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Stéphanie Breukink (Chair)
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Stéphanie Breukink
Current position
Associate Professor of Colorectal Surgery, Colorectal Consultant, Maastricht University Medical Center
Medical school
University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. Graduated in 1998
General surgical and colorectal training
- University Medical Center Gronigen, the Netherlands
- Colorectal fellowship Flinders Medical Center, Adelaide, Australia
Main clinical and research interests
- Quality of life after colorectal cancer
- Pelvic floor disorders
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2016
Additional information
Dr Stephanie Breukink graduated from University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands. Afterwards she worked for two years as a colorectal fellow in Adelaide, Australia. She started as a colorectal consultant in 2009 at Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
In 2006 she defended her PhD: Laparoscopic TME for rectal cancer.
Dr Breukink has developed subspecialty interests in quality of life after colorectal cancer treatment and surgical management of disorders of the pelvic floor and enterocutaneous fistulae.
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Triantafyllos Doulias (Ass. Chair)
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Triantafyllos Doulias
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals. Since 2017.
Medical school
University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Serbia. Graduated in 2002.
General surgical and colorectal training
- Georgios Gennimatas University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK
- Cambridge Teaching Hospitals, Cambridge, UK
- Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK
Main clinical and research interests
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Colorectal cancer
- Pelvic floor pathology / management of complex perianal fistula
- Locally advanced rectal cancer / pelvic exenteration
- Surgical innovation
- Surgical sepsis
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2020
Additional information
Qualifications:
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS)
- European Board of Surgical Qualification in coloproctology (EBSQ)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS)
- Chief Residents Leadership and Management Programme, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, Cambridge University Hospitals
Research:
- PhD Thesis: Low dose hydrocortisone prolongs survival and reverses endotoxin tolerance in a lethal model of escherichia coli sepsis in adrenalectomized rats Aristoteles University of Thessaloniki, Greece, October 2016
- MSc Thesis: The effect of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of the affected part of the liver on the integrity of the intestinal mucosa barrier. Immunohistochemical expression of nuclear factor kB and oxidative stress Democritus University of Thrace, Greece June 2013
Journal reviewer:
- British Journal of Surgery (BJS)
- Colorectal Disease Journal
- Annals Journal & Bulletin Journal
- BMJ case reports
- Archives of International Surgery
- Annals of Surgery and Transplantation
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Niki Christou
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Current position
- Professor and Consultant in Digestive surgery, Department of Digestive, General and Endocrine Surgery, Limoges University Hospital, France, since September 2022
- Researcher with habilitation/accreditation to direct research (HDR) at Laboratory INSERM U1308 – CAPTuR “Control of cell Activation in Tumor Progression and Therapeutic Resistance"
Medical school
- Medical Doctor with Digestive surgery specialisation, Limoges University, France since November 2015
- Oncological surgery specialisation, since November 2017
General surgical and colorectal training
- Digestive surgery department, Limoges University Hospital, France
- Colorectal surgery department, University Hospital Birmingham, United Kingdom
Main clinical and research interests
- Mini-invasive colorectal surgery
- Clinical and translational research for colorectal cancer
- Fundamental research in colorectal cancer initiating cells
- Surgical site infections
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
October 2022
Additional information
- PhD Thesis on colorectal cancer initiating cells, 2017, Limoges University
- Head of the “Chaire of Excellence of colorectal cancer research”, since 2019, Limoges University, France
- Coordinator of the membership committee of #OpenSourceResearch
- Coordinator of the French report on surgical site infections under the aegis of the “French Association of Surgery” (AFC).
- Member of the French Academy of Surgery
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Audrius Dulskas
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Audrius Dulskas
Current position
Surgeon, director advisor at National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania (since 2014)
Medical school
Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania (graduated in 2009)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania (graduated in 2014)
- Yonsei University, Severance Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea (graduated in 2016)
Main clinical and research interests
- Early colorectal cancer treatment
- Late sequel following cancer treatment
- Cancer screening
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
October 2022
Additional information
- PhD thesis Changes in anorectal and urogenital function in patients undergoing radical surgery for rectal cancer
- Member of Research Group (Cohort Studies), Guidelines and Regional Event committee member
- Editorial board member: Cancer treatment and Research Communications, Frontiers in surgery, Annals of Coloproctology, Lithuanian Surgery, Translation Oncology
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Gaetano Gallo
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Gaetano Gallo
Current position
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Medical school
University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy (graduated in July 2012)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
- Department of Digestive and Endocrine Surgery - Pole Hepato-Digestif, Nouvel Hopital Civil, University Hospital of Strasbourg
- Department of Colorectal and Pelvic Surgery, AC Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paolo, Brazil
- Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Center (AMC), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Colorectal Surgery, S. Rita Clinic, Vercell, Italy
- JSCP Travel Fellowship
- ESCP Functional Fellowship – Royal London Hospital, London, UK
Main clinical and research interests
- Haemorrhoidal disease
- Perianal and rectovaginal fistulas
- Rectal prolapse
- IBD
- Functional and pelvic floor disorders
- Microbiome and colorectal cancer
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2020
Additional information
- Executive Committee of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (S.I.C.C.R.)
- Editorial Advisory Board Colorectal Disease, Techniques in Coloproctology, Updates in Surgery, Surgery
- ESCP Cohort Studies Committee since September 2017
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Fabian Grass
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Fabian Grass
Current position
Associate physician and consultant, Department of Visceral Surgery, Lausanne University Hospital CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Medical school
University of Lausanne (graduated in 2006), University of North Carolina (UNC), NC, USA, graduated in 2005
General surgical and colorectal training
- Lausanne University Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, residency (2007-2012)
- Hôpital du Valais, Sion, Switzerland, chief residency (2012-2014)
- Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, junior consultant, colorectal surgery (2014-2018)
- Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA (fellowship)
- Lausanne University Hospital, Switzerland, senior consultant (2020 to date)
Main clinical and research interests
- Colon cancer, rectal cancer, robotic surgery, proctology
- Research: perioperative care, clinical nutrition, enhanced recovery after surgery, colorectal cancer, short stay processes/medico-economic analyses, surgical site infection prevention
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2022
Additional information
- MD, University of Lausanne (2006)
- Swiss General Surgery Board certification (2014)
- Thesis, University of Lausanne (2015)
- United States Medical Licensing Examination (2016)
- Privat Docent, University of Lausanne (2018)
- Swiss Visceral Surgery Board certification (2020)
- Fellow of the European Board of Colorectal Surgery - EBSQ coloproctology (2020)
- Certified Intuitive Robotic Surgeon - Da Vinci Xi® system (2020)
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (2022)
Selected society memberships/committees:
- Founding member of the Association for Academic Surgery (2009)
- Swiss Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, member of the board (2021)
- Swiss National Representative, European Society of Coloproctology (2022)
Editorial activities:
- World Journal of Surgery, if 3.8, Editor
- Nutrients (MDPI), if 6.8, Topic Editor
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Rosa M Jiménez-Rodríguez
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Rosa Jimenez-Rodriguez
Current position
Colorectal surgeon, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain since 2009
Medical school
Facultad de Medicina Universidad Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain.
General surgical and colorectal training
- Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain
- St Marks Hospital, London, United Kingdon
- City of Hope Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer
- Robotic Surgery
- Innovations in Colorectal Surgery
- Perianal fistula and new approaches to them
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2017
Additional information
- PhD Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain
- European Board of Surgery Qualification - Coloproctology.
- Member of the Coloproctology Committee in the Spanish Surgery Asociation
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Jos Kleijnen (ex officio)
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Jos Kleijnen
Current position
Professor of Systematic Reviews in Health Care, Maastricht University, Netherlands (since 2011). Director, Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd, York, United Kingdom (since 2005).
Medical school
Maastricht University, Netherlands (graduated in 1987)
General surgical and colorectal training
None. Registered clinical epidemiologist, SMBWO, Netherlands (1993)
Main clinical and research interests
- Systematic reviews
- Guideline development methods
- Health technology assessments
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2019
Additional information
- PhD thesis (1991) 'Food supplements and their efficacy', Maastricht University, Netherlands
- Founding director of the Dutch Cochrane Centre (1994)
- Former board member of the Cochrane Collaboration, the Guidelines International Network, and the Joanna Briggs Institute
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Julio Mayol (Social Media Advisor)
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Julio Mayol
Current position
Chief Medical and Innovation Officer / Hospital Clinico San Carlos / Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Medical school
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, graduated with honors in 1988 and PhD summa cum laude in 1992
General surgical and colorectal training
Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Main clinical and research interests
- Epithelial transport, IBD
- Surgical technology
- Surgical oncology
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2019
Additional information
Member of the editorial boards of the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery and World Journal of Gastroenterology
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Gianluca Pellino
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Gianluca Pellino
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy; advanced formation and research University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona
Medical school
Graduated in Medicine and Surgery in 2008 at the Second University of Naples, Italy (MD)
General surgical and colorectal training
- General and Colorectal Surgery, Second University of Naples, Naples, Italy
- ESCP 2016 Colorectal Fellow, Colorectal Surgery, Royal Marsden Hospital, London, UK
- Colorectal Clinical Assistant, St. Mark’s Hospital and Academic Institute, Harrow, UK
- AECP International Colorectal Fellow 2017, Colorectal Unit, Hospital "La Fe" Valencia, Spain
- Colorectal Unit, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
Main clinical and research interests
- Inflammatory bowel diseases
- Colorectal cancer
- Pelvic exenteration
- Transanal minimally-invasive colorectal surgery (TAMIS, TaTME) and robotic surgery
- Applied colorectal anatomy
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2020
Additional information
- Fellow of the European Board of Surgery (FEBS), Coloproctology 2018
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS), 2019
- International Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (FASCRS), 2018
- PhD "Doctor Europaeus" in Translational Medicine (2018), Thesis on TaTME and Pelvic exenterations
- Member of the Young European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation (Y-ECCO) Committee
- Member of the IBD Section and of the Communication and Research Committees of the Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR)
- Social Media Editor of Techniques in Coloproctology
- Editor Assistant 2019 British Journal of Surgery
- Associate Editor of BMC Surgery
- Editorial Board of World Journal of Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Research and Practice, Medicine
- EuroSurg co-chair 2017-2018 and ItSurg vice-chair since 2017
Twitter handle: @GianlucaPellino
LinkedIn handle: linkedin.com/in/gianluca-pellino-b55b9641
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Adele Sayers
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Adele Sayers
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Exeter (since March 2022)
Medical school
Hull York Medical School, UK (graduated 2008)
General surgical and colorectal training
- Core and Higher Surgical Training: School of Surgery, Health Education Yorkshire and Humber, UK
- Fellowship: ACPGBI + RCS Advanced IBD Fellowship, Sheffield, UK
Main clinical and research interests
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Emergency Surgery
- Complex Abdominal Wall Reconstruction
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
October 2022
Additional information
- MD (awarded March 2018): Biomechanics of the anterior abdominal wall + Evaluation of a novel surgical technique for the prevention of parastomal herniation
- INGUIDE level 1 certification (2022)
- Junior Editorial Advisory Board Member: Colorectal Diseases
- Social Media Editor: Techniques in Coloproctology
- Blogger and Engagement Marketing and Income Generation committee member: Bowel Research UK
- ACPGBI Yorkshire Trainee Representative (2019-2021)
- White Rose Surgical Collaborative Secretary (2018-2019)
- Trainee co-lead and steering group member for the national (UK) collaborative projects - National Audit of
- Small Bowel Obstruction (NASBO) and Management of Acutely Symptomatic Hernia (MASH)
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Robert Siegel
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Robert Siegel
Current position
- Senior Surgeon, Head of Division of Colorectal Surgery,
- Co-Chair Interdisciplinary Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, and
- Coordinator Certified Colorectal Cancer Center
- Helios Klinikum Berlin-Buch, Berlin, Germany
Medical school
Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany (graduated in 2001)
General surgical and colorectal training
Department of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Main clinical and research interests
- Colorectal cancer
- Anal cancer
- IBD
- Functional outcomes and PROM after colorectal surgery
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
October 2022
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Samson Tou
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Samson Tou
Current position
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Royal Derby Hospital, UK (since 2012). Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Nottingham.
Medical school
University of Aberdeen, UK. Graduated in 1997
General surgical and colorectal training
- Higher Surgical Training, East Anglia rotation, UK
- Laparoscopic Colorectal Fellowship, Adelaide, Australia
Main clinical and research interests
- Rectal cancer
- Robotic surgery
- Proficiency-based surgical training
Member of the Guidelines Committee since
2021
Additional information
After completing a Master of Surgery in colorectal cancer genetics at University College London and training in East Anglia, Samson undertook a laparoscopic fellowship in Australia. He completed a master's degree in minimally invasive surgery at Adelaide University.
He is an Associate Editor of Colorectal Disease, Editor of the Cochrane Colorectal Group, a member of the ESCP Education Committee, and a Steering Committee member of the ESCP Colorectal Robotic Surgery Working Group.
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