Professor Dhanwant Gomez

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Spire Nottingham Hospital
• Consultant Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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 Sub-specialties

• Biliary surgery
• Liver metastases
• Inguinal hernia
• Liver and kidney test

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 Positions in public associations

• Chair, K HPB Research Collaborative Group 
• Clinical lead for Neuroendocrine Tumors and the Honorary Secretary of the Great Britain and Ireland HPB Association (GBIHPBA)
• Honorary Secretary Great Britain and Ireland HPB Association (2022)
• Regional Representive British Association of Surgical Oncology (2017)

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary Professor of HPB Surgical Sciences and Head of Undergraduate HPB Teaching, University of Nottingham
• Member of Committee for the Surgical Mentorship Programme, Medical School, University of Nottingham 
• Trainer for junior doctors, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
• Teacher for national surgical teaching programmes

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 Education

• MB ChB, University of Leeds (2002)
• MRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2005)
• MD (Commendation), University of Leeds (2011)
• FRCS (Gen Surg), Intercollegiate Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2011)

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 Publications and conferences

• J. Lucocq, J. Halle-Smith, B. Haugk, N. Joseph, J. Hawkyard, J. Lye, D. Parkinson, S. White, O. Mownah, K. Menon, T. Furukawa, Y. Inoue, Y. Hirose, N. Sasahira, A. Mittal, J. Samra, A. Sheen, M. Feretis, A. Balakrishnan, C. Ceresa, B. Davidson, R. Pande, B. Dasari, L. Tanno, D. Karavias, J. Helliwell, A. Young, K. Marks, Q. Nunes, T. Urbonas, M. Silva, A. Gordon-Weeks, J. Barrie, D. Gomez, S. van Laarhoven, H. Nawara, J. Doyle, R. Bhogal, E. Harrison, M. Roalso, D. Ciprani, S. Aroori, B. Ratnayake, J. Koea, G. Capurso, S. Stättner, R. Bellotti, T. Alsaoudi, N. Bhardwaj, S. Rajesh, F. Jeffery, S. Connor, A. Cameron, N. Jamieson, K. Soriede, A. Gill, K. Roberts, S. Pandanaboyana. Long-term outcomes following resection resection of Adenocarcinoma arising from Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (A-IPMN) versus Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC): A propensity-score Matched Analysis. Ann Surg 2024; in press
• J. McClements, J. Valle, L. Blckburn, A. Brooks, A. Prachalias, B. Dasari, C. Jones, E. Harrison, H. Malik, K. Prasad, M. Sodergren, M. Silva, N. Kumar, N. Shah, N. Bhardwaj, Q. Nunes, R. Bhogal, S. Pandanaboyana, S. Aroori, Z. Hamady, D. Gomez. Variation in treatment of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a nationwide multicentre study. Br J Surg 2023; 110 (12): 1673 – 76.
• K. Z. Myint, M. Sueca-Comes, P. Collier, B. Balasubramanian, S. Venkatraman, J. Gordon, A.M. Zaitoun, A. Mukherjee, A. Arora, N. Larbcharoensub, C. Suriyonplengsaeng, K. Wongprasert. T. Janvilisri, D. Gomez, A. M. Grabowska, R. Tohtong, D. O. Bates, K. Yacqub-Usman. Preclinical evidence for anaplastic lymphoma kinase inhibitors as novel therapeutic treatments for cholangiocarcinoma. Front Oncol 2023; 13: 1184900.
• Z. Huggett, A. Smith, N. De Vivo, D. Gomez, P. Jethwa1, J. M. Brameld, A. Bennett, A. M. Salter. A comparison of primary human hepatocytes and hepatoma cell lines to model the effects of fatty acids, fructose and glucose on liver cell lipid accumulation. Nutrients 2023; 15(1): 40. 
• C. Corden, R. Boitor, P.K. Dusanjh, A. Harwood, A. Mukherjee, D. Gomez, Ioan Notingher. Auto-fluroscence-Raman Spectroscopy for ex-vivo mapping colorectal liver metastases and liver tissue. J Surg Res 2023; 288: 10 – 20.
• S. Sanyal, E. Alabraba, H. Ibrahim, A. Olaru, I. Cameron, D. Gomez. ACE Inhibitor therapy does not influence the survival outcomes of patients with colorectal liver metastases following liver resection. J Gastrointest Cancer 2021; 52(1): 106 – 112.  
• E. Alabraba, D. Gomez. Systematic review of treatments for colorectal metastases in elderly patients to guide surveillance cessation following hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastases. Am J Clin Oncol 2021; 44(5): 210 – 223.
• A. Koh, A. Adiamah, D. Gomez, S. Sanyal. Safety and efficacy of tranexamic acid in minimizing perioperative bleeding in extrahepatic abdominal surgery: meta-analysis. Br J Surg Open 2021; 5 (2).
• N. Moody, A. Adiamah, F. Yanni, D. Gomez. Meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials of early versus delayed cholecystectomy for mild gallstone pancreatitis. Br J Surg 2019; 106 (11):1442 – 51.
• G. Gregory, M. Kuzman, J. Sivaraj, A. Navarro, I.C. Cameron, G. Irving, D. Gomez. C-reactive protein is an independent predictor of difficult emergency cholecystectomy. Cureus 2019; 11(4): e4573.

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 Prizes and awards

• UKRI Cross Research Council Grant: Combining snake-like robot with wireless electrical- molecular signalling to tackle cholangiocarcinoma (2024)
• Astra Zeneca Global Oncology Research Grant (2023)
• Medical Research Council (MRC) Proof of Concept Grant (2020)
• East Midlands Cancer Alliance Grant (2019)
• BSG International Grant - Development of comprehensive HPB service in Myanmar (2017)
• IPSEN Grant for Neuroendocrine Tumour Service Development (2016)
• Better for You: “Crack Coding” Project – Lead Clinician CHKS Data Quality Award (England), and HSJ Award shortlist: Patient Information Management section (2015)
• MD – Awarded commendation (2011)
• Best Poster Prize at the 8th World Congress of IHPBA, Mumbai, India (2008)

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 Professional membership

• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Association of Upper Gastro-intestinal Surgeons
• British Association of Surgical Oncology
• International Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary (HPB) Association (IHPBA)
• Association of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgeons (AUGIS)
• Medical and Dental Defence Union of Scotland (MDDUS)

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