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2023 Colchester Medical Society President
Prof Tan Arulampalam
Prof Tan Arulampalam
Tan and Katie Arulampalam 2023
Professor Tan Arulampalam MB,BS, MD FRCS was appointed Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Colchester Hospital in 2003 having worked at the Hospital for a year as a registrar. He has a passion for healthcare transformation through research and education. He has transitioned to a portfolio of private practice, medtech start ups and university academic work at the School of Medicine, Anglia Ruskin University. He helped establish The ICENI Centre (www.icenicentre.org) , a centre of excellence for training and research. He has extensive international experience in translational medical research, health system analysis, audit and higher educational supervision. His own research on PET imaging has translated into mainstream practice enabling earlier cancer detection and improved treatment outcomes.
Tan is on the faculty of the European Surgical Institute and President Elect of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the UK’s premiere minimally invasive surgery society. His training experience spans many countries beyond Europe and North America, including the Middle East, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Korea and China. His major commitments include being a full board member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons and chair of the EAES Research Committee.
He has published more that 50 peer reviewed papers and is joint editor of the textbook Essential Surgery published by Elsevier (7th Edition to be published in 2024). He was part of the ACPGBI group that published guidelines on Prevention, Detection and Management of Anastomotic Leak and is now part of the global collaborative on anastomotic leak (Cololeak). Tan also took part in the consensus group of the EAES publishing comprehensive guidelines on the management of diverticular disease (2018).
He is on the Medical Board of the charity Bowel Cancer UK and is focused on facilitating collaboration between surgical societies, promoting sustainable surgery, surgeon wellbeing and adoption of novel medtech.
He says:-
"The challenges ahead for our local community in South Suffolk and North Essex as well as for healthcare in general require us to reimagine how we can deliver services locally, but also to refocus on the important things that matter. These include the friendships built within the medical society, the support network and ability to reconnect primary and secondary care. We also must be mindful of the changes that have occurred in our society and reflect this in the CMS by creating a diverse, inclusive and collaborative atmosphere for our membership. The well-being of our members is my primary focus and this year we will continue to build on the great work of our recent past Presidents."
Tan is on the faculty of the European Surgical Institute and President Elect of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the UK’s premiere minimally invasive surgery society. His training experience spans many countries beyond Europe and North America, including the Middle East, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Korea and China. His major commitments include being a full board member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons and chair of the EAES Research Committee.
He has published more that 50 peer reviewed papers and is joint editor of the textbook Essential Surgery published by Elsevier (7th Edition to be published in 2024). He was part of the ACPGBI group that published guidelines on Prevention, Detection and Management of Anastomotic Leak and is now part of the global collaborative on anastomotic leak (Cololeak). Tan also took part in the consensus group of the EAES publishing comprehensive guidelines on the management of diverticular disease (2018).
He is on the Medical Board of the charity Bowel Cancer UK and is focused on facilitating collaboration between surgical societies, promoting sustainable surgery, surgeon wellbeing and adoption of novel medtech.
He says:-
"The challenges ahead for our local community in South Suffolk and North Essex as well as for healthcare in general require us to reimagine how we can deliver services locally, but also to refocus on the important things that matter. These include the friendships built within the medical society, the support network and ability to reconnect primary and secondary care. We also must be mindful of the changes that have occurred in our society and reflect this in the CMS by creating a diverse, inclusive and collaborative atmosphere for our membership. The well-being of our members is my primary focus and this year we will continue to build on the great work of our recent past Presidents."
2023 OFFICERS
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President Dr Tan Arulampalam
Past President Dr Freda Bhatti
Presidents elect Dr Greg Wynn and Dr Melanie Carter
Membership Secretary Dr Melanie Carter
Social Secretary Dr Catherine Hamblin
Treasurer Dr Greg Wynn
Archivist Dr Fabrizio Casale
Asst Archivist Dr James Sheldrick
Officers
Dr Sevda Azimetli
Max Hickman
Dr Carolyn Richardson
Dr James Hickling
Dr Paul Kaiser
Dr Sean MacDonnell
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Webmaster Dr Paul Byrne
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(Click on the highlighted names to e mail)
President Dr Tan Arulampalam
Past President Dr Freda Bhatti
Presidents elect Dr Greg Wynn and Dr Melanie Carter
Membership Secretary Dr Melanie Carter
Social Secretary Dr Catherine Hamblin
Treasurer Dr Greg Wynn
Archivist Dr Fabrizio Casale
Asst Archivist Dr James Sheldrick
Officers
Dr Sevda Azimetli
Max Hickman
Dr Carolyn Richardson
Dr James Hickling
Dr Paul Kaiser
Dr Sean MacDonnell
Facebook : Colchester Medical Society
Webmaster Dr Paul Byrne
You can e mail the webmaster via the News Tab.
