David Cummings is a Senior Supply Chain executive with 30 years of experience working in global supply chain operations, strategy development, new business generation and complex project management. Excellent communication and leadership skills honed through continuous process improvement, restructuring operations, managing multi-site operations and mergers & acquisitions. Extensive International experience, including working and living in
Since graduating in 1994 with a degree in Business Administrative Management, Jenny began her career at the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre before joining the Royal College of Surgeons in England in 1997, working in the Education Department. Since then, she has spent more than 25 years in a senior leadership and operational
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Rosie is an ST7 General Surgery registrar based in Severn Deanery. She has developed a keen interest in abdominal wall surgery throughout her training, most recently being involved in setting up the new AWR service at her trust. Her interests include education and leadership with experience on the Moynihan Committee (ASGBI) as Education Lead and
Sarah Zhao is a general surgical registrar in South London Deanery with an interest in colorectal surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and hernia surgery. She came out of programme in 2025 after ST5 to pursue a PhD focused on the drivers behind mesh selection in ventral hernia repair. She is passionate about improving trainee exposure to
British Hernia Society publishes first BHS Registry Inaugural Annual Report More than 100,000 hernia operations take place across the UK every year, but until now, there has been no national system to measure how patients get on after treatment. The development of the British Hernia Society (BHS) Registry follows increasing calls for greater transparency and
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Director of Congress Gaurav is a Consultant Colorectal and Abdominal Wall surgeon at the York Abdominal Wall Unit at the York and Scarborough NHS trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Hull York Medical School. He completed his medical school and surgical training In India, followed by FRCS in Lower GI while working at Kettering
Gaurav is a Consultant Colorectal and Abdominal Wall surgeon at the York Abdominal Wall Unit at the York and Scarborough NHS trust and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Hull York Medical School. He completed his medical school and surgical training In India, followed by FRCS in Lower GI while working at Kettering in the East
Marina Yiasemidou is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at The Royal London Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK, and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. She is the colorectal cancer MDT lead for The Royal London Hospital. Her subspecialist interests include colorectal cancer, pelvic floor, and abdominal wall reconstruction. Miss Yiasemidou
Georgios Karagiannidis is a General Surgery trainee and Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London, with a strong academic and clinical interest in trauma, emergency general surgery and hepatopancreatobiliary surgery. He completed an MSc in Trauma Sciences at Queen Mary University of London and is currently undertaking a PhD within the Hanna Group, focusing on
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Ed Nevins is a Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon at the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. He has a specialist interest in hernia, complex abdominal wall surgery and bariatric surgery. He is a high-volume hernia and bariatric surgeon and serves as the bariatric lead for his department. He has a particular focus on preoperative optimisation and
