Peter Sagar
Peter Sagar qualified from Leeds Medical School in 1993 with honours after initially gaining a First Class Honours degree in Pathology in 1980. After basic surgical training at The General Infirmary at Leeds and becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, he went on tocomplete a Doctorate in Medicine with research into new techniques in the surgery for inflammatory bowel disease. This work was awarded the prestigious Patey prize by the surgical Research Society in 1990.
His research interests continued as a Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Liverpoo, before worki[ng as a Cheif Resident at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
In 1996, he was appoitned to the staff at the lleds General Infirmary and has gone on to develop a national referral practice for the management of recurrent pelvic malignancy. He has been involved in the laparoscopic management of colon and rectal disease sinceits inception and currently runs an active training and research fellowship. He has lectured throughout the world and ahs published over 140 papers.