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2024 BSG Elections Results


Trainees Regional Representatives 

Dr Laura White - Regional Representative – North West Thames (London)

Dr Georgina Kerry - Regional Representative – North East Thames (London)

Dr Alexander Johnston - Regional Representative - Severn/South West

Dr Hannah Morgan – Regional Representative - North West

Dr Asim Hamza - Regional Representative – Mersey

Dr Sarah Hancox - Regional Representative - Yorkshire and Humber

Dr Joshua Orpen-Palmer - Regional Representative - West of Scotland

Dr Mohamed Shiha – Regional Representative – East Midlands


Elected Council – Committee Members

Professor Shaji Sebastian

Prof Siwan Thomas-Gibson


Adolescent and Young Persons – Committee Members

Dr James Ashton 

Dr Shanika Nayagam


BSG Nursing Section - Committee Members

Mrs Biljana Brezina


Colorectal – Committee Members

Dr Ben Disney

Dr Jabed Ahmed 

Mrs Sarah Cripps


Endoscopy – Committee Members

Dr Nadeem Tehami

Dr Clare Parker

Dr Iosif Beintaris

Dr Matthew Huggett


Endoscopy – Trainee Representative

Dr Rebecca Brown


Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Committee Members

Professor Jimmy Limdi

Ms Rachel Campbell

Dr Fraser Cummings

Professor Shaji Sebastian

Dr Ben Disney

Dr Ajay Verma

Dr Phil Harvey


Liver – Committee Members

Dr Lynsey Corless

Dr Emilie Wilkes


Neurogastroenterology and Motility – Committee Members

Dr Asma Fikree 

Mr Lee Martin 

Dr Maria Eugenicos


Oesophageal – Committee Members

Professor Anjan Dhar

Dr Inder Mainie

Dr Sarmed Sami

Dr Jason Dunn


Oesophageal – Trainee Representative

Dr Joseph Cooney


Pancreatobiliary - Committee Members

Dr Noor Bekkali

Mrs Stacey Munnelly

Dr Aaron On

Dr Vikramjit Mitra


Pancreatobiliary - Trainee Representative

Dr Evelyn Lim


Pathology - Committee Members

Dr Nick West 

Prof Maurice Loughrey

Prof Roger Feakins


Small Bowel and Nutrition – Committee Members

Dr Tim Ambrose 

Dr Jason Jennings 

Dr Jafar Jafari 

Dr Catriona McKenna


Supporting Women in Gastroenterology (SWIG) – Committee Members

Dr Nisha Patel 

Dr Jonathan King 

Dr Sun Mi Ha 

Dr Victoria Moffat


International Committee Zonal Leads 

Dr Elmuhtady Said - Sub-Saharan Africa Zonal Lead

Dr Laith Alrubaiy - North Africa and the Middle East Zonal Lead

Professor Krish Ragunath - Asia-Pacific Zonal Lead

Professor Jimmy Limdi - Americas and Caribbean Zonal Lead


CSSC Regional Representatives 

Dr Mary McStay - Regional Representative - East of England

Dr Vikram Sharma - Regional Representative - North London

Dr Iosif Beintaris - Regional Representative - North East

Dr Suranga Dharmasiri - Regional Representative - South Central (Wessex)

Dr Udit Mittal - Regional Representative - South Central (Oxfordshire)


Clinical Research Groups

IBD CRG – Committee Members

Dr Yaa Danso

Dr Chris Lamb 

Dr Polychronis Pavlidis

Endoscopy CRG – Committee Members

Dr Ahmir Ahmad 

Pancreas CRG – Committee Members

Dr Constantinos Parisinos 

Dr Shiran Esmaily

Dr Joe Geraghty

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