Mr Kai Leong

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 of Coventry and Warwickshire, where he also serves as the Clinical Service Lead for the Colorectal Department. He is the area Training Programme Director of Core Surgical Training in the West Midlands and sits on the general surgery Specialty Advisory Committee.

Part of this role includes being a Liaison Member for the Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency General Surgery Training committee. He is also an examiner for the Intercollegiate MRCS for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. Mr Leong is the West Midlands representative for the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland.

He has held numerous leadership roles including local lead for emergency surgery and local 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 is the co-Director of the national CCRISP course at UHCW, steering faculty development for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh RAPID course, Director of the NHS England West Midlands MRCS Revision course and Director of Emergency Abdominal Trauma Cadaveric course for higher surgical trainees.