Coronavirus: Lower gastrointestinal service update
In response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, please read our advice and information before attending the service.
This page gives more information about some of the medical staff who you are likely to meet when you use our service.
Surgeons
Mr Mark George – consultant general and colorectal surgeon (specialist interest colorectal cancer surgery)
Mr Andrew Williams – consultant general and colorectal surgeon (specialist interest in pelvic floor and benign anorectal disease)
Mr Vivek Datta – consultant general and colorectal surgeon (specialist interest in laparoscopic colorectal surgery and intestinal failure)
Mr Amir Darakhshan – consultant general and colorectal surgeon (special interest in inflammatory bowel disease, pelvic floor disorders, benign anorectal diseases and laparoscopic surgery)
Mr Alexis Schizas – consultant colorectal surgeon (special interest in pelvic floor pathology, advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer surgery, anal cancer surgery and laparoscopic colorectal surgery). Service lead for colorectal surgery and emergency general surgeons.
Mr Ed Westcott – consultant general and colorectal surgeon (special interest in Crohn’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer)
Nurses
Fiona Hibberts – consultant colorectal nurse (speciality pelvic floor and benign anorectal disease including endoscopy)
Claire Mcgilly – colorectal nurse specialist (speciality colorectal cancer)
Andres Boddington – nurse manager, stoma care
Margaret Northover – clinical nurse specialist, stoma care
Katherine Hall – clinical nurse specialist, stoma care
Melissa Byrne – clinical nurse specialist, stoma care
Tracey Twyford – clinical nurse specialist, stoma care
Isobel Rolfe – clinical nurse specialist, stoma care
Jennifer Dodson – deputy colorectal cancer clinicial nurse specialist
Frances Potter/Julie Smith – colorectal cancer clinical nurse specialist
Harriet Watson – consultant colorectal nurse
Arlene Raga –colorectal enhanced recovery CNS
Biljana Louks – colorectal enhanced recovery assistant
Carlene Igbedioh – pelvic floor nurse specialists
Sarah Ferdinand – pelvic floor nurse specialists
Ruth Baadjies – pelvic floor nurse specialists
Michelle Simpson-Smith – pelvic floor nurse specialists