Patient Safety Committee

Consensus statement on peri-operative management of GLP-1 RAs and SGLT2i

Patient Safety Committee members

Dee Wainwright

Patient Safety Committee Chair, BOMSS Council member

Biography

Dee has worked as a qualified nurse for the past 41years both in the Armed Forces and NHS.

She qualified as a Surgical Care Practitioner whilst working at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust in 2005 specialising in UGI & Bariatric Surgery.

Dee has a BSc hon in Clinical practice with a post graduate Msc module in Obesity management and is also an Associate Member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Dee currently provides specialist surgical assistance in UGI and Bariatric surgery as well as providing gastric band adjustment clinics and pre and post operative phone support for Bariatric patients.

Dee is proud to have been voted onto the BOMSS Patient Safety Committee and the opportunity to help drive improvements in patient safety and improve patient outcomes.

William Hawkins

BOMSS Patient Safety Committee member
Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon
St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester

Biography

Will graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1999. After his higher surgical training in the West Midlands he completed fellowships in Bariatic surgery in Taunton and Sydney, Australia. He has been a consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon at St Richard’s Hospital, Chichester since 2013.

Will has a career interest in surgical education and was heavily involved with the work of the Association of Surgeons in Training and the surgical colleges throughout his surgical training. Having worked in a number of educational positions as a consultant, he is now the Training Programme Director for General Surgery in HEKSS. He is also the Educational Supervisor for the highly successful, post-CCT fellowship in Bariatric Surgery in Chichester.

He is a strong advocate for Bariatric patients and is delighted to be part of BOMSS Patient Safety Committee, championing their cause and helping to drive improvements in patient care within the specialty.

Chetan Parmar

BOMSS Secretary, Council member, Patient Safety Committee, NBSR Committee
Consultant Bariatric/UGI and General Surgeon & Clinical Lead
The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust, London

Biography

Professor Chetan Parmar is a Consultant Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon with expertise in managing Obesity and its diseases. He is Professor of Surgery at the University College London. He is Clinical Director for Surgery & Cancer at Whittington Health NHS Trust, London. His dedication to academia and innovation led to his appointment as the COVID research lead during the pandemic, subsequently leading to be appointed as the Joint Director for Research & Innovation. Additionally, Chetan leads the North Thames UGI NIHR Clinical Research Network. With a passion for education and training he serves as the Surgical Tutor for the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Over his career, he has performed thousands of operations specializing in metabolic bariatric surgeries and endoscopies. He actively engages in collaborative, high quality, patient-centred research and serves as the principal investigator for multiple NIHR-funded trials. Chetan has over 250 peer-reviewed publications and several book chapters of reputed publishing house. He is the Associate Editor of textbook ‘Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery: A Comprehensive Guide,’ published by Springer in 2022. He is Associate editor of Obesity Surgery journal and editor and reviewer of numerous other esteemed journals including SOARD, IJS, MIS, BMC. Recognised for his expertise, he is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences. He is grateful to be conferred an honorary International professor title for his contributions. He holds position as an elected council member of IFSO and MGB-OAGB International Club. Chetan is honorary consultant surgeon at Barts Health NHS Trust and is mentoring the adolescent bariatric surgery program.

He is a member of the patient safety and NBSR committee of BOMSS and strives to improve patient outcomes. He has successfully organised the Annual Scientific Conference of BOMSS from 2021-24 at the University of Oxford, Brighton, Birmingham, and Harrogate. He was elected as BOMSS Professional Educational Lead in 2024 and had grown the educational activities including exchange fellowship programs and robotic workshops. He is currently the Secretary for BOMSS.

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