Sheraz Markar, surgeon, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Biography

Sheraz is a Professor of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery and Director of Surgical Interventional Trials Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgery, University of Oxford and Consultant Oesophago-Gastric Surgeon.
Sheraz qualified in Medicine from Cambridge University in 2007. He undertook his academic and surgical training in Cambridge, London, Seattle, Stockholm and Oxford, including NIHR Doctoral Research & Clinical Trials Fellowship and NIHR Academic Clinical Lectureship. He has completed two PhD degrees, at Imperial College London developing a breath test for oesophago-gastric cancer and at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, concerning complex statistical modelling of surgical outcomes from oesophagectomy. He has a strong academic and clinical interest in the management of benign and malignant upper gastrointestinal disease, with over 300 publications. He is a member and chair of several surgical committees including European Association of Endoscopic Surgery and European Society for Diseases of the Esophagus and has received several research awards including the Royal College of Surgeons Hunterian Professorship 2020 and United European Gastroenterology Rising Star 2019.
The focus of Sheraz’s research and surgical practice in Oxford is the design and implementation of challenging trials and integration of novel technology, to improve the clinical outcomes for patients with benign and malignant oesophageal and gastric disease.

Summary of presentation

This presentation will focus on the short and long-term physical and psychological symptoms patients are left with following major gastric cancer surgery.