Professional titles:
Director of the Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre,
Director of Clinical Research at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
and Deputy Head (Clinical) at the School of Cancer Sciences
Date of primary qualification: 1985
Current institutions:
Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Royal College of Surgeons of England, School of Cancer Sciences
Title of invited presentation:
Neoadjuvant treatment in colon cancer
Background
Dion received his degree in Medicine from Bristol University in 1985. He was given an honorary consultant appointment at the University Hospital Birmingham in 1996, and was appointed Professor of Surgery in 2006.
He is Director of the Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre, Director of Clinical Research at the Royal College of Surgeons of England since October 2011 and Deputy Head (Clinical) at the School of Cancer Sciences since December 2012.
His research interests are predominantly in clinical and translational research in colorectal cancer, but also encompassing the development of clinical trials in surgery
Information submitted for ESCP Belgrade 2013
