Editorial Board

Des is a clinical professor and consultant surgeon with a special interest in gastrointestinal and minimally invasive surgery. His clinical and biological research (doctorate by thesis) training spanned Ireland and USA, finishing first place in the 2004 professional examination for completion of surgical training in UK and Ireland. Having completed a fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, Des returned to his alma mater to take up his current position in 2006. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, and books and has been involved in journal publishing for 15 years. Des succeeds E. Hey Groves, Cecil Wakeley, H. H. G. Eastcott, Crawford Jamieson, David Carter, Chris Russell, Robin Williamson, John Farndon, John Murie, Derek Alderson, and Jonothan Earnshaw, who steered BJS as Editors-in-Chief from 1910-2020.

Martyn is a consultant colorectal surgeon with an interest in advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy, and Honorary Associate Professor at Morriston Hospital and Swansea University Medical School. He also has an Honorary Senior Lectureship at the University of Edinburgh. Following medical school at Southampton University, Martyn’s surgical training was in England and Wales including fellowships with the Swansea Pelvic Oncology Group and at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit, Leeds. He took up his current position in 2012. Martyn has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2018.

Robert is Professor of Vascular Surgery at the University of Bristol, Bristol Surgical Trials Centre and Bristol NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. He is an academic vascular surgeon in the Bristol, Bath, and Weston Vascular Network with a special interest in diabetes-related lower-limb complications and minimally invasive surgery. Research focuses include clinical trials, the new technology development, and evidence-based practice. Rob has published over 250 peer-reviewed papers and has been a BJS Editor since 2015.

Niels completed medical school at Leiden University Medical School, the Netherlands then obtained a PhD in organ transplantation at the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam before surgical training. Having completed two clinical fellowships in HPB and peritoneal malignancy at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam and the Erasmus MC, Niels took up his current position as staff surgeon with a special interest in HPB and peritoneal malignancy at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in 2016. Niels has published over 175 peer-reviewed papers and was a BJS Open Associate Editor (2017–2020) before taking up the role of Editor at BJS in 2020.

Kjetil completed medical school at the University of Freiburg, Germany. After training in general surgery and gastrointestinal surgery at the Stavanger University Hospital in Norway, he has since worked as consultant surgeon with a focus on hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery. With a PhD in translational and molecular cancer research, he has built up and is the lead for a translational research group and leads the Surgical Research Group at Stavanger University Hospital. He has been a Professor at the University of Bergen since 2011. He has lectured and travelled extensively around the world, done several clinical observerships and was visiting Professor and Honorary Consultant at the department of HPB surgery at the Royal Infirmary/University of Edinburgh in 2017/2018 and worked as consultant HPB surgeon at Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, in 2023/2024. He is the chair of the Norwegian Gastrointestinal Cancer Group and chairs the education committee in E-AHPBA. His main research interest is in cancer biology and clinical outcomes in hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases. He has published over 450 peer-reviewed papers, in addition to book chapters and edited books. Kjetil has been involved in journal publishing since 2004 and has been a BJS Editor since 2010.

Malin received her MD and then a PhD in molecular biology from the University of Oulu, Finland by 2001. From 2003–2005 she worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. Malin completed surgical training at Umeå University Hospital 2005–2012. She was appointed Professor of Surgery at Umeå University in 2013 where she headed the breast and endocrine surgery unit between 2012-2020. In 2021, she was appointed Professor of Surgery at the University of Helsinki. She is affiliated to both Umeå and Helsinki University Hospitals. Her research interests are breast and pancreatic cancer, tumour stroma, matrix biology and cancer biomarkers. Malin has published over 260 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters and edited books, and has been a BJS Editor since 2014.

Paul is a consultant colorectal, pelvic, and peritoneal surgeon at The Christie Hospital, Manchester, UK. His clinical interests are in locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer, and peritoneal surface malignancy. He has trained in the UK and Australia, taking up his current post in 2021. He obtained his PhD from the University of Liverpool in 2015, with research interests in predicting and modifying response to adjuvant therapies, tumour microenvironment, and biomarker studies. Paul has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and joined the BJS team as an Associate Editor in 2022, and as an Editor in 2024.

Bas obtained his MD in 1997 and started a PhD program on molecular and clinical aspects of oesophageal cancer at the Erasmus MC in Rotterdam, completed with honours in 2001. In 2006 he was registered as general surgeon and completed a clinical and research fellowship (upper gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary surgery) at the Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia. Bas has been a staff surgeon at the Erasmus MC Rotterdam since 2008 where he is the program lead for oesophagogastric disease. His clinical interests are benign and malignant diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract. Bas has been an author on over 350 peer-reviewed papers and a BJS Editor since 2014.

Paulina received her MD in 1997 from the University of Turku in Finland, where she also completed her general surgery and digestive surgery training in 2005 and her PhD in 2007. Since then, she has been working at Turku University Hospital with clinical interests mainly focusing on bariatric surgery and acute care surgery. She has been a full Professor of Surgery since 2019 with a concurrent Chief of Surgery academic position of at Turku University Hospital. Her main current research interests are in the fields of acute appendicitis with her APPAC study group and bariatric surgery with the SLEEVEPASS trial with vast international collaboration. She has been nominated as an honorary member of both American College of Surgeons (2022) and American Surgical Association (2024). Paulina has published over 220 peer-reviewed papers and 125 book chapters, and has been a BJS Associate Editor since 2023.

Peter is a consultant colorectal surgeon in Edinburgh. He completed his undergraduate degree in Bristol before undertaking surgical training in the South of England and latterly in south-east Scotland. He completed a robotic colorectal fellowship at Sunderland Royal Hospital and an advanced cancer fellowship at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit, Leeds. He has been trainee representative on the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Research and Audit Committee and was President of The Dukes’ Club 2020-2021. He has a strong interest in academic surgery and translational research. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles and is author of four surgical book chapters. He has completed an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship and PhD investigating the link between vitamin D and colorectal cancer for which he was awarded an RCS Hunterian Professorship.

Patricia is a consultant colorectal and robotic surgeon who graduated from medical school at the University of Acalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. She completed her high surgical training in the UK, a colorectal and robotic surgery fellowship, and, in Spain, robotic surgery fellowship, Santander. She obtained her PhD in 2018, focused on pelvic floor diseases.  Her clinical and research interests are colorectal cancer, recurrent rectal cancer and robotic surgery.  Patricia joined BJS and BJS Open as an Editor Assistant in July 2023, and Technology Advisor in July 2024

Yung Lee is a Chief General Surgery Resident at McMaster University, with a keen interest in minimally invasive surgery, bariatrics, and surgical endoscopy. He completed his Masters of Public Health from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Trained at the birthplace of evidence-based medicine, Yung has centered his research on population-based studies, trials, and AI/Large Language Models in minimally invasive surgery and bariatrics. Over his career, he has published more than 120 peer-reviewed journal articles and textbook chapters. As the chair and founder of the Evidence-based General Surgery (EVIGS) working group, he has championed evidence-based surgical practices and secured substantial research grants from prestigious organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), and the International Federation of Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO). Academically, Yung has been the recipient of the Wilson Leader Scholarship, the highest value undergraduate scholarship in Canada, the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, multiple Korean Canadian scholarships for his research. He joined BJS and BJS Open as an Editor Assistant in July 2024. He will be completing his fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery and Surgical Endoscopy at the Cleveland Clinic.

She graduated from Medical School at the University of Padua in 2011 and completed her residency training in General Surgery at the Unit of General and Pancreatic Surgery of the University of Verona in 2019. Laura completed a Research Fellowship in Pancreatic Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and obtained a PhD in inflammation, immunology and cancer at the University of Verona. She also earned a Master’s Degree in advanced biostatistics in 2022.

Laura is passionate for clinical research. Her research interests are mainly focused on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, pancreatic cystic neoplasms, and complications after pancreatic surgery.

Anders Bergenfelz received his MD from the University of Lund, Sweden. He obtained a PhD in surgery from the same university in 1992 and was appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Surgery, Lund University Hospital in 1994. During 1997–1998 he worked as a Consultant Surgeon at the Philipp University in Marburg, Germany, and 2000-2003 as a Consultant Surgeon at the University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. He was appointed Professor at Lund University in 2008 and is currently working as a Consultant Surgeon in endocrine and sarcoma surgery at Skåne University Hospital, Lund. He was director of Practicum Clinical Skills Centre in Lund 2011–2017. Anders Bergenfelz is Past President of the European Society of Endocrine Surgery (ESES), and COO of the pan-European database Eurocrine. He was a BJS Editor 2010–2016. His research interests are the surgical treatment of thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, simulation-based clinical skills training, and patient safety.

Nicolas Demartines is Professor of Surgery, and Chairman of the Department Surgery at the University Hospital CHUV in Lausanne, Switzerland. He is a member of the French Academy of Surgery in Paris, Guest Professor at the University Hospital of Lanzhou, and Honorary Fellow of the ASGBI, the Chinese College of Surgeons and the French Association of Surgery.

His clinical and surgical activity focuses on oncologic surgery, mainly HPB. HIPEC and PIPAC (pressurized intraperitoneal chemotherapy minimally invasive) are performed in his department. His research interest includes innovative treatment of liver metastasis, minimally invasive approaches and the entire perioperative management. In nutrition and Enhanced Recovery After Surgery programmes (ERAS), his department is recognized as one of the international leaders and he is a member of the ERAS Society Executive Board as Chair of Implementation. In post-grade education, Nicolas is a member of the Faculty at IRCAD-EITS in Strasbourg, France and in Taiwan. He serves as an expert at the French National Institute for Cancer (INCA).

Derek Alderson is an emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Birmingham. He was Professor of Surgery at the University of Bristol in 1997–2005 before becoming the Barling Professor of Surgery and Head of Department in Birmingham, a post he held until October 2015. He is a past-President of the Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland and was President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2017 to 2020.  He has had a long association with BJS, having been Editor-in-Chief of BJS and more recently BJS Open, joining the BJS Foundation Executive group in summer 2021.

Julio Mayol is Professor of Surgery at Universidad Complutense de Madrid and Chief Medical and Innovation Officer at Hospital Clinico San Carlos. He is President of the Spanish Society of Surgical Research and Corresponding Member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Spain.

Stephen Wigmore is Surgeon to the King in Scotland, Regius Chair of Clinical Surgery, University of Edinburgh, President of the British Transplantation Society, Chair of the Research Committee of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.