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Rhys Thomas

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 […]

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Elena Schembari

Elena Schembari works as a Colorectal Consultant at the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital (UK) with a special interest in complex abdominal wall reconstruction and parastomal hernias. Elena 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

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Andrei Mihailescu

Andrei was born in 1981 in Iasi, a vibrant city located on the north east of Romania and the second largest university centre in the country. He went to school and then to the “Gr. T. Popa” Medical University in his home city, Iasi and graduated from this in 2006. He then passed the entry

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Izzy Legood

Isabelle Legood is a final year medical student at St George’s University of London. She has completed a BSc in human anatomy, which fostered an interest within the fields of general and orthopaedic surgery.   She has carried out research evaluating Patient Reported Outcome Measures, mainly Quality of Life, in women with Stress Urinary Incontinence.

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Grace Kettyle

Grace Kettyle completed her Undergraduate Medical Degree at Queen’s University Belfast. During her time at Queen’s, she intercalated in Clinical Anatomy (MSc), allowing her to engage in clinical and research work of gastrointestinal surgery. Recent research has included a clinical audit monitoring theatre turnaround time across hospitals in Northern Ireland. She is part of an

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john findlay

John Findlay

John is a Consultant Surgeon at the Academic Department of Abdominal Wall and Upper GI Surgery, North Devon District Hospital, Barnstaple, Honorary Associate Professor and Senior Clinical Tutor at the University of Exeter Medical School, and an NIHR Exeter BRC Senior Investigator Fellow. He qualified from the University of Nottingham in 2007 and trained in

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Husam Ebied

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

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Praminthra Chitsabesan

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

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Sue Blackwell

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

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Nasra Alam

Nasra Alam is a specialist registrar in General and Colorectal Surgery, rotating through hospitals in the North West of England. She has a keen interest in hernia surgery, in particular abdominal wall reconstruction and has presented at multiple hernia conferences and courses in relation to these areas. She was a member of the Biomesh Study

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