The Times: four Addenbrooke’s surgeons are best in Britain

Four Addenbrooke’s surgeons are the best UK specialists in their fields, according to the Times. The newspaper’s 2011 directory of Britain’s top surgeons, which was published this week, lists surgeons who are considered to be world-class leaders.

 

Journalist Melanie Reid explained their approach: “We asked numerous experts for their recommendations and sifted out just a few. This is, therefore, a guide to British surgical brilliance rather than a scientific study. There are many other superb consultants who work quietly away, saving lives, bringing freedom from pain and release from disease, and this special edition celebrates them as much as it salutes the more well-known.”

 

The four surgeons, together with the Times’ comments, are as follows:

 

Miss Helen Fernandes
“The first female surgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals, appointed consultant neurosurgeon in 2002. Specialises in the treatment of patients with brain and spinal problems, and is lead paediatric neurosurgeon at Cambridge University Hospitals. As associate director of postgraduate medicine at CUH she is responsible for teaching more than 80 junior doctors; also chair of Women in Surgery. Published more than 30 papers and is a member of the academic sub-committee of the British Paediatric Neurosurgical Group.”

 

Mr Richard Hardwick
“Specialist upper gastro-intestinal tract surgeon with an interest in keyhole and hiatus hernia surgery and gastric and oesophageal cancer. Lead clinician for upper GI cancer at the Cambridge Oesophago-Gastric Centre, which he co-founded in 2001, lead for the National Oesophago-Gastric Cancer Audit and past chairman of the Association of Upper GI Surgeons Audit and Clinical Services Committee. Research interests include early diagnosis of upper GI cancer, Barrett’s oesophagus and hereditary forms of stomach cancer. A vociferous campaigner for improved NHS resources.”

 

Prof David Neal
“Urological cancer surgeon who has developed the largest NHS practice in robotic prostatectomy and is recognised internationally for his clinical work and research. Senior group leader in the Cancer Research UK-funded Cambridge Research Institute, senior investigator in the National Institute of Health Research, fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences and co-chair of the Prostate Cancer Advisory Group. Has raised £38 million for research.”

 

Mr Bill Turner
“Consultant urologist and cancer lead for urology at Cambridge with special interests in bladder cancer, radical cystectomy and female and reconstructive urology; renowned for bladder substitution.”

 

 

Last year, the paper produced a directory of Britain’s top doctors, concluding that six CUH consultants were the best in their fields.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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