Qualifications: MBBS (2008), MD (2018), FRCS(Ed) (2020)
GMC Number: 7013919
Clinical Areas of Interest: Abscess, fistula and fissures, Emergency general surgery, IBD and other colitides, Intestinal failure, Nutrition, Reconstructive surgery and Research and audit
Regional Chapter: Yorkshire
Biography
Adele is a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon based in Hull, with specialist interests in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) surgery and abdominal wall reconstruction. She completed her surgical training in Yorkshire before undertaking the ACPGBI and Royal College of Surgeons Advanced IBD Surgery Fellowship in Sheffield, under the mentorship of Professor Steve Brown. She subsequently spent a year as a Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, where she further developed her expertise in abdominal wall reconstruction under Professor Neil Smart, before taking up a substantive consultant post back in Yorkshire.
Adele is Chair of the ACPGBI Abdominal Wall Subcommittee and a member of the ACPGBI Guideline Committee. She was previously a member of the European Society of Coloproctology Guideline Committee, where she chaired the development of the multisociety international guideline on surgical site infection prevention.
Alongside her clinical and guideline work, Adele has a particular interest in peer review and academic publishing. She is currently an Associate Editor for both Colorectal Disease and BMJ Surgery.