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Along with the ACPGBI office bearers, the Executive Committee includes chairs of the Education and Training, External Affairs, Multidisciplinary Clinical and Research and Audit committees.

ACPGBI Policy on Declarations of Interest

Members

Jared Torkington

Jared Torkington

President

Jared Torkington trained in medicine at St Mary’s Hospital, London and underwent surgical training in both London and Wales. His sub-specialty training in colorectal surgery was obtained in Cardiff, Swansea and St Marks Hospital in London.

James Wheeler

Justin Davies

President-elect

Justin Davies is a colorectal surgeon at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, where he is also Deputy Medical Director. He is an Affiliated Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.

 

Athur Harikrishnan

President-in-Waiting

 
Athur (Hari) Harikrishnan is a Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeon and trained in South Wales and East Anglia and is based in Sheffield. His interests include cancer, IBD and proctology. He is actively involved in teaching, training and simulation, TPD and runs several courses in Sheffield.

 

Graham Branagan

Graham Branagan

Honorary Secretary

Graham Branagan is a Consultant General Surgeon at New hall Hospital in Salisbury who specialises in colorectal conditions

Athur Harikrishnan

Laura Hancock

Assistant Honorary Secretary

Laura Hancock is a consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (Wythenshawe). Laura graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine, London and surgical training was undertaken in London, Oxford and the Northwest. This was followed by a National ALSGBI/RCS Eng Laparoscopic Colorectal Fellowship in Leeds in 2015.

David McArthur

David McArthur

Honorary Treasurer

David McArthur is a consultant general surgeon. He is a Consultant Colorectal, General and Laparoscopic Surgeon performing colorectal surgery and colorectal operations on the NHS and privately, at The Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust and Spire Parkway Hospital, Solihull.

 

 

David McArthur

Sushil Maslekar 

Assistant Honorary Treasurer

Consultant general surgeon specialising in hernia repair, haemorrhoid treatment, pelvic floor surgery and implant surgery for continence, colorectal surgery and keyhole surgery.

 

Michael Davies

Michael Davies

Multidisciplinary Clinical Committee (MCC) Chair

Michael Davies is a consultant colorectal and general surgeon in Cardiff for the last 10 years.

Jim Tiernan

Jim Tiernan

Research and Audit Committee Chair

Jim Tiernan is a consultant Colorectal Surgeon at the John Goligher Unit in Leeds and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Leeds.

Laura Hancock

Nicola Eardley

Education and Training Committee Chair

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon 

Specialises in colorectal cancer services; General Surgery. Colorectal cancer services at the colorectal cancer services at Countess Of Chester

Shahab Siddiqi

Katie Adams

External Affairs Committee Chair

Katie Adams is a consultant colorectal surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust where she is also the lead for gastrointestintal surgery.

She regularly presents at national and international academic meetings on colorectal surgery, including robotic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) surgery.