The STEER (Surgical Trainees in East of England Research) collaborative group is a new regional trainee-led research group that has been set up in early 2018. It is led and run by trainees and strives to co-ordinate and run high quality multi-centre collaborative research projects to ultimately drive changes to optimise patient care and promote surgical research in the East of England deanery.
The Team
CHAIR
Alan has a keen academic interest particularly in the use of big data, Artificial Intelligence, surgical technology, outcomes and surgical trials, especially in areas that directly lead to improvement in patient care. After graduating from the University of Manchester in 2006 and completing his Core Surgical Training in 2011, he went on to obtain his MSc from the University of Oxford and later a PhD from Imperial College London based at St Mark’s Hospital. He has published over 65 peer reviewed articles, has dozens of posters/presentations at international conferences and remains active in academic research
Vice CHAIR
Graduated from Imperial College London. ST8 at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. Current HEEE Principle Chair of School of Surgery Trainee Board (SSTB) and Higher General Surgery Regional Representative. Also Roux Group Executive Council Member and previous ASiT council member. Previous heavy involvement in collaborative research.
Vice CHAIR
Samuel is a Colorectal/General surgical trainee in the Deanery. He has a keen academic interest, having undertaken a BSc in Human Genetics and more recently a PhD in Surgery and Cancer (within the field of Colorectal Surgery) from Imperial College London based at St Mark’s Hospital. During this time he secured a role of Honorary Clinical Lecturer and also served as Postgraduate Representative for Imperial Education Committee. He has achieved >£150,000 in co-authored grants, over 30 peer-reviewed articles and more than 50 international posters/presentations as well as chapter contribution to a coloproctology textbook. He is a peer-reviewer for several academic journals including Colorectal Disease, Techniques in Coloproctology, Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology amongst others. He is a huge fan and advocate of collaboration in surgical research.
Secretary
Chelise is currently an ST5 General Surgical Registrar in the East of England Deanery. On completion of her MBBS degree from St George’s Hospital Medical School in 2013 she completed foundation training in the East of England Deanery and core surgical training in the East Midlands Deanery. She has been involved in multiple collaborative studies and quality improvement projects during her training and is currently undertaking an MSc in Surgical Innovation at Imperial. Please feel free to contact if you have questions or ideas for the collaborative.
Communications Officer
Graduated in 2003 from Ain Shams University in Cairo. Mohamed finished MSc in surgery in 2008. In 2010, he moved to the UK to pursue a career in colorectal surgery and finished his MD research in laparoscopic colorectal surgery in 2013. Currently ST6 at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. Mohamed is the East Anglia Trainee representative for the Dukes’ club, Dukes’ club research collaborative committee member and ASiT Council Member.
Project Coordinator
Medhat is a general surgery trainee in the East of England Deanery, currently based in West Suffolk Hospital. He graduated from Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) in 2007. He also received an MSc (hons) in Minimally Invasive and Robotics Surgery (2014), and a M.D (Res) (2017). Medhat has a great interest in teaching, being an honorary lecturer in University of East Anglia, an OSCE examiner, PBS tutor, and Basic Surgical Skills convener.
Medhat has interest in research, having lead a clinical trial in the East of England deanery, and having 10+ publications. His areas of interest in research include improving surgical outcomes in colorectal surgery and improving surgical training.
Project Coordinator
Mohamed did his medical training in Cairo, Egypt and moved to the UK to pursue a surgical career. He was involved in many national and international research collaboratives. His main research interests are UGI cancers, minimally-invasive surgery, emergency surgery and endoscopy.