Qualifications: BM (Hons) (2001), MSc (2012), FRCS (Gen Surg) (2011)
GMC Number: 6027455
Clinical Areas of Interest: Service provision and quality of care
Regional Chapter: Wessex
Biography
Mr Alexander trained at the University of Southampton Medical School graduating with distinction and Honours in 2001. He completed his specialist General and Colorectal surgical training in Wessex and the South West Thames Deaneries. This included rectal cancer surgical training (TME) at Basingstoke Hospital and Laparoscopic Colorectal training at Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth.
Prior to starting at the Great Western Hospital, he was awarded a Nationally-appointed industry sponsored Laparoscopic Colorectal Fellowship at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey. Here, he gained further experience and expertise in all aspects of Laparoscopic Colorectal work, Robotic surgery for rectal cancer and trans-anal endoscopic microsurgery (TEMS/TEO).
He was awarded an MSc in Leadership and Management and has published widely in his field of surgical interest.
He is clinical lead for TEO/TEMS Surgery, and Clinical lead for Robotic surgery at The Great Western Hospitals NHS Trust. For the last 5 years, he is also clinical lead for Emergency General Surgery at GWH.