Qualifications: MB BS (2001), MRCS (2004), MEd (2009), PhD (2012), FRCS (2014)
GMC Number: 6028868
Clinical Areas of Interest: Abscess, fistula and fissures, Advanced colorectal malignancy, Bowel cancer, Colorectal resection, Early rectal cancer, Lower GI endoscopy and Service provision and quality of care
Regional Chapter: Oxford
Biography
She completed undergraduate training at St. Mary's Hospital Paddington (Imperial College) in 2001 and started her surgical career at the Royal Surrey County Hospital Guildford on their Basic Surgical Rotation passing her MRCS in 2004. She obtained her SpR number in the Oxford Deanery and trained as a full time clinical trainee whilst also obtaining a Masters in Surgical Education. She transferred to an NIHR funded ACL position in the Yorkshire and Humber Deanery in 2014 and has worked as an academic and clinical trainee. Alex served a full term as an elected member of the ACPGBI Education and Training Committee and has hosted a number of Webinars on coloproctology.
Alex has a PhD from Imperial College London as well as a Masters. She has been an RCS Research Fellow and was awarded the RCS Harry Morton travelling Fellowship allowing her to work at several prestigious medical education research centres in Canada including University of Toronto, University of Ottawa, Western University and McGill. She has set up and run a simulation program for Core Surgical Trainees in the Oxford Deanery and has appeared on a number of radio and television programs relating to medical simulation. Alex has been lucky enough to be a Lady Estelle Wolfson Emerging Leadership Fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has been an Ethicon Laparoscopic Colorectal Fellow at Newcastle University Teaching Hospitals.
Alex's research is focussed upon surgical decision making and education. She is a current BDRF grant holder on a project investigating surgeons decisions regarding avoiding or defunctioning a rectal anastomosis. Her clinical interests are in minimal access colorectal cancer surgery as well as benign colonic and rectal conditions.
Alex was appointed as a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Frimley Health in 2016. She is an independent open, laparoscopic and robotic surgeon using the Da Vinci XI system. She operates at Frimley Park Hospital and at Wexham Park Hospital and does outpatient clinics at King Edwards Hospital in Windsor and investigations including colonoscopy at Heatherwood Hospital in Ascot. Alex is a JAG accredited colonoscopy trainer. She is also Training Program Director for Higher Surgical Trainees in General Surgery for Thames Valley over-seeing the training of senior residents at Oxford University Hospitals, Buckinghamshire NHS Trust, Milton Keynes NHS Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Trust and Frimley Health.