General Surgery
Key Contacts
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Name |
Role |
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Mr Steven Brown
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Research Lead |
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Mr Simon Boyes
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Clinical Director |
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Sue Gregory
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Operations Director
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Simon Thurman
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Service Manager
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Dr Debby Hawkins
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Directorate Research Coordinator |
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Modhumita Harris
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CRIO Research Coordinator
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Introduction
The Directorate delivers high quality clinical care and research to patients requiring general surgery. It covers a range of surgical sub-specialities that include colorectal surgery, upper gastrointestinal surgery, hepato-biliary surgery and endocrine surgery, across the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and Northern General Hospital sites.
General Surgery is part of the Surgical services group. It is one of the biggest groups in the Trust and has over 400 staff including 24 surgeons who operate on over 7,000 patients each year. The Department is based at the Northern General Hospital.
General surgery research is currently led by Professor Steven Brown, who is also the lead researcher for colorectal surgery. Research expertise in upper gastrointestinal surgery is provided by Roger Ackroyd, in hepato-biliary surgery through Ahmed Al-Mukhtar and in endocrine surgery by Saba Balasubramanian.
The Department currently has two clinical research fellows at registrar level, who deliver a programme of research. Both are registered for doctoral studies with the University of Sheffield.
Research Themes
Our key themes of clinical research are:
- Colorectal Surgery
- Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
- Hepatobiliary Surgery
- Endocrine Surgery
The Clinical Directorate of General Surgery Research Strategy 2018-2021 is available on request - sth.getinvolved@nhs.net
