Aneel received his degree in Medicine from the University of Birmingham in 2004. He was awarded a PhD following completion of a Cancer Research UK Fellowship at Imperial College London, supervised by Professor Paris Tekkis, Professor Gina Brown, and Professor Ara Darzi. His doctoral research focused on high risk rectal cancer. Since 2014 Aneel has been a Clinical Lecturer in Colorectal Surgery at the University of Birmingham, where he co-founded the COVIDSurg Collaborative. This is an international collaborative research network, which is now supported as the NIHR Global Health Unit on Global Surgery by a £7 million grant from the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). Aneel has been the Chief Investigator for multiple global studies, including the COVIDSurg studies and the NIHR funded CHEETAH randomised trial. He is leading the development of novel pathways for the public communication of surgical research.
Selected publications from PubMed
Collaboration in colorectal surgical research.
Rosenberg J, Angenete E, Pinkney T, Bhangu A, Haglind E
Colorectal Dis. 2021 Oct;23(10):2741-2749 doi: 10.1111/codi.15814.
Should we be re-starting elective surgery?
Simoes J, Bhangu A, CovidSurg Collaborative
Anaesthesia. 2020 Dec;75(12):1563-1565 doi: 10.1111/anae.15296.
Differences in outcome between patients readmitted to index vs non-index hospital trusts after colorectal resection.
Nepogodiev D, Coupland B, Mytton J, Pinkney T, Smart N, Bhangu A
Colorectal Dis. 2019 Aug;21(8):943-952 doi: 10.1111/codi.14679.
Systematic review of the stage of innovation of biological mesh for complex or contaminated abdominal wall closure.
Kamarajah SK, Chapman SJ, Glasbey J, Morton D, Smart N, Pinkney T, Bhangu A
BJS Open. 2018 Dec;2(6):371-380 doi: 10.1002/bjs5.78.
Novel biomarkers for patient stratification in colorectal cancer: A review of definitions, emerging concepts, and data.
Chand M, Keller DS, Mirnezami R, Bullock M, Bhangu A, Moran B, Tekkis PP, Brown G, Mirnezami A, Berho M
World J Gastrointest Oncol. 2018 Jul 15;10(7):145-158 doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v10.i7.145.
Program: Introduction: 1. Welcome & Introduction. Dr. Manish Chand and Dr. Steve Wexner. COVID-19: 1. New clinical pathways in the COVID19 era. Dr. Silvana Perretta (France). 2. COVIDSurg: A Global Study. Dr. Aneel Bhangu (UK). 3. COVID-19 effects in cancer patients waiting lists. Dr. Debby Keller (USA). 4. The Italian reaction. Dr. Luigi Boni (Italy). 5. Discussion. All faculty moderated by Dr. Steven Wexner (USA) and Dr. Manish Chand (UK). Surgery: 1. PIPAC – roles and limitations. Dr. Olivia Sgarbura (France). 2. Can Stapling Technology reduce leaks? Dr. Sam Atallah (USA). 3. Is TaTME dead? Dr. Antonio Lacy (Spain). 4. Is smoke dangerous? Dr. Jared Torkington (UK). 5. Discussion. All faculty moderated by Dr. Manish Chand (UK) and Dr. Steve Wexner (USA). Faculty: Dr. Debby Keller (USA), Assistant Professor of Surgery in Colorectal Surgery, Columbia University, New York (USA). Dr. Aneel Bhangu (UK), Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University Hospital Birmingham, Founding member of the COVID Surg Initiative. Dr. Silvana Perretta (France), Chief of Foregut Surgery and Advanced Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Division, Director of the Esophageal Motility Laboratory at the NHC University Hospital, Strasbourg, France. Dr. Luigi Boni (Italy), Chief of Surgery at the Fondazione IRCCS – Ca’ Granda, Policlinico Hospital, Milan, Italy. Dr. Steven Wexner (USA), Director, Digestive Disease Center, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Vice Chair of the American College of Surgeons Board of Regents. Dr. Olivia Sgarbura (USA), Surgical Oncologist, Institut Regional du Cancer Montpellier, France. Dr. Sam Atallah (USA) , Professor of Surgery, University of Central Florida, USA. Dr. Antonio Lacy (Spain), Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery Department, Hospital Clinic Barcelona. Dr. Jared Torkington (UK), Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Spire Cardiff Hospital, UK. Dr. Manish Chand (UK), Consultant Colorectal & Endometriosis Surgeon, University College London (UCLH), UK.
With Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Published
Dec 2020
The second part of the "Leadership During COVID-19" event presented Wael K. Barsoum, Barbara Bass, Aneel Bhangu, Neil Floch, Susan Galandiuk, David B. Hoyt, Tracy Hull.
With Johnson & Johnson MedTech
Published
Apr 2020
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