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Richard Brady (Chair)
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Richard Brady
Current position
Consultant colorectal surgeon, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Hospitals Trust, UK (since 2017)
Medical school
The Queens' University of Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK (Graduated in 2001)
General surgical and colorectal training
- 2016: ESCP travelling fellow to Japan
- 2016: Senior intestinal failure and IBD surgical fellowship, Salford Royal Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
- 2015: National ALSGBI Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals Trust, Newcastle, UK
- 2009-2015: Higher surgical training, Edinburgh, Scotland
Main clinical and research interests
- Intestinal failure
- Inflammatory bowel disease surgery
- Advanced technology and social media in surgery
Member of Communications Committee since
2016
Additional information
- 2014: Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FRCSEd)
- 2014: Post-graduate Research degree (MD), University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Richard is also a member of the ESCP Communications Committee, chair of the app development and previous website working groups. He is the owner of the social media and technology consultancy researchactive.com. He has held many previous representative positions and is a keen advocate of opening access to and the modernisation of high quality colorectal surgical care. His post-graduate research degree was on the subject of the chemoprevention of colorectal cancer and he is currently involved in a number of international collaborations, including as one of the founders of the #colorectalsurgery social media campaign.
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Erman Aytac (Research Rep)
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Erman Aytac
Current position
Associate Professor of Surgery, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Turkey (since 2015). Staff Surgeon, Acibadem Maslak Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey (since 2016).
Medical school
Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (graduated in 2006)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Cerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (graduated in 2011)
- Research/clinical research/clinical fellowship, Department of Colorectal Surgery, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA (graduated in 2016)
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Pelvic floor and intestinal motility disorders
- Minimally invasive and complex abdominopelvic surgery
Member of the Communications Committee since
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Additional information
- Primary and co-investigator in numerous national or international research studies. His studies have received awards from the Eczacıbaşı Scientific Research and Medical Award Fund, the Turkish Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery, and the American College of Surgeons.
- Involved in numerous national and international medical/surgical meetings as a member of organising committee (including chairperson) and as an invited speaker or presenter.
- Works as an editorial board member or reviewer in many prestigious national/international journals.
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Peter Christensen
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Peter Christensen
Current position
Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark, and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Pelvic Floor Unit, Department of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Medical school
Aarhus University, Denmark (1994)
General surgical and colorectal training
- 2010: Karolinska Sjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2010: International certified colorectal surgeon by EBQS/Coloproctology
- 2008-2012: Staff specialist, Department of Surgery P, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
- 2002-2008: Registrar/senior registrar, Departments of Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital and Randers Hospital, Denmark
- 1998-2001: Research Fellow, Department of Surgery P, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Main clinical and research interests
- Patient reported outcomes
- App development for scientific purpose in health
- Fecal incontinence
- Sequelae following cancer treatment
- Pelvic floor rehabilitation
- Surgery for functional bowel problems
- Neurogenic bowel dysfunction
Member of Communications Committee since
2016
Additional information
- Author or co-author of 61 scientific papers published in international peer reviewed journals (cit. 1.052, H-index: 20),
- Doctoral thesis (2009) and , PHD thesis (2002), Aarhus University (2002), Denmark
- Supervisor of three completed PhD thesis, main supervisor of two ongoing Phd studies
- Referee for several international scientific journals
- Member of Advisory Boards for Coloplast and Wellspect
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Edgar Furnee (Education Rep)
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Edgar Furnée
Current position
Consultant colorectal surgeon, Department of Abdominal surgery, University Medical Centre, Groningen, the Netherlands (since 2016)
Medical school
Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands (Graduated in 2006)
General surgical and colorectal training
- 2017: International Scholarship, American College of Surgeons, Chicago, USA
- 2016: Fellow pelvic floor/ advanced colorectal cancer surgery, University of Aarhus, Denmark (Fellowship grant of the European Society of Coloproctology, ESCP)
- 2016: Fellow in laparoscopic and colorectal surgery, University of Turin, Italy (Fellowship grant of the European Association for Endoscopic Surgery, EAES)
- 2014-2015: Registrar in laparoscopic and colorectal surgery, Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2014-2015: Clinical assistant intestinal failure/IBD, St Mark’s Hospital, London, UK
- 2012-2013: Resident in general surgery, Diakonessenhuis Utrecht, Netherlands
- 2010-2011: Resident in general surgery, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer surgery
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- Proctology
- Functional pelvic floor surgery
Member of the Communications Committee since
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Additional information
International clinical observerships:
- 2017: Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- 2016: Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- 2016: Korean Society of Coloproctology (KSCP), Seoul, Republic of Korea
- 2015: Mount Sinai Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York City, USA
Posts in professional societies:
- Since 2015: Continuing Medical Education (CME) editor, Dutch Medical Journal, Netherlands
- 2012-2013: Guideline committee on the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
PhD Thesis:
Surgery for Complex Disorders of the Upper Digestive Tract, Utrecht University, the Netherlands (doctoral degree ceremony: 2010)
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Mark Katory (Programme and Guidelines Rep)
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Mark Katory
Mark has been a consultant colorectal surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead since 2007 where he specializes in minimally invasive rectal surgery, advanced pelvic cancer surgery and works closely with the North-East of England regional Gynae-oncology unit for advanced pelvic disease which is based in Gateshead.
Following his surgical residency in Sheffield, U.K. he undertook his colorectal fellowship at the central tertiary referral centre in Singapore for laparoscopic colorectal surgery before returning to his hometown as a UK National Preceptor in laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery and later as part of the LAPCO Programme preceptor for many of the units in the north-east of England.
He has an MD in colorectal cancer genetics from the University of Sheffield and has published and presented work both nationally and internationally.
He sits on ESCP Programme, Communication and Guidelines committees. His academic interest is in rectal cancer surgery. He has recently been appointed as Trust lead clinician for cancer and as a Trainer with the forthcoming UK training initiative for Transanal Mesorectal Excision.
Member of Communications Committee since
2016
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Deborah Keller (ex officio)
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Deborah Keller
Current position
- Assistant Professor, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery
- Population Sciences Group, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center
- New York Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia University Medical Center
- New York, NY USA (since 2018)
Medical school
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School, 2007
General surgical and colorectal training
- Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA
- UH-Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA (Clinical Research)
- St Vincent Medical Center, Allegheny General Health System, Erie, PA, USA
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
Main clinical and research interests
Advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery
Member of the Communications Committee since
2019
Additional information
- Editorial board of Colorectal Disease, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum, and Techniques in Coloproctology
- New Technologies Committee, ASCRS
- Young Surgeons Committee, ASCRS
- Medical Scientific Advisory Committee, Colorectal Cancer Alliance
- Clinical Practice Guidelines Committee, ASCRS
- Safety, Outcomes, and Quality Committee, SAGES (Chair- 2019-2021)
- Oncology Task Force, SAGES
- Colon Standards Committee, SAGES
- Cancer Care Standards Development Committee. American College of Surgeons
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Gabriela Möslein (ex-officio - ESCP Secretary)
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Gabriela Möeslein
Current position
Director, Center for Hereditary Tumors, HELIOS University Hospital Wuppertal, University Witten/Herdecke since October 2015
Medical school
Graduated in Bonn, Germany
General surgical and colorectal training
- Surgical training in Bonn, Heidelberg, Nishinomiya (Japan) and Rochester MN
- Research in molecular genetics, Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN
Main clinical and research interests
- Hereditary predisposition to cancer (gastrointestinal)
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Prophylactic surgery
- taTME and pouch surgery
- Continent ileostomy
- Incontinence surgery
- Prospective Lynch syndrome registry
- Chemoprevention in hereditary disease
Member of Communications Committee since
2017
Additional information
- Initiator and Coordinator of the Mallorca Group
- Board Chair of the EHTG (European Hereditary Tumor Group)
- Strong engagement in patient advocacy
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Julius Orhalmi (Website Rep)
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Julius Orhalmi
Current position
Head of Colorectal unit, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Hradec Králové, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, since 2011
Medical school
Charles University, Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic, graduated in 1995
General surgical and colorectal training
- District Hospital, Surgery Department Frydek-Mistek, 1997-2003, staff - resident
- Centre of Gastrointestinal Diseases, Ostrava 2004-2005, Head of Colorectal Unit
- Vitkovice Hospital, Ostrava, 2005-2011, Head of Colorectal Unit, Deputy Head of Surgery Department
- University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Ostrava, Czech Republic, 2003
- University Hospital, Department of Surgery, Prague - Bulovka, Czech Republic, 2003, 2005
Main clinical and research interests
- Anal Fistula
- Colorectal cancer
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- Robotic surgery
Member of the Communications Committee since
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Additional information
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Gianluca Pellino (Young ESCP)
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Gianluca Pellino
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy; Advanced Formation and Research, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona
Medical school
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2008 at the Second University of Naples, Italy (MD)
General surgical and colorectal training
- General and Colorectal Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
- ESCP 2016 Colorectal Fellow, Colorectal Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
- Colorectal Clinical Assistant, St. Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, Harrow, UK
- AECP International Colorectal Fellow 2017, Colorectal Unit, Hospital “La Fe” Valencia, Spain
- Colorectal Unit, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Main clinical and research interests
- Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
- Colorectal cancer
- Pelvic exenteration
- Transanal minimally-invasive colorectal surgery (TAMIS, TaTME) and Robotic surgery
- Applied colorectal anatomy
Member of the Communication Committee since
2017
Additional information
- Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS), Coloproctology 2018
- International Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS), 2018
- PhD “Doctor Europaeus” in Translational Medicine (2018), Thesis on TaTME and Pelvic exenterations
- Member of the Young European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (Y-ECCO) Committee
- Member of the IBD Section and of the Communication and Research Committees of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR)
- Member of the Editorial Board of Techniques in Coloproctology (Social Media Editor)
- Editor Assistant 2019 British Journal of Surgery
- Associate Editor of BMC Surgery
- Editorial Board of World Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Medicine
- EuroSurg co-chair 2017-2018 and ItSurg vice-chair since 2017
Twitter handle: @GianlucaPellino
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gianluca-pellino-b55b9641/
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Baljit Singh (Journal Rep)
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Baljit Singh
Current position
Consultant Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer, University Hospitals of Leicester, Leicester, UK (since 2009)
Medical school
Oxford University, UK (Graduated in 1992)
General surgical and colorectal training
- 2001-2004: Specialist Registrar, Oxford region, UK
- 2005-2009: Clinical Lecturer and Surgeon Scientist, Nuffield Department of Surgery, Oxford, UK
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer
- New technologies
- Biomarkers
- Anal fistula
- IBD
Member of the Communications Committee since
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Additional information
Posts in professional societies:
- 2014-today: Member of the ESCP Cohort Studies Group
- 2014-today: Member of the New Technology Committee American Society of Colorectal Surgeons (ASCRS)
- 2014-today: Member of the National Bowel Cancer Audit (NBOCA) Clinical Advisory Group
- 2013-today: Member of Council Coloproctology Section, Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) and Treasurer
- 2014-2017: Treasurer Association of Coloporctology GB&I (ACPGBI) and Executive member of the ACPGBI
- 2013: Deputy and now Acting Director of the Scientific Committee of the Association of Surgeon GB&I (ASGBI)
- 2010-2016: Member of the Research and Audit Committee ACPGBI
Reviewer:
- British Journal of Surgery
- World Journal of Surgery
- Techniques in Coloproctology
PHD Thesis:
Oxford University (UK) in 2004
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António Sampaio Soares (Young ESCP)
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António Sampaio Soares
Current position
Clinical Research Fellow at University College London, Division of Surgery and Interventional Sciences
Medical school
Lisbon School of Medicine, Lisbon, Portugal (graduated in 2014)
General surgical and colorectal training
General Surgery trainee at Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca E.P.E., Lisbon, Portugal
Main clinical and research interests
- Fluorescence guided colorectal surgery, lymph node mapping
- Artificial intelligence in surgery
Member of the Communications Committee since
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Additional information
Member of EuroSurg Executive and Portuguese Surgical Research Collaborative
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Antonino Spinelli (ex officio - Assistant Secretary)
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Antonino Spinelli
Current position
Chief, Colon and Rectal Surgery, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
Associate Professor of Surgery, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy
Medical school
- Graduation in Medicine and Surgery, 2001, Università Degli Studi di Milan, Italy
- Specialisation in General Surgery, 2007, Università Degli Studi di Milan, Italy
- PhD on Enhanced Recovery protocols in colorectal surgery, 2011, Università Degli Studi di Catania, italy
General surgical and colorectal training
- University of Berlin – Charitè, Germany
- Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Main clinical and research interests
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Rectal Cancer
- IBD Surgery
Member of the Education Committee since
2019
Additional information
Professor Spinelli serves as Associate Editor for both the two highest impact Journals dedicated to Colorectal Surgery (Colorectal Disease, the Official Journal of the European Society of Coloproctology, and Disease of the Colon and Rectum, the Official Journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery), and as well for the Journal of Anus, Rectum and Colon (JARC, Official Organ of the Japanese Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery).
Additionally, he is Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis (Official Journal of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization) and Coloproctology (Journal of the German Society of Colorectal Surgery).
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