Medical School:                                        St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London UK

                                                                     Qualified BSc(Hons) MBBS 1989

                                                                    University Honours in Pathology, Surgery, Medicine, Clinical Pharmacology,

                                                                    Obstetrics and Gynaecology

                                                                    University of London Betuel Prize (Silver Medal)

Postgraduate training:                            House Officer Posts in General Medicine and General Surgery at St. Mary's Hospital

                                                                      St Mary's Surgical SHO rotation

                                                                      North West Thames Surgical Registrar Training Scheme

Postgraduate Qualifications:                 FRCS (Eng) 1993

                                                                       FRCS(Gen Surg) 1999

Research:                                                   I was fortunate to undertake my research under the guidance of Professor the Lord

                                                                      Darzi of Denham. At the time St Mary's NHS Trust and Imperial College had the only

                                                                      open configuration Interventional MRI Unit in the country. My research

                                                                      involved  evaluating the potential of this technology with regards to intra-operative MRI

                                                                     guidance of surgical procedures, development of novel imaging techniques for the

                                                                     diagnosis of surgical conditions, and the development of MR guided thermotherapy

                                                                      techniques. Due to its pioneering and unique nature, this work resulted in several

                                                                      international collaborations, many paper presentations in the UK and abroad, and a

                                                                      number of published papers.

Invited Positions:                                      Journal Reviews:             British Journal of Surgery

                                                                                                                   Hepatobiliary Surgery

                                                                                                                   International Journal of Surgery

                                                                                                                   Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

                                                                                                                   Surgical Endoscopy

                                                                      Textbook Contributor:      Clinical Surgery in General (RCSEng)

                                                                                                                   Recent Advances in Surgery Series

                                                                                                                   Pancreatitis: towards the Year 2000

                                                                                                                   Surgery International

 Visiting Professor:                                   University of Kentucky at Louisville, 2002 (Professor Hiram Polk)

Previous Position:                                     Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Imperial College London

                                                                       Honorary Consultant Surgeon, St Mary's Hospital London

Current Position:                                       Consultant Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgeon

                                                                      North West London Hospitals NHS Trust (Northwick Park, St.Mark's

                                                                       and Central Middlesex Hospitals)