Mr Kai Leong

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon in Coventry

BMedSci(Hons) BMBS PhD FRCS(GenSurg)

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Professional statement

Mr Kai Leong is a distinguished consultant general and colorectal surgeon based in Coventry. His areas of expertise include hernia, colonoscopy, haemorrhoids, colorectal cancer, pilonidal sinus, and minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopic surgery and robotic-assisted surgery. Mr Leong consults privately at The Meriden Hospital.

With over 20 years of experience, Mr Leong holds an NHS position at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire, where he also serves as the lead for quality improvement and patient safety in general surgery. Notably, Mr Leong leads multiple initiatives in surgical development as the co-editor of the latest colorectal cancer management guidelines by the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland.

Mr Leong qualified with a BMBS and an intercalated BMedSci from the University of Nottingham. His basic surgical training took place in Hull, Wolverhampton, and Stoke, and he completed his higher specialist training in the West Midlands, rotating across Russell's Hall Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, and Worcester Royal Infirmary, among others.

He undertook a period of formal research to investigate the risk stratification of early rectal cancer, which led to the award of the prestigious Medical Research Council clinician scientist fellowship and a PhD from the University of Birmingham. Mr Leong went on to receive a post-CCT fellowship at Good Hope Hospital and a travelling bursary to visit Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital in Spain.

Mr Leong has also made prominent contributions to peer-reviewed publications and national conferences. Furthermore, his leaderships extend to medical education as well, where he holds the position of the West Midlands general surgery simulation training lead and the area (south) training programme director at Health Education England West Midlands.

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