My research interests are heavily focussed in the feilds of audit and risk assessment and as such I am invited to speak on the topics nationally & internationally on a regular basis:
List of Invited Lectures
- Shock and Fluid Resuscitation. Pre Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS). Royal Berkshire NHS Ambulance Trust Oct. 1994
- The anatomy, pathology and disorders of the lower limb as applied to vascular surgery. Hammersmith Hospital Jan 1997
- Arterial and venous assessment of the lower limb. Community Nurses Meeting, Charing Cross Hospital, June 1998.
- Update in vascular surgery. West Middlesex A&E SpRs induction day. November 2001.
- Biliary Tract Disease. SHO Regional Teaching. Charing Cross Hospital. July 2002
- Post Operative Adhesions; An overview of their development, clinical impact and strategies for reduction. Barnet General Hospital – Gynaecology Update. May 2003
- How to setup National Audit for Bowel Cancer. Dutch Society for Gastrointestinal Surgery, Amsterdam 2005
- The organization of a nationwide colorectal audit. The experience from abroad. (on behalf of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland). Dutch Association of Surgery, Veldhoven, May 2006.
- Data Analysis for the National Bowel Cancer Audit. ACPGBI, Newcastle, July 2007
- Improvements in Healthcare by means of Auditing. Veldhoven, Holland May 2008
- Setting Up Colorectal Audit. Egyptian Group of Colon & Rectal Surgeons. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt June 2008
- Risk Adjustment in Colorectal Surgery. Egyptian Group of Colon & Rectal Surgeons. Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt June 2008
- Research Foundation Workshop: Improving the Quality of Care through the Use of Population Data – A Comparison of Four Countries – How we do it in the UK, American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, Boston USA June 2008 (webcast at http://www.dcprovidersonline.com/ascrs_cme/8d77597c637be499f5014b3ffefbac57//801b.html)
- Ulcerative Colitis: From the Black Arts to Surgical Innovation. The Christmas Lecture. West Middlesex University Hospital. December 2008
- Risk Adjustment in Surgery. Royal Society of Medicine Section of Surgery. Tignes, France, Jan 2009
- Improving Outcome of Care through Auditing and Transparency: Audit saved my Life. National Bowel Cancer Audit in the UK. Utrecht, Holland Feb 2009
- Quality assurance in Surgery: UK Model Colorectal Carcinoma. Central European Congress of Surgery, Katowice, Poland April 2009
- Quality assurance and audit in colorectal cancer in Europe: The UK Programme. European CanCer Organisation & European Society for Medical Oncology, Berlin, September 2009
- The use and abuse of large national society databases. International Colorectal Forum, Verbier, January 2010
- Translating outcomes into clinical practice. International Colorectal Forum, Verbier, January 2010
- Should I take time out for research? Association of Surgeons in Training, Hull March 2010
- How can NBOCAP complement the work of NCIN? Cancer Network Clinical Leads Colorectal TSSG Workshop, London April 2010
- Structures and measures to improve outcome: how do they work? DSCA Congres 2010, Amsterdam April 2010.
- Evidence Based Scheduling. The Productive Operating Theatres. RCSEng & NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement. London September 2010
- Challenges in Auditing Colon Cancer. Plenary Lecture, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, Charter Day, Dublin March 2012
- Rectal cancer: national databases, adjusted feedback and its implications. PROCARE Steering Group, Belgium April 2012
- National Bowel Cancer Audit Programme (NBOCAP) - The Importance Detailed Information in the Audit. ESSO 32, Valencia, Spain Sept 2012
- Defining rectal cancer from sigmoid cancer. EURECCA – 3rd consensus meeting, Perugia, Italy, December 2012
- How to monitor the quality of surgery within national registries. EURECCA – 3rd consensus meeting, Perugia, Italy, December 2012
- When is only polypectomy safe in early colon cancer? EURECCA – 3rd consensus meeting, Perugia, Italy, December 2012