Mr Ricky Bhogal

Professional statement

Mr Ricky Bhogal is a highly esteemed consultant hepatobiliary surgeon at The Royal Marsden Hospital. He specialises in cholangiocarcinoma, gallbladder surgery, liver cancer, neuroendocrine tumors, pancreatic surgery and pancreatic cysts.
 
Mr Bhogal graduated from The University of Leicester in 2002, completing an additional BSc(Hons) 1^st class in 2000. After that, he joined the specialised surgical training program in the West Midlands, where he was trained at the renowned liver unit in Birmingham, focusing on HPB and liver transplant surgery. Throughout this timeframe, he held a position as a Wellcome Trust Research Fellow at The University of Birmingham, successfully completing his PhD focused on liver ischaemia-reperfusion injury in the year 2011.

Following this, he held an NIHR clinical lectureship at the centre for liver research, also at The University of Birmingham. His research gained recognition through several esteemed awards, including The Syme Medal from The Royal College of Surgeons. During this time, Mr Bhogal was also supported by funding from the Academy of Medical Sciences.

After achieving his certificate of training completion, he embarked on a 2-year senior fellowship in HPB at the liver unit in Birmingham, placing extra focus on surgical oncology and techniques involving minimal access surgery. He continued his research efforts during this time, securing funding through peer review. He also took advantage of learning experiences at reputable institutions such as The University of Heidelberg in Germany and The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA.

Currently, he maintains his research pursuits at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) and the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre at The Royal Marsden and ICR. Within this role, he is a faculty member and co-leads the Upper GI Surgical Oncology research group. He has authored over 90 peer-reviewed articles and several book chapters up to this point