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Spring 2025 BSG Elections Results


Elected Council – Committee Members

  • Prof David Sanders 
  • Prof Matt Rutter
  • Dr Beverly Oates
  • Prof Nigel Trudgill
  • Prof Bu’Hussain Hayee
  • Mrs Sarah Marshall


Trainees Regional Representatives  

  • Dr Dominic Maxfield - Regional Representative – Northern 
  • Dr Sarala Janarthanan - Regional Representative – East of England 
  • Dr Nicola McCallion - Regional Representative – Northern Ireland 
  • Dr Amar Srinivasa- Regional Representative – West Midlands 
  • Dr Molly Thorpe - Regional Representative - Wales 
  • Dr Aishwarya Chitnis - Regional Representative – KSS 
  • Dr Olivia Taylor - Regional Representative – Peninsula 
  • Dr Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani - Regional Representative – Yorkshire and Humber 
  • Dr Michael Colwill - Regional Representative – SW Thames (London) 
  • Ms Sana Zehra Rajani - Regional Representative – Oxford 
  • Dr Lujain Hassan - Regional Representative – Wessex 

 

Association of GI Physiology Professionals (AGIP) - Committee Members

  • Dr Joanne Hayes 
  • Dr Lucy Griffin 
  • Dr Mark Scott 
  • Dr Samantha Morris 
  • Dr Tanya Miller 

Association of GI Physiology Professionals (AGIP) - Trainee Representative 

  • Dr Samuel Ndaa 


Adolescent and Young Persons – Committee Members 

  • Dr Alexandra Kent 
  • Dr Kathryn Wright 

Adolescent and Young Persons – Nurse Representative 

  • Mrs Bridgette Fraser 


BSG Nursing Section - Committee Members 

  • Dr Francesca Rosa 
  • Mr Julian Layhe 
  • Ms Nur-in Mohammad 
  • Mrs Sandra Ewing 
  • Mrs Sarah Hogg 
  • Ms Shaila Kumar 


Colorectal – Committee Members 

  • Dr Arun Rajendran 
  • Dr Sandeep Siddhi 


Endoscopy – Committee Members 

  • Dr Nisha Patel 
  • Prof Nigel Trudgill 
  • Prof Anjan Dhar 
  • Dr Vinay Sehgal 


Gastroduodenal – Committee Members 

  • Dr Nasar Aslam 
  • Dr Sudarshan (Sunny) Kadri 


Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Committee Member

  • Dr Alexandra Kent 

Inflammatory Bowel Disease – Trainee Representative 

  • Dr Krishna Shah 


Liver – Committee Members 

  • Dr Louise China 
  • Prof Dhiraj Tripathi 
  • Dr James Maurice 
  • Dr Kushala Abeysekera 
  • Dr Omar Elshaarawy 

Liver – Trainee Representative

  • Dr Katrina Pekarska 

Liver – Nurse Representative

  • Mrs Elisabeth Thompson 


Neurogastroenterology and Motility – Committee Members 

  • Dr Natalia Zarate-Lopez 
  • Dr Christopher Black 
  • Dr Dipesh Vasant 
  • Mrs Vicky Ritchie 


Oesophageal – Nurse Representative 

  • Mr Charlie Clisby  


Pancreatobiliary - Committee Members 

  • Dr Wafaa Ahmed 
  • Dr Arif Hussenbux 
  • Dr Ayman Namera 
  • Dr Sandeep Siddhi 
  • Dr Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani 


Pathology - Committee Members 

  • Dr Michelle Moore 
  • Dr Morgan Moorghen 


Small Bowel and Nutrition – Committee Members 

  • Dr Carolyn Adgey 
  • Dr Lisa Sharkey 
  • Dr Shameer Mehta 

Small Bowel and Nutrition – Trainee Representative 

  • Dr Sarah Faloon 


Supporting Women in Gastroenterology (SWiG) – Committee Members 

  • Dr Francesca Moroni 
  • Dr Sundas Hasan 
  • Dr Wafaa Ahmed 

 

International Committee Zonal Lead

  • Dr Mo Thoufeeq  China and India Zonal Lead 

 

CSSC Regional Representatives  

  • Dr Mohammad Farhad Peerally - Regional Representative  East Midlands 
  • Dr Chander Shekhar - Regional Representative  West Midlands 
  • Dr Omar Elshaarawy - Regional Representative - North West Mersey 
  • Dr Ruchit Sood - Regional Representative – Yorkshire and Humber 

 

Clinical Research Groups 

IBD CRG – Committee Members 

  • Prof Gordon William Moran 
  • Dr James Alexander 
  • Prof Morris Gordon 
  • Dr Rachel Cooney 
  • Dr Shellie Radford 
  • Dr Shiva Radhakrishnan 

IBD CRG – Trainee Representative 

  • Dr Simeng Lin 

IBD CRG – Nurse Representative 

  • Mrs Pearl Avery 


Endoscopy CRG – Committee Members 

  • Dr Constantinos Parasinos 
  • Dr Gaurav Nigam 
  • Prof James Turvill 
  • Dr Nasar Aslam 
  • Dr Raj Rameshshanker 
  • Prof Yeng Ang 

Endoscopy CRG – Trainee Representative 

  • Dr Jabed Ahmed 

Endoscopy CRG – Nurse Representative 

  • Dr Clare Westwood 


Pancreas CRG – Committee Members 

  • Dr David Simon 
  • Prof Sanjay Pandanaboyana 
  • Dr Stylianos Stylianidis 
  • Dr Wafaa Ahmed

Pancreas CRG – Trainee Representative 

  • Dr Muhammad Sharoz Rabbani 


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