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Our team

PhD (Imperial), PhD (Karolinska), FRCS, MSc, MA Sheraz Markar - Professor of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery and Director of NDS SITU

Professor Sheraz R Markar

Chief Investigator

Jesper Lagergren

Professor Jesper Lagergren

Joint Chief-Investigator

Dr Nainika Menon

Clinical Research Fellow

	Ms Amy Taylor Operational Lead
	Dr Begum Zeybek-Saglam Clinical Trial Manager
	Mr Edmund Wyatt Senior Clinical Data Manager
	Ms Alison Horne Clinical Data Manager
	Mr Martyn Timothy Hill Lead Statistician

Co-applicants

Professor Ahmed Ahmed	Act as mentors providing guidance for surgeons participating in the trial. Provide expertise in the assessment of surgical quality of the procedures performed as part of the SQA.
Dr James Gossage	Act as mentors providing guidance for surgeons participating in the trial. Provide expertise in the assessment of surgical quality of the procedures performed as part of the SQA.
Professor Nick Maynard	Engagement with clinical leads for the UK upper GI surgical centres and facilitating patient recruitment to the trial.
Professor Tim Underwood	Engagement with clinical leads for the UK upper GI surgical centres and facilitating patient recruitment to the trial.
Professor Jane Blazeby	Advise on the GOLF study design and execution.
Professor Natalie Blencowe	Support in the design and delivery of the SQA programme mechanistic study within the GOLF trial
Dr Nicola Mills	QuinteT Recruitment Intervention (QRI) Support patient recruitment within the GOLF trial.
Dr Filipa Landeiro	Health economics analysis support.
Mrs Mimi McCord	Support for running of the study from a PPI perspective.