Mr James Kinross
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
About James Kinross
Mr James Kinross is a colorectal surgeon at Welbeck Digestive Health, specialising in minimally invasive surgery for colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. He also has an interest in surgical nutrition, is an expert in the gut microbiome and performs research into probiotic and prebiotic therapies for colonic health for improved operative outcomes.
He is a senior lecturer at Imperial College London, a prolific researcher and contributes to the Huffington Post as well as many other publications.
Dr James Kinross was trained in northwest London, and was a National Institute for Health Research clinical lecturer in surgery, and an Ethicon laparoscopic fellow in colorectal surgery.
He was awarded a Royal College of Surgeons of England training fellowship during his PhD and he was funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences as an early stage lecturer. He is a visiting professor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland and is currently funded by Bowel and Cancer Research and the NIHR Imperial Biomedical Research Centre.
Mr Kinross has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers and authored countless book chapters, whilst also presenting at over 30 international conferences.
Expertise
- Gut Microbiome
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome
- Constipation and Chronic Diarrhoea
- Anal Cancer
- Crohn’s Disease
- Colitis
- Diverticulitis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Rectal Cancer
- Femoral Hernia
- Inguinal Hernia
- Anal Fistula
- Colon Cancer
- Faecal Incontinence
- Pelvic Floor Dysfunction
- Appendicitis and Bowel Obstruction
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- English
- Online profiles
- Research highlights
Mr Kinross’ current research interests include:
The gut microbiome and colorectal cancer
Intelligent surgical devices- iKnife
Computational biology
Surgical nutrition
Surgical robotics
Augmented reality
Machine learning and digital surgery
He performs clinical trials using intra-operative mass spectrometry (known as the iKnife) for improving the precision of the surgical treatment of colorectal cancer. He also studies the role of the gut microbiome in the aetiology of colon cancer, Crohn’s disease and obesity.
He is performing clinical research at Imperial College London and at the Royal Marsden Hospital. The aim is to develop novel biomarkers for the early detection of bowel cancer, and to develop novel therapies for its treatment based on a deeper understanding of how the microbiota that reside in the gut influence tumour biology and the response of cancer to treatment.
Finally, he has a separate interest in the educational application of virtual worlds and gaming technologies for surgical and medical education. He works as part of a team that is building next generation, immersive simulators for use in major incidents and trauma training.
- Professional memberships
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Consultations and services
- Self-pay available from £350
- Health insurance
- Self-pay available from £250
- Health insurance
Insurers covered
- +4 more
- Allianz Partners
- Cigna International
- Healix
- Henner
Tests & treatments
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