King, Mr Andrew

MA, MB.BChir, PhD, FRCS (Gen Surg)

Speciality

General Surgery

Sub-speciality

Colorectal Surgery

Training and Education

MB.BChir - University of Cambridge
MA in Physiology - University of Cambridge
Basic Surgical Training - Birmingham and Wessex
PhD - University of Southampton
Higher Surgical Training - Wessex

Experience

Mr King has worked for Southampton University Hospitals Trust since April 2009.

Laparosocpic colorectal surgery
Laparoscopic pelvic surgery and pouch surgery.
Open colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease surgery.
Laparoscopic and open hernia repair
Colonoscopy

Key achievements

Setting up the Modified Early Warning Score across the Surgical Division which seeks to identify critically ill surgical patients early.
Setting up a clinical trial, with Professor Ottensmeier, looking at DNA vaccines against colorectal cancer.
Setting up a clinical trial, again with Professor Ottensmeier, looking at DNA vaccines against cytomegalovirus in transplantation.

Key awards and prizes

Competitive Research Training Fellowship: Cancer Research UK  2000

Best presentation: Intensive Care Society: State of the Art Conference   2002

Best presentation: University of Southampton Postgraduate Conference  2002

Research

King A, Pockney PG et al. Medical emergency teams and cardiac arrests in hospital. BMJ. 2002; 324: 1215-6

King A, Primrose JN. The Principles of Cancer Treatment by Surgery. Surgery. Vol. 21(11) 2003; 284-88

Stevenson FK,  King A,  Ottensmeier CH. Vaccine Therapy in NHL: Future Promises and Current Limitations. Leukemia and Lymphoma. 2003; 44: 85-90