BHR sub committee

Husam Ebied is a consultant surgeon at Guy’s and St Thomas’s NHS Foundation Trust in London with special interest in hernia , abdominal wall, and biliary surgery. Mr Ebied runs a specialised Hernia and abdominal wall clinic in St Thomas hospital and is a core member of the complex AWR MDM. He developed local and

Praminthra chitsabesan is a minimally invasive colorectal and AWR surgeon. He is an integral member of the York Abdominal Wall Unit. His research is into medical training, quality of life around abdominal wall hernias and colorectal pathologies. He studied at Oxford University and Newcastle University, and completed his PhD at Newcastle. He trained in the Northeast deanery and

Sue Blackwell was the first patient to receive a research grant from Bowel Research UK for the PAPooSE study looking at patient experiences of pregnancy following stoma formation. 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

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

Liam Horgan is a laparoscopic upper gastro-intestinal surgeon working in Northumbria Healthcare Trust with a special interest in day case hernia and gallbladder surgery. Liam qualified from University College, Cork in 1985. He moved to NE Thames for his higher surgical training and was a research fellow at the Royal Free Hospital. London. He joined