Professor Tan Arulampalam

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant General Surgeon, private practice (present)
• Consultant General Surgeon, Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust (2003 - present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Hernia and complex abdominal wall reconstruction
• Colorectal surgery
• Gallbladder surgery
• Pilonidal sinus and EPSIT
• VAAFT for anal fistula
• Endoscopy
• Gallstones
• Haemorrhoid surgery
• Laparoscopy
• Laparoscopic hernia surgery

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 Positions in public associations

• Medical Board, Bowel Cancer UK
• Former Medical Adviser to BBC Drama (Holby City)
• Board of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland International Development Group
• Council of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
• Board of the Former International Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeons
• Research Committee of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons
• Johnson & Johnson Global Education Committee

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 Teaching posts

• Visiting Professor, No1 People's Hospital, Changzhou, China (2015)
• Laparoscopy training, Faculty of European Surgical Institute in Hamburg & Department of Health National Laparoscopic Colorectal Training Programme
• Surgical courses, Royal College of Surgeons Basic Surgical Skills Course in Colchester
• Visiting Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University

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 Education

• MBBS, St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School (1992)
• FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1996)
• MD, University of London (2003)
• Honorary Fellow, College of Surgeons of Sri Lanka (2014)

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 Publications and conferences

• Laparoscopic surgery reduces the instance of surgical site infections compared to the open approach for colorectal procedures: a meta-analysis. N.Kulkarni & T.Arulampalam (July 2020)
• Co-edited Essential Surgery (6th Edition), Problems, Diagnosis, and Management (2019)
• Colorectal Society of Australia and New Zealand (Sydney), EO Wilson Memorial Oration (2017)
• Digestive Diseases Week, Cleveland Clinic, Florida (2017)
• Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland(Annual Congress) (2016)
• Royal Marsden Pelvic MRI Course (2016)
• Human Factors in Patient Safety (ALSGBI; Nov & Ethicon; May) (2015)
• Patient Voices Symposium (RCS England, London) (2014)
• Techniques in Coloproctology Outcomes of Endoscopic Pilonidal Sinus Treatment (EPSiT): A systematic review. T Tien, R Athem, T Arulampalam (2018)

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 Prizes and awards

• Best Laparoscopic Short Paper (Co-Author), Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (2005)
• Highly Commended National Oncology Team of the Year, Pfizer National Oncology Awards (2006)
• Overseas Fellowship, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (2007)
• Royal College of Surgeons of England Research Grant (2008)
• National Training Programme (LAPCO) grant (2009)
• Sponsorship Grant for Support of Travelling Fellows (Sri Lanka and India), Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (2010, 2014)

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 Professional membership

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Section of Coloproctology, Royal Society of Medicine (past member of council)
• Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)
• Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (member of Council) (ALSGBI)
• European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES) (member of Research Committee)
• Organizing Committee for the 2008 International Meeting of the ALSGBI (Colchester)
• Organizing Committee of the 2011 meeting of the International Society of Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeons
• Founder Member of Molecular Imaging in Colorectal Cancer Collaborative (MICCC) (2016)

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