Executive Committee

Our Executive Committee at a glance

Chair: Mr Thomas Dudding

Mr Dudding is a consultant surgeon at University Hospital Southampton NHS foundation trust and the current chair-in-waiting of The Pelvic Floor Society, having previously been the honorary membership secretary and research and development lead.

He completed higher surgical training within the Wessex region in 2012 and fellowships at St Mark’s Hospital, London and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. He is a specialist colorectal and pelvic floor surgeon with expertise in the treatment and management of colorectal cancer, functional bowel disorders, pelvic organ prolapse and anal conditions. His role includes laparoscopic colorectal and pelvic floor surgery, colonoscopy, anorectal physiology and emergency surgery. He is the colorectal lead for the South Eastern regional pelvic mesh removal service.

An internationally recognised expert in the use of neurostimulation for bowel control, Mr Dudding has extensive experience and research publications in this field. He is part of the European Sacral Neuromodulation Expert Group, the course director for European Continuing Medical Training (ECMT) advanced neuromodulation course and he sits on the executive committee of the Neuromodulation Society of United Kingdom and Ireland (NSUKI).

Actively involved in training he is an educational and clinical supervisor of medical students and surgical trainees. In addition, he has provided training to consultants both nationally and internationally through educational courses, live operating and preceptorship.

Chair in Waiting: Professor Julie Cornish

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Professor Julie Cornish is a consultant colorectal surgeon and Professor of surgery (Hon) in Cardiff, with a subspecialty interest in pelvic health. Julie trained in Wales and London, with an MD from Imperial College and a pelvic floor fellowship in Oxford. She is the chair in waiting for the Pelvic Floor Society and a Trustee of the MASIC Foundation. She is the joint Surgical Speciality lead for colorectal surgery for the Royal College of Surgeons of England/ACPGBI and the lead for the Pelvic Health Hub in Cardiff.

Her research interests focus on outcomes after surgery, in particular bowel dysfunction after surgery and outcomes after childbirth injury. She is the chief investigator for the NIHR POLARiS study and the Research lead for the surgical board in Cardiff and Vale. Julie is also the founder of the Everywoman Festival, a women's health festival aiming to educate and empower women and girls (everywomanfest.com)

Honorary Secretary: Mr Wesley Lai

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Honorary Treasurer: Ms Carmen Hoh

Membership Secretary: Miss Cat Boereboom

External Affairs Officer: Mr Gregory Thomas

Research and Development Committee Chair: Ms Emma Carrington

Emma V Carrington is an Associate Professor of colorectal surgery at Imperial College in London. She has a clinical practice in pelvic floor disorders, lower GI motility and inflammatory bowel disease and co-leads the Imperial Neurological Pelvic Organ Physiology Multidisciplinary Service which provides care for patients with complex bowel, bladder and sexual organ dysfunction. She is widely published in the field of neurogastroenterology and was a key contributor to the London Classification in 2019. As a clinical scientist, her research focusses on refining the understanding of the physiology of continence, improving treatments for faecal incontinence and the development of techniques to describe anorectal function. In addition to the Research & Development Chair of The Pelvic Floor Society, she holds several other committee positions including the ESCP representative to the UEG scientific committee.

Education and Training Committee Chair: Mrs Jennie Grainger

QA and Clinical Governance Committee: Mr Jon Randall

Jon Randall was appointed a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon in Bristol in 2014. He is the Chair of a cross-city pelvic floor multidisciplinary team meeting that was the first UK MDT to gain accreditation outside of the pilot study. He was the first trainee representative to sit on the newly formed TPFS executive committee and later became Chair of Training and Education. Currently, he is the colorectal lead at University Hospital Bristol and Training Programme Director for the Severn Deanery.

Scientific Programmes Committee Chair: Miss Kim Gorissen

Ms Kim Gorissen is a Consultant in Emergency & Colorectal Surgery at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

She is of Dutch nationality and studied Medicine at Maastricht University in The Netherlands; 2000 Ba(Cum Laude) and 2005 masters/MD (Cum Laude). She completed surgical training in Maastricht where she qualified in general, gastrointestinal and oncologic surgery in 2011.

During her training she developed a strong affection for colorectal surgery and more specifically for pelvic floor surgery. After fellowships in Oxford and the Royal Brisbane Hospital in Australia (CCSANZ official fellowship) she returned to Oxford as a Consultant Surgeon to continue working in this field.

She is one of the founders of the current Surgical Emergency Unit at OUH and spends most of her time delivering (colorectal) emergency care. Her elective work mainly consist of pelvic floor surgery. She is clinical lead and (inter) national proctor for Sacral Nerve Stimulation.

She has published several scientific papers and book chapters on pelvic floor problems, colorectal cancer and recovery after surgery, and frequently presents her research at international conferences, consensus meetings and master classes.

She is a passionate, award winning teacher, and among other roles is part of the Oxford University Surgical Student Teaching Committee and resident doctor training program.

As Chair of the Scientific Programmes Committee she greatly enjoys being part of the Council of the National Pelvic Floor Society.

Physiotherapy Committee Chair: Miss Emily Hoile

Specialist Nurse Committee Chair: Dr Simona Fourie

Clinical Scientist Committee Chair: Ms Emma Jones

ACPGBI Council Representative: Mr Sandeep Singh

Scottish Chapter ACPGBI Represenative: Miss Shafaque Shaikh

Welsh ACPGBI representative: Ms Rhiannon Griffiths

Irish ACPGBI Representative: Ms Rachel McBride

The Dukes' Club Representative: Miss Emily Farrow

BSG Representative: Dr Dipesh Vasant

Patient Representative : Ms Natalia Woodward

Composition

Chair: Elected by the members TPFS. A member must sign his/her agreement to stand. This nomination is co signed by nominator and seconder, all being members of TPFS. Term of office: 3 years. The chairperson reports to: The Chair and TPFS Executive and prepares an annual report outlining achievements, future objectives and strategies.

The sub committee chair should also:

Coordinate the activities of the committee
Be present at the AGM should the membership have any questions about committee activities.
Lead all committee members in active participation in committee activities
Review committee member performance annually to determine contribution based on attendance at meetings, responsiveness to projects etc. Non-active members will then be asked to resign.

All members of this Committee must be active members of TPFS and are required to attend at least 2 out of three Annual Meetings. Members are also required to join teleconferences.

Meetings

Face to face eg., during the summer and January scientific meetings.
Teleconferences as required, with other communications carried out by email.
One third of committee membership plus one shall be quorum.

Minutes

Executive Committee meetings and sub committee meetings must be recorded, and kept and published on TPFS website in the member’s only section. Draft minutes of the meetings shall be sent to all those who attended for correction and subsequently made available to all members TPFS via the website within six weeks of the date of that meeting. Only a member attending the meeting in question may comment on the accuracy of the draft minutes. Any member of TPFS can comment on the subject discussed or the issues raised.

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