- Charles Knowles (Chair)
- Tom Pinkney (Assistant Chair)
- Muhammad Imran Aslam (ex officio - Education Committee)
- Erman Aytac
- Sue Blackwell
- Pamela Buchwald
- Dragomir Dardanov
- Audrius Dulskas
- Alaa El-Hussuna
- Matteo Frasson
- Zoe Garoufalia (Young ESCP)
- Nikolaos Gouvas
- Dion Morton
- Ionut Negoi (ex officio - Guidelines Committee)
- Simon Ng
- Gabrielle van Ramshorst
- Antonino Spinelli (ex officio - Secretary)
- Patricia Tejedor (Young ESCP)
Charles Knowles (Chair) |
Charles KnowlesCurrent positionProfessor of Surgery and Hon. Consultant Colorectal surgeon, Queen Mary University of London / Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK. Medical school
Clinical interestsSurgical management of benign (degenerative and inflammatory) coloproctological and pelvic floor conditions. Research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2016 Additional informationProfessor Knowles is Deputy Director of the Blizard Institute within Barts School of Medicine and Dentistry and Honorary Professor of Experimental Therapeutics at UCL. He is also Director of the National Bowel Research Centre. He is Chair of the several research committees including those of European Society of Coloproctology, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland and International Continence Society. He is also Chair to UEG-led international working groups in anorectal physiology and GI neuromuscular diseases. He serves as a member of the Rome IV committee for anorectal disorders and is on the global expert panel for Medtronic. He has authored > 190 peer reviewed publications as well as contributing major international colorectal and general surgical texts. |
Tom Pinkney (Assistant Chair) |
Tom PinkneyCurrent positionSenior Lecturer and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Academic Department of Surgery, University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, UK Medical schoolUniversity of Birmingham (graduated in 2000) General surgical and colorectal trainingTrained in West Midlands, UK. Laparoscopic Colorectal Fellowship (Ethicon), QMC Nottingham 2011. IBD Surgery Fellowship, QEHB Birmingham 2012, Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2014 Additional information
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Muhammad Imran Aslam ³
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Muhammad Imran AslamCurrent position
Year of first medical qualification2001 Location of medical trainingEast Midland Postgraduate Deanery Date joined University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire2020 Membership of Professional/National/Regional Bodies
Other professional detailsMBBS, FRCS (London), PhD Member of the Education Committee since2015 Special interestsClinical: Minimally invasive colon and rectal surgery, Incisional hernia repair and abdominal wall reconstruction, Parastomal Hernia Repair, Minimally invasive Anal Fistula Treatments (VAAFT, Fistula Plug, Advancement Flaps & LIFT), Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Surgery (EPSiT). Research: Surgeon stress and fatigue associated with Robotic Surgery, Serum biomarkers for early detection of cancer and dysplasia, Pre-operative optimization, Parastomal hernia treatments and quality of life. Education: Serious gaming for surgical education, Virtual reality and simulated training |
Erman Aytac 2 |
Erman AytacCurrent positionAssociate Professor of Surgery, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Turkey (since 2015). Chief of General Surgery, Acibadem Atakent Hospital,Istanbul, Turkey (since 2020). Medical schoolCerrahpasa School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey (graduated in 2006) General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2019 Additional information
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Sue Blackwell |
Sue BlackwellBA (Hons) Modern History, MA Peace and Conflict Studies Sue Blackwell is an experienced PPI representative, with a particular interest in PROMS and parastomal hernia. She is the Patient Co Chief Investigator on the @PROPHER study, an international prospective cohort study on parastomal hernia treatment. She is also the first patient to receive a research grant from the Bowel Disease Research Foundation for the @PAPooSE study looking at patient experiences of pregnancy following stoma formation. Her current colorectal PPI work includes the NIHR funded @PoPSTER_Study; and @ROSSINI2Trial the first surgical MAMS RCT. She is also a member of the Patient Liaison Group of ACPGBI. Member of the Research Committee since2020 |
Pamela Buchwald |
Pamela BuchwaldCurrent position
Medical schoolUppsala University, Sweden 2000 General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2020 Additional informationPamela Buchwald has been the Swedish national representative of ESCP and has been on the board for the Swedish Colorectal Surgical Society. She is currently on the national board for colorectal surgical training for consultant surgeons and is involved in research collaborations such as SCANDIV-trials, PelvEx and 10Ten. She is part of a regional working group to improve IBD surgical pathways. She currently supervises five PhD students and her main fields of clinical and scientific work are colorectal cancer and diverticulitis. |
Dragomir Dardanov |
Dragomir DardanovCurrent positionSenior Assistant Professor of Surgery, University Hospital Alexandrovska, Medical University - Sofia, Bulgaria. Since 2014. Medical schoolMedical University - Pleven, Bulgaria. Graduated in 2002. General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2020 Additional information
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Audrius Dulskas |
Audrius DulskasCurrent positionSurgical oncologist, National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania (since 2014) Medical schoolVilnius University Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania (graduated in 2008) General surgical and colorectal trainingVilnius University Hospital, Vilnius, Lithuania Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2019 Additional informationPhD thesis in 2016 – Pelvic organ dysfunction following rectal surgery for cancer Member of journal editorial boards:
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Alaa El-Hussuna¹ |
Alaa El-HussunaCurrent positionAssociate professor of surgery, consultant surgeon, Aalborg University Hospital/ Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Medical schoolSaddam College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq (1996) General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2020 Founding member of the Cohort Studies Sub-Committee (2014) Additional information
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Matteo Frasson |
Matteo FrassonCurrent position
Medical school'Vita e Salute' University, Milan, Italy (graduated in 2003) General surgical and colorectal trainingGeneral Surgical Training:
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Main clinical and research interestsSince the beginning of his career he has focused his research in colorectal surgery, publishing more than 100 full articles in international peer-reviewed journal (h-index 20, 2100 total citations). His research activity is currently focused on colorectal cancer, anastomotic leak, gene therapy for inflammatory bowel diseases and the use of electromagnetic waves for cancer early detection. Member of the Research Committee since2017 Additional information
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Zoe Garoufalia (Young ESCP) |
Zoe GaroufaliaCurrent positionColorectal Research Fellow, Cleveland Clinic, Florida, USA Medical schoolSchool of Medicine of the Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece (graduated in 2013) General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2020 Additional informationPhD Candidate, Member of ESCP Communications sub-committee, Candidate Member of ASCRS Member of ASCRS Social Medial Committee Twitter: @ZGaroufalia LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoe-garoufalia-805989a8/ |
Nikolaos Gouvas |
Nikolaos GouvasCurrent positionAssistant Professor of Surgery, Medical School - University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus Medical schoolUniversity of Crete, Heraklion, Greece (graduated in 2004) General surgical and colorectal training'Konstantopouleio' General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2019 Additional information
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Dion Morton OBE |
Dion Morton OBECurrent positionProfessor Morton is Barling Professor of Surgery and Head of the Academic Department of Surgery at the University of Birmingham in the UK. He was given an honorary consultant appointment at the University Hospital Birmingham in 1996, and was appointed Professor of Surgery in 2006. In 2015, he was appointed Barling Professor of Surgery. Medical schoolHe received his degree in Medicine from Bristol University, UK in 1985. General surgical and colorectal trainingHe undertook his surgical and colorectal training at University Hospital Birmingham and in the West Midlands region of the UK. Main clinical and research interestsHis primary research interests are clinical and translational research for colorectal cancer and the development of clinical trials in surgery. Member of the Research Committee sinceHe was Chair of the Research Committee from 2012 - 2018 Additional informationHe was Director of the Birmingham Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre (2008-2019), Director of Clinical Research at the Royal College of Surgeons of England (2012-2019). He is past President 2015-17 of the Society for Academic and Research Surgery. He is currently Director of the West Midlands Genomics Centre. He has had a leading role in developing trainee led surgical research, first establishing the West Midlands Research Collaborative in 2009, and subsequently helping to establish a national network of trainee collaboratives across the United Kingdom. He has led the RCS (eng) Clinical Research Initiative, establishing 12 Surgical specialty leads and 8 Surgical Trials Centres across the country. |
Ionut Negoi (Guidelines Committee representative) |
Ionut NegoiCurrent positionSenior Lecturer of Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania, 2016. Attending Surgeon, Emergency Hospital of Bucharest, Romania, 2013. Medical schoolCarol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy Bucharest, Romania, graduated in 2006 General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2021 Additional information
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Simon Ng |
Simon NgCurrent positions
Medical school
General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2021 Additional informationProfessor Simon Ng graduated from the medical school of CUHK in 1995 with seven distinctions and was awarded an honours degree and double Gold Medals. He passed the Joint Specialty Fellowship Examination in General Surgery in 2002 with highest marks and won the Li-Shields Medal. In 2013, Professor Ng received his Medical Doctoral Degree with Commendation from CUHK for his research thesis on the long-term outcomes of laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer. Professor Ng is currently Associate Dean (Student Affairs) of the Faculty of Medicine, and Professor of the Division of Colorectal Surgery, CUHK. He is the President of the Hong Kong Society for Coloproctology, a Council Member of the Hong Kong IBD Society and the Hong Kong Society of Robotic Surgery, an Honorary Member of the Korean Association of Robotic Surgeons, a Board Member of the Asia Pacific Endo-Lap Surgery Group, a Governing Council Member of the Asia-Pacific Federation of Coloproctology, a Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS), a Member of the ASCRS International Committee and Membership Committee, and a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Colorectal Disease. Professor Ng has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, including first-authored publications in top-notched journals such as The Lancet, Gastroenterology, and Annals of Surgery. His research work in colorectal surgery has earned him a number of international and national awards, including the Northern California Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Award of the ASCRS (2008), the International Guest Scholarship of the American College of Surgeons (2010), the GB Ong Travelling Fellowship (2011), the British Journal of Surgery Prize of the European Society of Coloproctology (2011 and 2014), the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh China Medal (2014 and 2016), the Ministry of Education Higher Education Outstanding Scientific Research Output Award – First-class Award in Natural Sciences (2014), the State Natural Science Award - Second-class Award (2016), and the Outstanding Fellowship of the Faculty of Medicine, CUHK (2019). On the pedagogical side, Professor Ng had received eleven Teacher of the Year Awards of the Faculty of Medicine from 2005 to 2018, and the Master Teacher Award in 2011. In recognition of his outstanding performance in the surgical profession and his contribution to the community, Professor Ng was selected as one of the awardees of the Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Hong Kong in 2010. |
Gabrielle van Ramshorst |
Gabrielle van RamshorstCurrent positionConsultant surgical oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. Since October 2019. Medical schoolLeiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands. Graduated in 2004. General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2020 Additional information
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Antonino Spinelli (ex officio -Secretary) |
Antonino SpinelliCurrent positionDirector of the Colon and Rectal Surgery Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy Medical school
General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Education Committee since2019 Additional informationProfessor Spinelli serves as Associate Editor for both the two highest impact Journals dedicated to Colorectal Surgery (Colorectal Disease, the Official Journal of the European Society of Coloproctology, and Disease of the Colon and Rectum, the Official Journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery), and as well for the Journal of Anus, Rectum and Colon (JARC, Official Organ of the Japanese Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery). Additionally, he is Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Crohn’s and Colitis (Official Journal of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organization) and Coloproctology (Journal of the German Society of Colorectal Surgery). |
Patricia Tejedor (Young ESCP) |
Patricia TejedorCurrent positionColorectal Consultant Surgeon, University Hospital ‘Gregorio Marañón’, Madrid, Spain. Since 2021. Medical schoolUniversity of Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. Graduated in 2012. General surgical and colorectal training
Main clinical and research interests
Member of the Research Committee since2020 Additional informationPhD Thesis: ‘The role of 3D-EUS on diagnosis, classification and treatment of sphincter defects after childbirth’. |
- Chair of ESCP Cohort Studies
- Research Representative on ESCP Communications Committee
- Education Committee Representative