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Mr. Darmarajah Veeramootoo
Research Fellow: August 2008 - present
Main Project: Ischaemic conditioning of the gastric-conduit for Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy
Collaborative Study with Professor Angela Shore, Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry
Submission for MD Thesis, PMCD:
Photo right: Mr. Raj Veeramootoo receiving the David Dunn Memorial Prize for best Oral Presentation at the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons Meeting, Newcastle 2007 from Mr. Mike Parker President of ALSGBI and Mrs. Dunn.
Mr. Rajeev Parameswaran, MRCS
Research Fellow: April 2006 – August 2008
Main Project: Health-Related Quality of Life Following Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy
Collaborative Study with Professor Jane Blazeby, University of Bristol
Submission for MD Thesis, Univeristy of Bristol:
Current Post: Specialist Registrar in Surgery, South-West Deanery
Upper GI Research Fellowship
Since 2006, we have fully funded the appointment of a Research Fellow in Upper GI Surgery Research, specifically to investigate the many aspects and outcomes of Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy. In particular, we are striving to assess how effective a treatment this is for oesophago-gastric cancer and how we can improve this still further as a safe, effective, curative procedure of choice for patients with this disease.
Research Fellows have found this to be an exciting as well as challenging undertaking. As our abstracts and publications, demonstrate the many complex issues relating to the management of oesophago-gastric cancer and the opportunities to progress this further.
If you are interested in applying to become a research fellow, please write to:
Mr. Saj Wajed
Consultant Upper GI Surgeon
Department of Thoracic and Upper GI Surgery
Roayl Devon and Exeter NHSFT
Barrack Road
Exeter EX2 5DW
Current and Planned areas of Research relating to Minimally Invasive Oesophagectomy and Oesophago-Gastric Cancer
Health-Related Quality of Life
Early recognition of complications
Risk stratification
Gastric conduit failure and its prevention
Financial and other comparative measures against open surgery
Efficacy of pre-operative staging and prognostic indicators
Improvement of technical aspects of surgery
Molecular biology