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<p>I qualified from St Andrew’s, Scotland and Manchester. I underwent post graduate training in the north west of England together with two years in Harvard Medical School, USA. I gained a fellowship from The Royal College of Surgeons in 1982 followed by a higher degree by thesis in 1989.  I was appointed consultant to Neath Hospital in 1993 and, 18 months later, moved to the South West Wales Cancer Centre in Swansea.</p> <h3>Association of Upper GI Surgeons Roles</h3> <p>As Welsh representative on the AUGIS national committee I try to represent the views of the AUGIS members in Wales. I have gone on to have a role in NCEPOD and, in particular, the Joint Advisory Group in Endoscopy (JAG). Further to this latter role I am one of a small group charged with deciding how individual endoscopists who perform diagnostic upper GI endoscopy are initially accredited and eventually re-licensed.</p> <h3>Other Roles</h3> <ul> <li>Former Chair, Upper GI Cancer, South West Wales Cancer Network</li> <li>Former Upper GI Cancer representative, SW Wales Cancer Network, Central Cancer Steering Group, Welsh Assembly Government</li> <li>Oesophago-gastric Lead, ABMU Health Board (Swansea, Neath, Bridgend)</li> <li>Local co-coordinator for higher surgical training in South West Wales</li> <li>Editor of the British Journal of Surgery</li> <li>Intercollegiate examiner</li> <li>Royal College representative on consultant Advisory Appointments Committees </li> </ul>

<p>I qualified from St Andrew’s, Scotland and Manchester. I underwent post graduate training in the north west of England together with two years in Harvard Medical School, USA. I gained a fellowship from The Royal College of Surgeons in 1982 followed by a higher degree by thesis in 1989.  I was appointed consultant to Neath Hospital in 1993 and, 18 months later, moved to the South West Wales Cancer Centre in Swansea.</p> <h3>Association of Upper GI Surgeons Roles</h3> <p>As Welsh representative on the AUGIS national committee I try to represent the views of the AUGIS members in Wales. I have gone on to have a role in NCEPOD and, in particular, the Joint Advisory Group in Endoscopy (JAG). Further to this latter role I am one of a small group charged with deciding how individual endoscopists who perform diagnostic upper GI endoscopy are initially accredited and eventually re-licensed.</p> <h3>Other Roles</h3> <ul> <li>Former Chair, Upper GI Cancer, South West Wales Cancer Network</li> <li>Former Upper GI Cancer representative, SW Wales Cancer Network, Central Cancer Steering Group, Welsh Assembly Government</li> <li>Oesophago-gastric Lead, ABMU Health Board (Swansea, Neath, Bridgend)</li> <li>Local co-coordinator for higher surgical training in South West Wales</li> <li>Editor of the British Journal of Surgery</li> <li>Intercollegiate examiner</li> <li>Royal College representative on consultant Advisory Appointments Committees </li> </ul>