Ms Linda Ferrari

Ms Linda Ferrari is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon with specialist expertise in proctology, pelvic floor pathology, hidradenitis suppurativa, and inflammatory bowel disease. She completed her surgical training in Italy before undertaking advanced colorectal fellowships at St Mark’s Hospital in London and the University of Washington Medical Centre in the United States.

She is an active committee member of the Pelvic Floor Consortium section of the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons, contributing to the development of international guidelines on the management of pelvic floor disorders. In addition, she is a member of the International Continence Society.

Her academic work includes a PhD focused on imaging and outcomes in the treatment of perianal fistula. Alongside this, she has contributed to research on pelvic floor disorders, inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal patient-reported outcomes. Her current projects include research into reducing inequalities in healthcare delivery. To date, she has published more than 40 peer-reviewed articles and over 10 book chapters, and she regularly lectures on national and international platforms.

Clinically, Ms Ferrari provides a wide range of treatments. These include surgery for inflammatory bowel disease such as Kono-S anastomosis, surgical management of perianal fistula including laser and VAAFT techniques, and procedures for haemorrhoids, pilonidal sinus, and anal fissures, including Botox injection to the anal canal. She also treats anal incontinence with options such as sacral neuromodulator implantation and anal sphincter reconstruction. In addition, she carries out rectal prolapse repair and symptomatic rectocele repair.