Mr Clark is a Consultant General Surgeon, based at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, East Sussex. The Royal Sussex is part of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust. Mr Clark specialises in Laparoscopic/Keyhole surgery and Colorectal/Bowel surgery.
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country employing more than 5,800 staff and spending around £300 million each year providing general and specialist acute hospital care for more than a million people.
Services are located on two main sites, the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath and the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton. The Trust also works in partnership with other local community hospitals, GP practices and clinics.
Private practice is based at The Nuffield Hospital, Brighton & Haywards Heath.
Trained at St Thomas's Hospital, London, across Kent & East Sussex, on the South Thames Specialist Training Rotation, specialising in Colorectal (Bowel) & Laparoscopic (Keyhole) Surgery.
A year of clinical research into optimal surgical technique for Crohns Disease, was undertaken at St Marks Hospital, London. Degree: MSc with Distinction.
This interest and dedication to surgical development and expertise has continued since appointment as a full-time Consultant Surgeon in Brighton. Recent publications and presentations at learned societies include:
Laparoscopic Colonic Anastomosis - a technical note. Putnis S, Clark JS, Farrands PA.
Presentation at European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons AGM, Athens Jul 2007.
The Spouted Colostomy: Technical Note. Marsh P, Clark JS. Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of GB&I. 88(7); 680, Nov 2006.
Sexual, Urinary and Bowel Function Following Total Mesorectal Excision (TME) for Restorative Proctocolectomy. Clarke R, Clark JS, Boorman P, Menezes N, Elton C, Farrands PA. Colorectal Disease 2004; 4(suppl. 1).
Presentations at:
1. Association of Coloproctology of GB&I AGM, Birmingham 2004.
2. Royal Society of Medicine (Coloproctology Division); Overseas meeting, Granada; May 2004.
Current areas of ongoing research include:
1. Pain relief for haemorrhoids
2. Laparoscopic appendicectomy in young women
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