Qualifications: BSc (Hons.) (2012), MBChB (2014), MRCS (Eng) (2017)
GMC Number: 7454738
Clinical Areas of Interest: Bowel cancer, Colorectal resection, Complications, Patient voice and Research and audit
Regional Chapter: Yorkshire
Biography
Stephen is an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Leeds and a General Surgery Registrar in Yorkshire with a clinical interest in Colorectal and Emergency Surgery. After graduating from Leeds School of Medicine, he completed a programme of Academic Foundation training and was awarded an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship to explore unmet needs in surgical practice. He later won a competitive NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship to support a PhD on novel treatments for post-operative ileus. He has an active research portfolio, with interests in surgical recovery, bowel disease, and creative innovation. He has expertise in trial, mixed-method, consensus-seeking, and qualitative research and works closely with industry and cross-disciplinary collaborators. He chairs the White Rose Surgical Collaborative and sits on the Management Group of the Leeds RCS Surgical Trials Centre. He is an Associate Editor for the Journal Trials and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Colorectal Disease.