Areas of Expertise
Professor Tekkis performs a range of treatments, including:
- Minimally invasive / robotic surgery
- Endoscopy procedures
- Colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and pouchoscopy
- Colorectal surgery (lower GI)
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- HIV-related anal pathology
- Abdominal wall hernia repair
Some of the conditions he commonly treats are:
- Colorectal and small bowel cancer
- Recurrent pelvic cancer
- Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
- Functional bowel disorder
- Advanced rectal cancer
- Anal cancer
- Anal pain
- Fistula-in-ano
- Fissure-in-ano
- Diverticular disease
- Haemorrhoids
- Rectal bleeding
Personal Biography
Professor Paris Tekkis (BMed.Sci., BM BS, MD, FRCS), qualified from Nottingham University in 1994. His postgraduate training was at St Mark’s Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital in London and at the Cleveland Clinic, USA.
He was appointed as Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital and Imperial College in 2004. He was promoted to Reader in Surgery and appointed at The Royal Marsden in 2008, and promoted to Professor of Colorectal Surgery in 2011.
He is the Chairman of the ‘Beyond TME (total mesorectal excision) Collaborative’ responsible for the publication of International Guidelines for the multidisciplinary management of advanced rectal cancer.
He is also known for the development of The UK National Bowel Cancer Audit and has supervised over 35 MD /PhD studentships.
Within the NHS, he holds consultant posts in London: The Royal Marsden Hospital; Chelsea & Westminster Hospital; and formal Senior Academic position at Imperial College London.
Getting to Know Professor Tekkis
Professor Tekkis enjoys skiing and is a hi-end audiophile.
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