Nasra Alam is a post-CCT Abdominal Wall Reconstruction (AWR) Surgery Fellow at Arrowe Park, having completed her General and Colorectal Surgery training in the North West of England in 2025.She has a strong interest in hernia surgery, particularly abdominal wall reconstruction, and has presented widely at hernia conferences and courses. As a member of the
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Tom is a senior trainee from the South London Deanery with clinical interests in benign Upper GI Surgery and complex hernia surgery as well as robotics. He studied his PhD in Tissue Engineering at University College London, investigating the development of 3D models of the human rectus sheath. His work attracted multiple research grants from
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Nilofer completed her undergraduate medical degree at Newcastle University. She is a specialty registrar in General and Colorectal Surgery in Yorkshire, and is currently (2025) in the final year of her PhD at the University of Sheffield. She has an interest in surgery for inflammatory bowel disease, hernia surgery and the management of general surgical
Luqman is a trainee with and interest in hernia surgery and bioinformatics. He graduated from the University of Manchester in 2023, undertook foundation training at Warrington Hospital in the North West deanery, and will be starting as an Academic Clinical Fellow in General Surgery in Exeter in August 2025. Go back to sub committee page
Kamil is a patient representative on IBD-Boost (King’s College London) and PERFORM (the University of Glasgow) study steering committees. He is a public contributor to research. He has been a member of patient advisory groups for various projects, reviewer for the NIHR and lay co-applicant on some studies, just to name a few. I am
Mary Mancini has been a public and patient collaborator since 2013 and has been a co-applicant in health and social care research in projects in mental health, parenting of children with learning difficulties, data in research, methodology, trial improvement, Al, cancer and multimorbidity. Originally from Italy and now living in Exeter, Mary has contributed in
Sue Blackwell is currently a Post Graduate Researcher at the University of Birmingham and is undertaking a PhD on Parastomal hernia and shared decision making. Her research interests are PROMS, parastomal hernia, IBD and emergency surgery. She is Co-Chief Investigator on the PROPHER Study, an international cohort study looking at PROMS after parastomal hernia treatment. Go back to sub
Mo Atif is a General Surgery Registrar in the West Midlands. He was a former Academic Clinical Fellow at the University of Birmingham and has a PhD in Transplant Immunology from the Sorbonne. He has led research in both Basic Science and Applied Health Research. His scientific interests are in organ/tissue regeneration as well as
John is Director of Science and chairs the Scientific Subcommittee.John is a Consultant Upper GI and Abdominal Wall surgeon at the North Devon Comprehensive Hernia Centre, Academic Department of Upper GI and Abdominal Wall Surgery at North Devon District Hospital, an Associate Professor at the University of Exeter Medical School, and NIHR Exeter BRC Senior
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After graduating with a Bachelors of Science from Queen’s University and a medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons, Josh De Marchi went on complete his surgical training in Ireland. Throughout this period, he pursued a Masters of Surgery and a Diploma in Health Professions Education. He became a fellow of The Royal College
