Medical School (UMDS), London
(distinguished in Pathology, Medicine & Surgery)
~* FRCS (England) & FRCS (Edinburgh)
~* Master of Surgery - University of London

Basic surgical training:
~* Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
~* Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge
~* Papworth Hospital, Cambridgeshire
~* Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Kent

Higher surgical training:
~* John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
~* Oxford regional surgical rotation
~* Hopital Haut Leveque, Bordeaux
~* Clinical Tutor in Surgery and Lecturer in Surgery, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford

Current NHS appointment:
~* Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Cheltenham General Hospital, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust

Major areas of clinical interest and Responsibilities

Colorectal Cancer, Early Rectal Cancer and Polyp Surgery
~* Lead Surgeon for colorectal cancer, Cheltenham

~* Chairman, West Midlands Specialist Advisory Group in colorectal cancer

~* Regional Peer Reviewer for Colorectal Cancer

~ Specialising in major pelvic cancer surgery (including combined pelvic surgery), surgery for early rectal cancer and treatment for advanced rectal cancer
~ Offering minimally invasive and laparoscopic ('keyhole') surgery where appropriate including Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEMS) for rectal tumours
~ Endoscopic (colonoscopic) screening and surveillance and combined laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery for major polyps

Inflammatory Bowel Disease:
~* Master of Surgery Thesis (University of London) on Crohn's Disease
~ Specialising is laparoscopic and minimally invasive surgery for Crohn's disease and Colitis, reconstructive and Ileoanal Pouch surgery

Anorectal Investigations and surgery
~* Surgical director Gastrointestinal Physiology Laboratory, Cheltenham specialising in TransRectal Ultrasound Scanning
~ Offering surgery for rectal prolapse, Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation and stapled haemorrhoidectomy

General Colorectal Surgery
~ including anorectal conditions, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy

Publications

Books & Chapters include:
~* Section editor Abdomen & Pelvis Grays Anatomy 39e/40e- Elsevier
~* Co-editor Clinical Surgery (2e) - Blackwells
~* Surgery at a Glance (1&2e) - Blackwells
~* Instant Anatomy (1,2&3e) - Blackwells
~* Instant Physiology (1&2e)- Blackwells
~* A colour guide to clinical surface anatomy - Manson
~* Surgery (Chptr 'Inflammatory Colorectal Conditions') - Mosby
~* Oxford Handbook of Clinical Surgery (3e) - Oxford Univ Press
~* Training in Surgery- Oxford Univ Press
~* Surgical Practice (Chptr 'Crohn's Disease') - Greenwich