Prof Kocher is surgeon-scientist with clinical and research interest in pancreatic cancer based at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. He is Consultant HPB Surgeon, HPB MDT Lead and Research Director for Surgery at the Barts Health NHS Trust. He is Chief Investigator and co-director for PCRFTB.
Prof Chelala joined Barts Cancer Institute driven by a high motivation to translate her work from a substantial basic/computational research platform into a translational/patient setting. She established a research team with complementary expertise in translational bioinformatics, health data science, molecular biology, databases and software engineering. She leads the Health Informatics and Bioinformatics for PCRFTB.
Rhiannon is the current tissue bank coordinator, helping to coordinate tissue collection across PCRFTB centres and facilitating research. Rhiannon started working with PCRFTB in 2017.
Christine has worked for the PCRFTB since Feb 2018, when she conducted pancreatic cancer research using tissue bank samples. Prior to this, she was a tissue bank technician within the same institute. In 2020, Christine was coordinator for the PCRFTB and now works on the quality assurance aspect of the PCRFTB.
Dr Kolvekar has worked for the PCRFTB since Nov 2023. She holds a PhD in Statistical Genetics and oversees the maintenance and ongoing development of the PCRFTB database, dashboards and website.
Started working with PCRFTB in 2016.
Started working with PCRFTB in 2025.
Dr Ullah joined PCRFTB in 2015 as the founder data architect of PCRFTB, and developed the data entry and retrieval system for the biobank. He is currently working as a senior CAP-AI Digital Fellow at the University, while involved in several research projects driven by clinical data at the PCRFTB.
Prof Kocher is surgeon-scientist with clinical and research interest in pancreatic cancer based at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. He is Consultant HPB Surgeon, HPB MDT Lead and Research Director for Surgery at the Barts Health NHS Trust. He is Chief Investigator and co-director for PCRFTB.
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Mr Deep J. Malde is a Consultant General, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic (HPB) Surgeon at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust. He received specialist training at centres in Manchester, Leeds and Cambridge before being appointed as Consultant surgeon. He carries out pancreatic and liver resections and has a major interest in Laparoscopic and Robotic HPB resections contributing hugely to the service development at Leicester. He has a specialist interest in Neuroendocrine Tumours (NETs) , being the co-founder and lead for the Leicester NET Service which is currently in the process of achieving ENETS Centre of Excellence accreditation.
Prof Bilal Al-Sarireh is a Laparoscopic General and Gastrointestinal surgeon with special interest in hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. After qualifying from Jordan University of Science and Technology in 1996, he moved to the UK in 1997 and was awarded a PhD in Surgical Oncology from the University of Nottingham in 2001. Thereafter, he had his basic surgical training at St James Hospital in Leeds, and subsequently undertook specialist hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) and laparoscopic surgery training in Liverpool. In 2009 he completed his HPB and laparoscopic surgery training at the internationally renowned HPB unit in Liverpool. Professor Al-Sarireh moved to Wales in 2009 where he established a tertiary pancreato-biliary Unit for Wales. Currently he is the Clinical Lead for HPB Surgery at Swansea Bay University Health Board working out of Morriston Hospital in Swansea providing a tertiary pancreato-biliary service for mid and south Wales.
Consultant HPB and Liver Transplant Surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital and Professor of Surgery at UCL. Major research interests include Evidence based Healthcare (UK Cochrane Editor), Clinical Trials, pathogenesis of HPB cancers and novel surgical technologies. Chair of London NIHR RfPB grant panel. Has completed 6 clinical trials in surgery, published 615 full peer reviewed articles including 115 Cochrane reviews (64 are in National or International Guidelines).
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Mr Arshad is a consultant hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon in Southampton. He graduated with honours from Cambridge University and then completed surgical training in general, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery in the East Midlands. This was intercalated with a two year full time clinical research fellowship in pancreatic cancer in Leicester. He completed his clinical liver and pancreatic fellowship training in Birmingham. Mr Arshad has a particular interest and expertise in all aspects of the management of pancreatic cancer. He has published widely on the use of omega-3 fish oils and methods of improving quality of life in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.
Stuart Robinson is a Consultant HPB surgeon at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle. He completed his PhD with the fibrosis research group at Newcastle University and was the first NIHR academic clinical lecturer in surgery in the North East of England during his training. His main areas of interest is the management of cancers affecting the pancreas, liver and bile duct. He also has a specific interest in the management of gastrointestinal neuroendocrine tumours.
Mr Zahir Soonawalla is a consultant HPB Surgeon at Oxford since 16 years. His clinical practice includes pancreatic and liver surgery for cancer, as well as a specialist interest in neuroendocrine tumours. He is the Deputy Divisional Medical Director with a focus on theatre performance.
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Prof Kocher is surgeon-scientist with clinical and research interest in pancreatic cancer based at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. He is Consultant HPB Surgeon, HPB MDT Lead and Research Director for Surgery at the Barts Health NHS Trust. He is Chief Investigator and co-director for PCRFTB.
Satyajit Bhattacharya specialises in surgery of the liver and pancreas (Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary or HPB surgery). He was appointed Consultant Surgeon in 1999 at Barts Health NHS Trust, a post he held for 22 years. He has been Medical Director of The London Clinic (an independent hospital) since 2017 and practises there as a HPB surgeon. He is the Serjeant Surgeon to the Royal Household. He is an Examiner for the Intercollegiate FRCS examinations. Satyajit has raised close to £1 million over the years for cancer research. He has 75 research papers and book chapters to his name and is an Honorary Reader at Barts Cancer Institute.
