Our Patrons

Professor Lord Ara Darzi of Denham

KBE, PC, FMedSci, HonFREng, FRCS, FRCSI, FRCSEd, FRCPSG, FACS, FCGI, MD, FRCPE, FRCP, HonFRCPI

• UK Health Minister 2007-2009
• Consultant Surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital, London
• Head of the Division of Surgery, Oncology, Reproductive Biology and Anaesthetics, Imperial College London
• Hamlyn Chair of Surgery
• World leading surgeon who specializes in the field of minimally invasive and robot assisted surgery

Professor Kenneth Boffard

FRCS, FRCSE, FRCPSG, FCSSA, FACS

• Professor of Trauma and Head Surgery, Johannesburg Hospital
• President of the International Society of Surgery
• Governor (SA) of the American College of Surgeons
• President of the South Africa Trauma Society

Professor Averil Mansfield (OBE)

FRACS, DSc, FRCSE, FRCPSG, FACS, FDSRCS, FRCP, FRSM

• Professor of Vascular Surgery, St Mary’s Hospital, London
• First female professor of surgery in the United Kingdom
• Ex-President of the British Medical Association
• Hunterian Professor

Mr David Rosin

FRCS, FRCSE, FRCPSG, FACS

• Ex-Senior Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons
• Senior Consultant Surgeon, St. Mary’s Hospital
• Ex-President of the British Association of Cancer Surgeons
• Introduced laparoscopic general surgery in England 1990
• Professor of Surgery, University of The West Indies, Barbados