About Us

The Collaborative consists of a group of cross-specialty surgeons and expert advisers with a single interest: to highlight the true extent of the challenges of equality, inclusivity and their associated impacts in the surgical profession by leveraging data. We believe that the voices of all doctors in the surgical field matter and first hand accounts of experiences deserve to be heard.

Our role is to identify and report data from the frontlines of the surgical working environment; to provide an opportunity for individualised stories to be shared; to present all data to the surgical community without the burden of political or other influences in a transparent manner; to develop change strategies suitable for adoption in the workplace; to apprise other professional bodies and organisations with coherent data that can inform appropriate policies and procedures to tackle these challenges; to highlight positive and negative aspects of systemic workplace issues;

to work with relevant experts to evolve our methodology and optimise our outputs and recommendations; to remain flexible to changes in attitudes of the workforce and continue to foster a collaborative approach with stakeholders, allies and participants within surgery on a national level.

In the coming months, we will grow our Collaborative by including more partners and listening to members of the profession. We recognise the success of our mission is contingent on the participation of each of you in our projects We need you to use your voice and we look forward to hearing from you all.

Thank you.

ACEIS UK

The Collaborative

  • Prof Manohar Bance

    Professor and Chair of Otology & Skull Base Surgery - University of Cambridge President of the Otology Section, Royal Society of Medicine

  • Miss Ginny Bowbrick

    Consultant Vascular Surgeon | Chair of Vascular SAC | Head of School of Surgery KSS | Clinical Lead Professional Passport at the RCSEng | Chair of Pride in Surgery Forum (PRISM) RCSEng

  • Prof Anton Emmanuel

    Professor of Neuro-Gastroenterology - University College London | Senior Clinical Lead for NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) Programme

  • Mr Quentin Gardiner

    Consultant Rhinologist NHS Tayside President of ENT Scotland

  • Prof David Howard

    Professor of Head and Neck Oncology Researcher in critical care medicine

  • Miss Ekpemi Irune

    Consultant Laryngology, Head & Neck Surgeon - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Miss Isma Iqbal

    Consultant ENT, Skull Base Surgeon Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Miss Kanwalraj Moar

    Consultant Cleft & Oral Maxillofacial Surgeon. Honorary Secretary & Trustee British Assoc. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons. Founder & President of Society of Women in Maxillofacial Surgery

  • Mr Enyi Ofo

    Consultant Laryngology, Head & Neck Surgeon - St Georges University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  • Prof Vinidh Paleri

    Professor of Head & Neck Surgery - Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust President of British Association of Head & Neck Oncologists

  • Prof Jaydip Ray

    Professor of Otology/ Neuro-otology - University of Sheffield | Training Programme Director for Yorkshire region

  • Prof Mala Rao

    Professor of Primary Care and Public Health - Director Ethnicity and Health Unit, Imperial College, London | Past Medical Adviser to NHSE Workforce Race Equality Strategy and Implementation Team

  • Miss Catherine Rennie

    Consultant Rhinology, Skull Base Surgeon Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

  • Prof Hesham Saleh

    Professor of Rhinology - Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Past President of EAFPS

  • Mr Surash Surash

    Consultant Neurosurgeon Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Author of Surash - Pearce Report 2019

  • Prof Stephani Hatch

    Professor of Sociology and Epidemiology

    Vice Dean, Culture, Diversity & Inclusion

    Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience - Kings College London

  • Dr Habib Naqvi

    Director, NHS Race and Health Observatory

  • Dr Leo Gundle

    Senior House Officer, Academic Representative for Students & Foundation Doctors in Otolaryngology (SFO UK)

  • Miss Tiffany Munroe-Gray

    Otolaryngology Specialist Registrar, Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Authority

  • Dr Kaydeonne Ellis

    Senior House Office, an International Medical Graduate and Founder of an ICT company that also works in the philanthropic space