4 Committee members and NICE project team
Committee members
This topic was considered by NICE's medical technologies advisory committee, which is a standing advisory committee of NICE.
Committee members are asked to declare any interests in the technologies to be evaluated. If it is considered there is a conflict of interest, the member is excluded from participating further in that evaluation.
The minutes of each committee meeting, which include the names of the members who attended and their declarations of interests, are posted on the NICE website.
Additional specialist committee members and professional experts took part in the discussions and provided expert advice for this topic.
Specialist committee members
David Chuter
Lay member
David van Dellen
Consultant transplant and general surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust
Declan Dunne
Consultant hepato-pancreato-biliary and general surgeon, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
John Organ
Lay member
Liviu V Titu
Consultant colorectal surgeon, Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Prasanna Sooriakumaran
Consultant urological surgeon, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheraz Markar
Consultant oesophago-gastric surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Toby Page
Consultant urological surgeon, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Experts
Carmine Civilli
Robotic surgical care practitioner, The Christie Private Care
Debashis Ghosh
Consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon, Royal Free Hospital London
Deena Harji
Consultant colorectal surgeon and associate professor of surgery, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust and University of Leeds
George Mochlolis
Senior consultant ENT/head and neck/thyroid/robotic surgeon, East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
Gijs van Boxel
Consultant esophagogastric and bariatric surgeon, Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Jajini Varghese
Consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon, Royal Free Hospital London
James Tibbott
Consultant gynaecologist, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
Jason Fleming
Honorary consultant head and neck surgeon, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Joshua Burke
Academic colorectal surgery registrar, Manchester Foundation Trust
Karen Redmond
Consultant cardiothoracic surgeon, Blackrock Health and The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital
Leanne Ashrafian
Consultant thoracic surgeon, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Marielle Nobbenhuis
Gynaecological oncology surgeon, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Nahid Gul
Consultant gynaecological pelvic surgeon, Spire Murrayfield Hospital
Nuha Yassin
Consultant colorectal surgeon and honorary associate clinical professor, University Hospitals Birmingham
Tim Pencavel
Consultant hepatobiliary surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
NICE project team
Each evaluation assigned to a team consisting of 1 or more health technology analysts (who act as technical leads for the topic), a technical adviser, a project manager and an associate director. An evidence generation team lead and implementation team lead were also assigned for this topic.
Louisa Robinson and Ivan Maslyankov
Technical analysts
Kimberley Carter
Technical adviser
Catherine Pank
Project manager
Anastasia Chalkidou
Associate director
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