Christina Fleming

Christina Fleming

Christina Fleming

Current position

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Appointed 2022.

Medical school

University College Cork, Cork, Ireland (2011)

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Basic and Higher Surgical Training Programmes RCSI (2012-2021)
  • Robotic Colorectal Surgery Fellowship, CHU Bordeaux, France (2021-2022)

Main clinical and research interests

  • Colorectal cancer
  • Pelvic floor disorders
  • Robotic surgery

Member of the DEI Working Group since

2022

Additional information

  • PhD, Inflammation and Metabolism in Colorectal Cancer, University College Cork, Ireland
  • PROGRESS Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) (2022)
  • ESCP Robotic Surgery Fellow, CHU Bordeaux (2021-2022)
  • ESCP Programme Committee Member (2021-2024)
  • Specialty Lead, RCSI Robotic Surgery National Advisory Committee
  • Scientific Advisory Committee, National Surgical Research Support Centre, RCSI
  • Surgical Oncology Lead, Limerick Cancer Trials Unit, Limerick Ireland

Tina van Loon

Tina van Loon

Tina van Loon

Current position

Fellow of Gastrointestinal, Colorectal and Robotic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands, since June 2022

Medical school

University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands, graduated in 2013

General surgical and colorectal training

General surgical training:

  • Elisabeth TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, the Netherlands (Jan 2014 to June 2018)
  • Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (July 2018 to Sept 2019)

Colorectal/GI training:

  • Pantein Hospital, Boxmeer, The Netherlands (Oct 2019 to Dec 2019)
  • Elisabeth TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Jan 2020 to June 2021)
  • Meander Medical Center, Amersfoort, The Netherlands - robotic colorectal training (July 2021 to Dec 2021)
  • Elisabeth TweeSteden Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands (Jan 2022 to March 2022)
  • Fellowship colorectal and robotic surgery (since June 2022) - current position see above
  • FEBS Coloproctology (Sept 2023)

Main clinical and research interests

Clinical interests:

  • Benign (especially IBD and endometriosis) and malignant colorectal cancer surgery,
  • Robotic colorectal and abdominal wall surgery

Research interests:

  • Use of stomas in colorectal surgery
  • Improvement using pathways in colorectal surgery
  • Perianal fistula treatment

Member of the DEI Working Group since

2022

Additional information

  • ESCP Education committee member 2017-2023
  • Dutch Society of ColoRectal Surgery board member 2017-2022
  • EBSQ Colorectal Surgery organising committee since 2016
  • Linkedin: ytvanloon
  • PhD-thesis: STOMA - Challenges in stoma surgery and patient management (2022, University of Maastricht, co-promotor Dr. D.D.E. Zimmerman, promotor prof. dr. L.P.S. Stassen)

Franco Marinello

Franco Marinello

Franco Marinello

Current position

Colorectal Surgeon, Vall d’Hebrón University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain

Medical school

Cordoba National University, Argentina. Graduated in 2005.

General surgical and colorectal training

  • Resident in General Surgery at Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain
  • Fellow of Colorectal Surgery at Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain

Main clinical and research interests

  • Pelvic floor disorders
  • Neuromodulation
  • Low anterior resection syndrome

Member of the DEI Working Group since

2022

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Gabrielle van Ramshorst

Gabrielle van Ramshorst

Current position

Consultant surgical oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. Since October 2019.

Medical school

Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands. Graduated in 2004.

General surgical and colorectal training

  • General training at Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2009-2016)
  • Dutch Cancer Society sponsored clinical fellowship at the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia; Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2016-2018).
  • Previous position: locum consultant surgical oncology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow, United Kingdom (2019)

Main clinical and research interests

  • Locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer
  • Gynaecological oncology
  • Pelvic reconstruction and sexual function
  • Peritoneal carcinomatosis
  • Retroperitoneal sarcomas
  • Abdominal wall hernia

Member of the DEI Working Group

2022

Additional information

  • PhD Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wound failure in laparotomy (January 2014)
  • FEBS (Coloproctology) 2018
  • FECSM 2018
  • FESGO 2019
  • Member International Committee, Surgical Society for Oncology (SSO)
  • Member Mesh in Pelvis guidelines, European Society for Coloproctology
  • Associate editor, Colorectal Disease
  • Editorial fellow, International Journal of Gynaecological Cancer
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