Awards
- Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, 2015
- Goligher Medal, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and ireland, 2012
- Awarded Medal of Honour, Danish Surgical Society – November 2005.
External Positions
- Board member, Clinical Governance Board, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, 2010
- Member, Management Board, CHIP trial, 2010
- President, Section of Coloproctology, Royal Society of Medicine, RSM, 2006 - 2007
- Specialist Advisor to National Institute for Clinical Excellence's Interventional Procedures Programme, National Institute for Clinical Excellence's Interventional Procedures Programme, National Institute for Clinical Excellence, 2003
- Council Member, Concerted Action in Polyposis Prevention (CAPP) Study, The CAPP European co-operative study, 2000
- Board member, Data and Safety Monitoring Board for the ‘Prevention of Sporadic Colorectal Adenomas with Celecoxib’ trial., Prevention of Sporadic Colorectal Adenomas with Celecoxib’ trial., 2000
- Vice-President, Royal Society of Medicine. Section of Coloproctology., RSM, 1999 - 2000
- Secretary, Royal Society of Medicine. Section of Coloproctology., RSM, 1998 - 1999
Membership of Professional Bodies
- Honorary Member, The Minneapolis Surgical Society, 2001.
- FRCS Edinburgh, ad hominem, 2002.
- Specialist Advisor to National Institute for Clinical Excellence's Interventional Procedures Programme, 2003-.
- Vice-Chairman, Private Patient Management Board, 2003-
- Vice-Chairman, CKCS Executive, 2003-2005.
- Associate Editor, Diseases of the Colon and Rectum 2003-
- Editorial Board, Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery (formerly Perspectives in Colon and Rectal Surgery) 2004-
- Honorary Member, Society of Coloproctology of Yugoslavia 2004-
- Co-editor, Techniques in Coloproctology 2005-2007.
- Extern Examiner, National University of Ireland, Galway 2006-2010.
- President, Section of Coloproctology, Royal Society of Medicine, October 2006 – September 2007.
- The Nineteenth Luis A Buie Visiting Professor – April 2005.
- Member of the Evaluation Board for the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty of 1000 Medicine – November 2005.
- Chairman, Research Governance Committee, 2006-2011.
- Honorary Professor, University Complutense, Madrid, Spain, May 2010.
- Honorary Member, Chilean Society of Coloproctology, 2000.
- Member of the Editorial Board, Clinics in Colon and Rectal Surgery.
- Data and Safety Monitoring Board for the ‘Prevention of Sporadic Colorectal Adenomas with Celecoxib’ trial. NCI N01-CN-95015. 2000-
- President, The British Colostomy Association 2000-2005
- Civilian Consultant in Colorectal Surgery to the Royal Navy 1999-.
- Dean, St Mark’s Academic Institute 1997-2002.
- Member of the St Mark's Association.
- Fellow of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Member of the British Medical Association
- Director, Thames Regions Polyposis Registry.
- Director of the Polyposis Registry, St Mark's Hospital
- Member of the Editorial Board of Familial Cancer.
- Member of the Scientific Board of theItalian medical journal 'Scientific Researchand New Books'
- Council Member of Concerted Action inPolyposis Prevention (CAPP) Study (aEuropean co-operative study).
- Honorary Administrative Director of the Leeds Castle Polyposis Group (now INSIGHT – the International Society for the Investigation of Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours)..
- Local organiser for Tripartite meeting, London 1996.
- Royal Society of Medicine. Council Member, Section of Coloproctology. Secretary 1998-99. Vice-President 1999-2000.
- Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. Council Member and Representative of North West Thames Chapter 1999-2003.
Links with Other Academic Bodies
- External Examiner in Surgery, University of Galway, 2006 - 2010
- External Examiner for the MS degree, Leicester
- External examiner for the MS degree, The University of Birmingham
- External Examiner in the MS Degree, The University of Bristol
- External examiner for the MS Degree, The University of Glasgow
- Tripartite meeting, Tripartite meeting
Industrial Connections
- Abbvie, Co-Investigator for studies in Anal Fistula
- Cook Biotech, Principal Investigator for studies in Anal Fistula
Fellowships
- Clinical exchange with Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada as Colorectal Fellow to Dr Zane Cohen, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada, 1986
- RSO - Post FRCS fellowship at St Mark's Hospital, St Mark's Hospital, 1986
Editorial Boards
- Familial Cancer, Editorial board, 2007
- Techniques in Coloproctology, Co-Editor, 2005 - 2007
- Diseases of colon and rectum, Editorial Board, 2003 - 2006
- British Journal of Surgery, Editorial Board, 1993 - 1998
- Italian medical journal 'Scientific Research and New Books'., Member of the Scientific Board