Clinical Advisory Board

Marco is a Consultant Surgeon and Bariatric Surgery Lead at the prestigious University College London Hospital (UCLH) where he has worked since 2007. He graduated in 1995 with full marks and honours in Palermo, Italy, and also completed his training in general surgery at the same university.

He has been living in the United Kingdom since 2000, dedicating his activity to advanced laparoscopic surgery and laparoscopic bariatric (obesity) surgery. He was awarded an MD by the University of Leeds for his research on appetite hormones and bariatric surgery.

He is a pioneer of single incision bariatric surgery having performed the first single incision laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy in the UK and often runs advanced training courses for UK and European surgeons in laparoscopic bariatric surgery and laparoscopic hernia surgery.

Jake Timothy is a Neurosurgeon based in Leeds. He completed the National Spine Fellowship in Leeds in 2001 and 95% of his workload is spine both acute and elective. He is the elected UK delegate for the European Association of Neurosurgeons (EANS) training course and the UK representative for the Young Neurosurgeons of the World Federation of Neurosurgeons. He is the NICE specialist advisor for XLIF, head injuries, dynamic stabilisation and interspinous process distractors.

Last year Jake was awarded the Excellence in Healthcare delivery for the vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty service he developed with his radiology colleague. Currently is the Neurosurgical educational representative for AOSpine UK and sits on the AOSpine European education committee.

Jake has recently been appointed as Vice-chair to the regional MSCC committee.

Jake has been dedicated to teaching and training around the world and has developed a spinal surgical service in conjunction with orthopaedic surgeons in Bangladesh. He would like to continue his work both in the UK and developing countries as well as the research projects he is involved in particularly in conjunction with new techniques involving the spine.

Alfred, consultant at University College Hospital, London, achieved a distinction in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1985 and went on to obtain his Doctorate in Medicine from the University of London in 1993.

Alfred gained his Part II to become a Member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1993, having obtained Part I in 1987.

He has written a book entitled “Basic Urogynaecology”(1993) and has also contributed to many others, including “The Investigation and Management of Urinary Incontinence in Women” (1995) and a more recent chapter in R Kearney, A Cutner “Laparoscopic Colposuspension and Paravaginal Repair”. Alfred hasbeen a member of several committees and currently holds the position of President of the BSGE.

Sion Glyn-Jones works as a Consultant Hip Surgeon in the Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction Service at the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre. He undertakes all aspects of adult hip surgery and has a specialist interest in the treatment of hip arthritis in the young patient and revision hip arthroplasty.

Sion studied medicine at Cambridge and later conducted clinical attachment in London. Thereafter, he went on to complete his surgical and orthopaedic training in Oxford, where he gained a DPhil degree.

In conjunction with his colleagues at the OOEC, Sion is currently investigating the role of mechanics in the initiation of hip osteoarthritis and improving design and outcomes of total hip arthroplasty.

John Griffith is a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at Bradford Royal Infirmary and the Yorkshire Clinic. He specialises in colorectal surgery including inflammatory bowel disease and functional disorders, as well as laparoscopic general surgical procedures including cholecystectomy and hernia operations.  He also performs surgery for the whole range of proctology. 

John qualified from Nottingham University in 1985 and undertook his junior surgical training in Sheffield.  He moved to Leeds and completed his higher surgical training under the tutelage some of the country’s leading laparoscopic surgeons including Professor Mike McMahon and Professor John Monson.  He also spent a year gaining specialist experience in colorectal surgery at the Singapore General Hospital under the guidance of Professor Francis Seow Chien.

He has pioneered laparoscopic colorectal surgery in Bradford and was awarded the status of a National Trainer in laparoscopic colorectal surgery in 2008.  Since this point he has performed the second highest number of training episodes on the LAPCO programme.  He runs regular training courses in colorectal and hernia surgery and is one of the faculty of LAPCO Training -the trainers course for laparoscopic surgery.  .

John is also the national clinical adviser for colorectal cancer to NHS improvement.  He has pioneered survivorship work both local and as the national lead.