London South East London Blackheath - BMI Blackheath - Mr Andrew Montgomery London Camberwell - Kings College Hospital South London - Mr Joe Nunoo-Mensah London Lewisham - Lewisham Hospital South London - Mr David Birch & Miss C Byrne London Woolwich - Queen Elizabeth Hospital Woolwich - Mr Andrew Montgomery & Mr Ahmed El Gaddal & Mr Dominic Corry   Andrew Montgomery MS, FRCS Eng Qualified  1969 The London Hospital Medical College ( London University) MS University of London 1986 FRCS England 1974. Examiner in Surgery for the MB BS ( University of London) and the Intercollegiate MRCS Specialist training ( Senior Registrar) at the Royal Marsden, Kings College, St Marks Hospitals, and the University Hospital of Wales. Consultant Surgeon since 1987 Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Stadium Road, Woolwich, London SE18 4QH ( previously at the Brook General and Greenwich District Hospitals). Posts include Lead Clinician General Surgery, Clinical Director Surgical Directorate, and Lead for Colorectal cancer within the trust and Associate Medical Director South East London Cancer Network ( Service improvement). Regional Representative SE Thames association Coloproctology of GB and Ireland. I have a major interest in the development of treatments for haemorrhoidal disease for many years introducing several new techniques and day case surgery locally, as well as in the major colorectal diseases including Laparoscopic ( Minimally  Invasive, Keyhole) techniques and rapid recovery and discharge after major resectional surgery.  I have closely examined  the quality and timeliness of the individual  patients experience and pathways through all aspects of diagnosis and treatment, and instituted changes to lead to a timely passage from GP referral to definite treatment with dignity and respect for the individual and their family.   Mr Joseph Nunoo-Mensah is a Consultant Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon at King's College Hospital, London. The colorectal department at King’s College Hospital specializes in the management and treatment of diseases of the colon, rectum and anus. The department is a tertiary referral unit which is recognised as a specialist coloproctology training unit by the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland. Mr Nunoo-Mensah graduated from Queen's Medical School, Nottingham in 1993 and completed a substantial portion of his Basic Surgical Training at Oxford and Higher Surgical Training in Manchester. He also obtained advanced specialized training in colorectal, laparoscopic and pelvic floor surgery at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles and the Mayo Clinic, Phoenix.  In order to explore the increasingly complexity of the law relating to healthcare, Mr. Nunoo-Mensah obtained a Masters Degree in the Legal Aspects of Medical Practice from the University of Cardiff in 2003. Qualifications B Med Sci (1991), BMBS (1993), FRCS Gen Surg (2007), LLM (2003) Academic Achievements Mr. Nunoo-Mensah has performed substantial research in colorectal diseases and has published widely in surgical journals. He has also performed a number of podium and poster presentations at prestigious international colorectal society meetings such as the American College of Surgeons Meetings (ACS), Association of Colon & Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) Meetings   Mr Nunoo-Mensah has contributed to chapters in major surgical textbooks in colon & rectal surgery including:   A Chapter on Tumours of the colon. Kaiser AM, Nunoo-Mensah JW, Beart RW Jr in Maingot’s Abdominal Operations 11th Edition (2007)   Chapters on Laparoscopic Right hemicolectomy Efron JE, Nunoo-Mensah JW and Laparoscopic proctocolectomy with ileal pouch anal anastomosis. Nunoo-Mensah JW, Young-Fadok T in the American College of Surgeons Multimedia Atlas of Surgery Colorectal Volume (2009)   He is a reviewer for the World Journal of Surgery and the British Journal of Surgery (BJS). Clinical Interests     * Advanced laparoscopic and minimal invasive surgical procedures for colon & rectal diseases     * Colon and rectal cancer     * Anal cancer     * Inflammatory bowel disease such as crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis     * Diverticular disease     * Anal and rectal problems such as haemorrhoids, perianal abscess, anal fistula, pilonidal disease and anal fissures, pruritus ani     * Intestinal motility problems such as constipation and faecal incontinence     * Pelvic floor disorders such as rectal prolapse Research Interests Development and advancement of minimal invasive techniques Key published papers (5)  [1] Adenocarcinoma arising in the middle of ileoanal pouches: report of five cases. Ault GT, Nunoo-Mensah JW, Johnson L, Vukasin P, Kaiser A, Beart RW Jr. Adenocarcinoma arising in the middle of ileoanal pouches: report of five cases. Dis Colon Rectum. 2009 52:538-41. [2] Prevalence of intra-abdominal surgery: what is an individual's lifetime risk? Nunoo-Mensah JW, Rosen M, Chan LS, Wasserberg N, Beart RW. South Med J. 2009 102(1):25-9. [3] Malignancy-associated-rectourinary fistulae: how often is permanent fecal or urinary diversion really necessary? Nunoo-Mensah JW, Kaiser AM, Saedi H, Wasserberg N,Quek M, Beart RW. Dis Colon Rectum. 2008 Jul;51(7):1049-54 [4] Prolonged postoperative ileus – Definition, risk factors and predictors in patients undergoing open colorectal surgery. Artinyan A, Nunoo-Mensah JW, Balasubramaniam S, Essani R, Gonzalez-Ruiz C, Vukasin P, Kaiser AM, Beart RW Jr. World J Surg. 2008 Feb 28;  [5] Preservation of bowel and urinary continence in the management of locally recurrent rectal cancer. Wasserberg N, Kaiser AS, Nunoo-Mensah JW, Biernacki P, Kliesli T, Beart RW. 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