Dr. Mr Joseph Nunoo-Mensah
Consultant General, Colorectal & Laparoscopic Surgeon
Primary speciality:
Colorectal surgery
Qualifications:
BMed Sci (Hons)
BM BS FRCS (Eng)
LLM FRCS (Gen.Surg)
Education & Medical Training
Queen’s Medical School, University of Nottingham, UK in 1993
Aawarded a Bachelor of Medical Science (B.Med Sci.) in 1991
Bachelor of Medicine & Surgery (BM BS) degree in 1993.
He completed a substantial portion of his Basic Surgical Training at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford
General Surgical Higher Surgical Training in the North-West of England (Manchester).
In 1997, he was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS).
Advanced sub-specialized training
Advanced sub-specialized training in colorectal, laparoscopic and pelvic floor surgery at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 2002-2004
and the Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, 2004-2005.
Intercollegiate Board of General Surgery, 2007
Awarded the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS Gen Surg) certificate.
Obtained a Certification of Completion of Training in General Surgery (CCT) in 2008.
Master’s Degree in The Legal Aspects of Medical Practice (LLM) from Cardiff Law School, University of Cardiff in 2003.
Academic & teaching positions as an Anatomy Demonstrator & Supervisor at the University of Cambridge & St John’s College, Cambridge respectively and a Lecturer in Anatomy at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.
A clinical instructor/ attending at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, from 2003 – 2004
Trainer on a ‘Hand on Laparoscopic Colorectal Course’ run at the Mayo Clinic, Phoenix in 2004.
Trainer on the National Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery Training Programme from 2008 – 2012 (which had the objective of enhancing the number of consultant surgeons within the United Kingdom who will be able to safely provide laparoscopic colorectal surgery within their own NHS trusts. The programme was supported by the Department of Health).
Director for the Dilemmas and Debates in Colorectal Conference the 4th conference will be run from 9-12th Nov 2016 – www.ddcrs.org.
Specialist interests:
Colon, rectal and anal cancers Inflammatory bowel disease Diverticular disease Haemorrhoids Anal fistula Anal fissures Pilonidal disease Constipation and faecal incontinence Rectal prolapse Gall bladder disease Hernias
Professional memberships:
Association of Coloproctology – Great Britain and Ireland