Mr James Read
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
MBBS BSc MSc FRCS
Languages spoken: English
Mr James Read
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
MBBS BSc MSc FRCS
Languages spoken: English
Appointments available at:
Cromwell HospitalPatient Age Group
AdultsYear qualified
2006Gender
MaleSpecialty
Colorectal surgerySubspecialty
Colorectal cancerClinical Interests
Colonoscopy; groin and umbilical hernia repair; haemorrhoids; and laparoscopic and robotic colorectal cancer surgery.
About Mr James Read
Mr James Read is a consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Cromwell Hospital. His NHS base is the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.
He qualified in 2006 from Imperial College where he was awarded his BSc in Metabonomics and MSc in Surgical Technology. His postgraduate surgical research focused on the management of early rectal cancer. After completing his training, he undertook two further nationally accredited fellowships developing his expertise in advanced laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, and exenteration for advanced pelvic malignancy.
His main expertise lies with the minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) treatment of malignant and benign conditions of the colon and rectum, exenterative approaches to locally advanced pelvic malignancies, and hernia surgery.
He qualified in 2006 from Imperial College where he was awarded his BSc in Metabonomics and MSc in Surgical Technology. His postgraduate surgical research focused on the management of early rectal cancer. After completing his training, he undertook two further nationally accredited fellowships developing his expertise in advanced laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, and exenteration for advanced pelvic malignancy.
His main expertise lies with the minimally invasive (laparoscopic and robotic) treatment of malignant and benign conditions of the colon and rectum, exenterative approaches to locally advanced pelvic malignancies, and hernia surgery.
NHS Base (trust)
Royal Surrey County NHS Foundation Trust
Professional memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of England, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)
