GMC No: 4456351          

Specialty: General Surgery

Clincal interest: Colorectal Surgery, Bowel Cancer Screening, Colon Rectum and Anal (premalignant) Cancer, Complex Bowel Cancer and Benign Colorectal Conditions, including Pelvic Floor Disorders, inflammatory conditions and Coloproctology.

Secretary: Lindy Shoebottom

Telephone: 0117 414 0838

Miss Ann Lyons was appointed as a consultant colorectal surgeon at North Bristol Trust in 2005. Prior to joining North Bristol Ann was a fellow at international centres of St Marks Hospital, London and Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto,Canada expanding her management of complex pelvic conditions. Graduated with Hons, Surg and Antomy Medal Ann completed by Higher Surgical Training in the South West Deanery, centred on Bristol. During her Higher Surgical Training, she had valuable out of training experience, educated with Professor Hohenberger in colon and rectum cancer surgery and Prof Matzel in pelvic floor disorders, in the University of Erlangen. She has actively engaged programmes for cancer patient communication,  including in the NCAT cancer care programme 2013.

Within this experience Ann has developed a holistic approach to cancer care, and a specialty interest in delivering safe careful pelvic surgery for regional patients; and surgery for early and advanced cancer. I have extensive experience in minimally invasive surgery.

Ann has clinical, educational and research experience. Awarded MD for her bench to bed side T cell immune response to major stresses, Harvard Medical School and since appointment has been PI for several clinical research trials at North Bristol. Ann has presented both nationally and internationally.  Ann is the lead surgeon for Colon and Rectum Cancer at North Bristol. She  has a position on the SWAG CAG Colorectal Cancer Alliance.

Miss Ann Lyon is a member of RCSE, ACPGBI, ESCP, ASCRS and RSM

GMC Number: 4195452

Year of first qualification: 1995, University of London

Specialty: Anaesthetics and Pain Management

Clinical interest: Neuromodulation, Facial Pain

Secretary: Susan Harvey

Telephone number: 0117 414 7364

Dr Sarah Love-Jones sees patients with long term pain, and is the Lead clinician for Spinal cord Stimulator Service in the Pain Clinic, North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT).

She also works as a regular anaesthetist for Neurosurgery, Plastics and Trauma and is an Advanced Life Support Instructor.

GMC Number: 3356182

Year of first qualification: 1988, Newcastle

Specialty: Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine

Clinical interest: Trauma, Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Professor David Lockey qualified in Newcastle and trained in Nottingham, Bristol, London and Perth, Australia.

He is the Clinical Director for the Severn Major Trauma Network and is an Hon. Professor of Trauma & Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine at Bristol University, Visiting Professor at the University of Stavanger and an Hon. Clinical Professor at Queen Mary University, London.

He is also a Consultant, Research Lead and Trustee at London's Air Ambulance.

Currently he is chairman of the of the Faculty of Pre-hospital Care, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Vice Chair (and Immediate Past Chairman) of the Intercollegiate Board for training in Pre-hospital Emergency Medicine.

GMC Number: 4096728

Year of first qualification: 1994, London

Specialty: Gastroenterology

Clinical interest: colonoscopy, bowel cancer screening, IBD, nutrition

Secretary: Debra Heath

Telephone: 0117 414 6351

Dr Melanie Lockett trained in London and moved to Bristol in 2005 when she was appointed as consultant.

Dr Lockett has been a bowel cancer screening colonoscopist for the Bristol and Weston bowel cancer screening service since 2008 with a colonoscopy completion rate of over 98%.

Dr Lockett is an educational and clinical supervisor and is also a British Society of Gastroenterology mentor. 

Dr Lockett was elected chair of the North Bristol NHS Trust Joint Local Negotiating Committee in Oct 2022 having been a member of this committee since 2019.

GMC Number: 4029629

Specialty: Radiology

Secretary: Caroline Hawkins

Telephone: 0117 414 9009

GMC Number: 4208527

Year of first qualification: 1995, St Mary’s Hospital, London

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Regional anaesthesia/Preop

Secretary: Helen Pearce

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Simon Lewis undertook his anaesthetic training in the Bristol region and then spent a fellowship year in Perth, Western Australia.

During this time he developed an interest in preoperative assessment and ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia. 

Dr Simon Lewis also developed an interest in echocardiography and completed the Diploma in Perioperative Echocardiography in 2009. 

He was appointed as a Consultant Anaesthetist to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2007.

Dr Simon Lewis is also currently Southmead Hospital Bristol Anaesthetic Lead for Clinical Governance and Preoperative Assessment and he regularly performs cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPEX) for high risk patients.

Specialty: Plastic Surgery

Secretary: Helen Holness

Telephone: 0117 414 6610

GMC Number: 3492598

Year of first qualification: 1991, St Mary’s, University of London

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interest: Day case anaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 0890

Dr Juliet Learner trained in Anaesthesia in the Bristol School of Anaesthetics and worked for a year in Christchurch, New Zealand before being appointed to North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2002.

GMC Number: 3304745

Year of first qualification: 1989, Bristol University

Specialty: Anaesthetics

Clinical interests: Obstetric Anaesthesia

Telephone: 0117 414 5114

Dr Christina Laxton trained as an anaesthetist in the South West region before being appointed as a consultant at North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) in 2002.

She is the TPD for Assessment for trainees in the Severn PGME School of Anaesthesia, the LTFT (Less than Full Time) Training Advisor for the School and a member of the Specialist Training Committee. At NBT, she is also the LTFT Training Champion and Joint SupportRTT (Return to Training) lead, a consultant appraiser, and recent Chair of the Trust Transfusion Committee.

Dr Laxton has a specialist interest in obstetric anaesthesia and is a Faculty member of PROMPT Maternity Foundation (promoting multi-professional training for safer childbirth).

Her other interests include promoting Less-than-full-time Training, trainee support, multi-professional training and blood conservation methods.

GMC Number:  4111562

Year of first qualification: 1994, University of London

Specialty: Neuropathology

Clinical interest: Adult and paediatric brain tumours

Telephone: 0117 414 2405

Professor Kathreena Kurian BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCPath (Neuro) is consultant neuropathologist and Professor of Neuropathology.

She is Head of the University of Bristol Brain Tumour Research Group.

She undertook medical training in Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London and neuropathology and research training in Edinburgh and Cambridge.

She specialises in both adult and paediatric brain tumours, having published widely.

She has authored a textbook - An Atlas of Gross Neuropathology; Cambridge University Press.

She is responsible for the set-up of the NIHR IVMT cohort study to Identify and Validate Molecular Targets in CNS tumours.

She is on the Board of the At Bristol Science Centre.