Professor Hemant Kocher

Professor Hemant Kocher is a Consultant General and HPB surgeon at Welbeck Health, specialising in diseases of the gall bladder and bile duct, liver and pancreas.

He is Professor of Liver and Pancreas Surgery at the Barts Cancer Institute, University of London, as well as Consultant Surgeon at the Royal London and St Bartholomew’s hospitals.

Professor Kocher is widely regarded as being at the cutting edge of his field, receiving national and international recognition for his research into new surgical techniques and improving patient care pathways, as well as translating laboratory research for patient benefit.

He runs a large multi-disciplinary pancreas and liver research programme at the Barts Cancer Institute, training the next generation of clinicians and scientists treating diseases of the liver and the pancreas.

He is also director of the Cancer Tissue Bank and Pancreas Tissue Bank – the world’s first national pancreas tissue bank.