David Layfield is a Consultant in Surgery for Intestinal Failure, Complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Revisional Abdominal Wall Reconstruction. He performs major open surgery to reconstruct the gastrointestinal tract and to treat recurrent complicating Crohn’s disease. David has a subspecialty interest in abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR) for complex and recurrent abdominal wall hernias and parastomal
Elena works as a Colorectal Consultant at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (UK) with a special interest in complex abdominal wall reconstruction and parastomal hernias.She completed her surgical training in Italy in 2019 and then moved to the UK where she did two post-CCT fellowships (in London and Southampton). During her fellowship in London,
Mr. Maciej Pawlak is a Consultant Abdominal Aall Surgeon at the Golden Jubilee National University Hospital in Glasgow, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow, and one of the UK’s leading experts in complex hernia and abdominal wall reconstruction surgery. He holds a PhD in surgical sciences and is a Fellow of the Royal
Rhys Thomas was appointed as an upper GI and Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Surgeon in Croydon, South London in 2015. He has developed the unit into a tertiary referral centre for complex abdominal wall hernias, receiving referrals from over 10 hospitals in the South East of England. He is committed to improving outcomes from complex hernia
Toby Hammond is a Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon at the Mid & South Essex University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is a BHS AWR Subcommittee member & sits on the BHS executive board. Toby has a subspecialty interest and tertiary referral practice for complex and recurrent abdominal wall hernias, with a particular focus on
Sala Abdalla is a Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon with a sub-specialist interest in the management of complex ventral hernias and abdominal wall reconstruction (AWR). She is based at the London North West University Healthcare Trust where she has established a dedicated abdominal wall service. Ms Abdalla is a graduate of Imperial College, London, and has completed her training in
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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
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
Alice Meeson is an Advanced Clinical Practitioner at Barnstaple, North Devon Comprehensive Hernia Centre which is located ay North Devon District Hospital. She is a nurse by background with a masters degree in advanced clinical practice. She has an extensive nursing experience and has helped progress a tertiary hernia service and create the prehabilitation pathway
Srinivas Chintapatla is a consultant colorectal and abdominal wall hernia surgeon at York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. He is also a Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School. He has been doing complex ventral hernia surgery from 2004 when he was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon at York Hospitals and a Honorary
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