Professor

Aneel Bhangu

Professor of Global Surgery

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

University of Birmingham

University Hospital Birmingham

Hi, and thanks for reading. I am a Professor of Global Surgery
and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at the University of
Birmingham, UK. After undertaking a Cancer Research UK
funded PhD Fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital, I
developed expertise in pragmatic, multicentre, international
surgical clinical trials for patient benefit. Within the NIHR Unit on
Global Surgery, I lead a wide research portfolio that includes
major randomised controlled trials and policy engagement. I led
the global research response into safe surgery during COVID-19,
as Chief Investigator of the COVIDSurg Collaborative. Most
recently, I lead an funded research group aiming to make
surgery more environmentally sustainable.

• 1. NIHR Global Surgery Unit
• 2. University of Birmingham
• 3. University Hospital Birmingham
• 4. NIHR Academy

5. Previous: Imperial College London (PhD)

This range of outputs is designed to directly impact on
healthcare policy at local, national, and global levels. It’s backed
up by in-depth planning of face-to-face events that bring
together stakeholder from multiple areas. This policy Influence
theme aims to bring direct benefit to patients and communities,
by leveraging changes in clinical guidance, policies, and by
leveraging new, major funding.

UK COVID-19 Inquiry

Module 3, INQ000474244 – Expert Report titled Unveiling the
hidden impact: Colorectal Cancer by Professor Aneel Bhangu
and Dr Dmitri Nepogodiev, published 30/06/2024.

Link to written report

Link to Module 3 Hearing - 31/10/2024

Peer reviewed research papers are the primary output for
research. I use these to create impact, including changing
clinical care, inclusion in clinical guidance, and global level policy
engagement meetings. Publication metrics: 408 publications, h-
index 63, i10-index 177, 17,748 citations. Most cited: 1285
citations.

I have a thriving and diverse
programme of research fellows,
ranging from visiting medical
students, visitng consultants, to PhD
fellows.

My experience includes lives
appearances on BBC and Sky News, and
in print for the Sunday TImes, Guardian,
Telegraph, Independent, Times of India,
and Le Monde. This coverage has been
worth £17M in brand exposure for the
University of Birmingham.

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