Qualifications: MBBChir (1992), MA (1993), FRCS (1996), PhD (2000), FRCS (Gen Surg) (2005)
GMC Number: 3585528
Clinical Areas of Interest: Abscess, fistula and fissures, Anorectal physiological tests, Anterior resection syndrome, Diverticular disease, Functional disorders, IBD and other colitides, New technology, Obstructed defection, Perianal conditions, Research and audit and Sacral nerve stimulation
Regional Chapter: North East Thames
Biography
Charles Knowles is Professor of Surgery at Queen Mary University of London, Lead for Colorectal Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic London and an honorary Consultant Colorectal surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust and St Marks Hospitals. He qualified from the University of Cambridge and undertook general surgical training and a PhD in London. His main research interests cover the development and evaluation of new technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic bowel diseases (especially neuromodulation and cell therapies). Clinically, he is a key international opinion leader on pelvic floor disorders and GI neuromuscular diseases.
Professor Knowles is the inaugural Clinical Director of Research at the Cleveland Clinic London and hold honorary chairs at UCL (experimental therapeutics) and the University of Antwerp. He has authored over 260 peer-reviewed publications (H-index: 60) as well as contributing to major international colorectal and general surgical texts, national guidance and health policy documents.