Professor Paris Tekkis qualified from Nottingham University Medical School in 1994. His postgraduate training was at St Mark’s Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital in London and at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA.

He was first appointed as Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital and Imperial College in 2004. He was promoted to Reader in Surgery and appointed at The Royal Marsden in 2008.

He was promoted to Professor of Colorectal Surgery in 2011. He specialises in colorectal and minimally invasive surgery. Professor Tekkis and his team are internationally respected for their work in advanced rectal cancer and restorative surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.

Publications

• Over 220 peer-reviewed articles in medical journals
• Over 250 international and national presentations
• Twenty books and chapters

Membership of Professional Bodies

• The Society of Pelvic Surgeons
• The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons
• The European Society of Coloproctology (UK representative)
• The British Association of Surgical Oncology The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

• Colorectal and small bowel cancer
• Recurrent pelvic cancer
• Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis
• Proctology
• Functional bowel disorder

Professor Paris Tekkis was promoted to Professor of Colorectal Surgery in 2011. He specialises in colorectal, robotic and minimally invasive surgery. Professor Tekkis and his team are internationally known for their work in rectal cancer and restorative surgery for inflammatory bowel disease.

• Professor of Colorectal Surgery and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
  The Royal Marsden Hospital, London
• Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
  St Mark's Hospital
• Adjunct Staff
  The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland USA
• Professor of Colorectal Surgery
  Imperial College London

• Hunterian Professor, The Royal College of Surgeons of England
• David Dunn Medal, The Association of Endoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
• Piermont Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons’ Award, The American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

• University of Nottingham Medical School (Undergraduate) 1994
• St George's Hospital, London (Post Graduate) 2003

Professor Tekkis enjoys skiing, wind surfing and is a hi-end audiophile.