Our current ACPGBI Council members are listed below, except for
the Executive Committee who are listed on a separate page.
The Council is made up of:
Members
Katie Adams
Chair, Early Years Consultant Network (EYCN)
Professor Robert Arnott
Patient Liaison Group Chair
Chetan Bhan
North East Thames
John Burke
Ireland Chapter Representative
ACPGBI representative for TPFS
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at University Hospitals, Birmingham. A member of the ACPGBI for over 20 years, he has held many posts starting by representing trainees on the Education Committee
Nicola Eardley
Mersey Chapter Representative
Sarah Duff
North Western Chapter Representative
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
Colin Elton
Independant Healthcare Committee Chair
Simon Fallis
West Midlands Representative
Arnold Goede
Oxford Chapter Representative
Stephen Holtham
Northern Chapter Representative
East Anglia Chapter Representative
Jim Khan
Wessex Chapter Representative
Yorkshire Chapter Representative
Nick Maynard
AUGIS President
South Western Chapter Representative
Jamie Murphy
North West Thames Chapter Representative
Piero Nastro
South East Thames Chapter Representative
Andrew Robinson
Pathology Representative
Panchali Sarmah
President, Dukes' Club
Jenny Seligmann
Oncology Representative
Michael Thornton
North Wales Chapter Representative
Tim McAdam
Northern Ireland Chapter Representative
ACPN Chair
Chair of the Association of Coloproctology Nurses
Henry Tilney
South West Thames Chapter Representative
International Representative
Sara Upponi
Radiology Representative
Sara Upponi was appointed as a consultant gastrointestinal radiologist at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Cambridge in 2008.
Karen Telford
Pelvic Floor Society Chair
Established consultant general and colorectal surgeon, and been in post since 2005. Works at Manchester University Foundation Trust at the Wythenshawe site. A member of the Association of Coloproctology of GB & I and and Chair of The Pelvic Floor Society (a subsidary society of the ACPGBI). As well as being a general surgeon dealing with abdominal diseases specialising in Coloproctology and Pelvic Floor Surgery.
Michael Walker
Scotland Chapter Representative
Neil Welch
ASGBI Representative
South Wales Chapter Representative
Katie Walter
Trent Chapter Representative
Consultant Colorectal & Sarcoma Surgeon
Dorin Ziyaie
Scotland Chapter Representative
Dorin Ziyaie is a colorectal surgeon with specialist interests in Colonic and Rectal Cancer, Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Functional Bowel Disorders, working within a diverse surgical unit with full focus on multidisciplinary approach to treat and manage patients,