Professor Alex Mirnezami BSc BM PhD PCME FRCS (England)
Professor of Surgical Oncology, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon

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Alex Mirnezami is Professor of Surgical Oncology and Consultant Surgeon in the Department of Surgery, with a specialist interest in the field of Colorectal Surgery, and in particular advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer.
As a surgical oncologist, I have linked clinical and laboratory research goals, in the area of cancer recurrence, and more specifically, colorectal cancer recurrence and how we may combat/prevent it.
He completed his medical degree at the University of Southampton in 1995, having previously obtained a first class BSc as an intercalated student in 1994.
His medical training involved various junior surgical positions within the Wessex region and he obtained his membership of The Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1999. He re-joined the University in 2000 as an MRC Clinical Research Training Fellow working in Dr Jeremy Blaydes’ lab, and was awarded his PhD in 2004.
He was appointed to a Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist position in 2008 and commenced as Consultant Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in 2009. He became an Associate Professor in Surgery in 2014 and was appointed to a personal chair in Surgical Oncology in 2015.
He has been a visiting fellow at a number of Comprehensive Cancer Centres including the Mayo Clinic in Rochester; The MD Anderson Cancer Centre; and the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Centres in the USA; and The Catharina Ziekenhuis Hospital, Eindhoven, in the Netherlands.
His work is divided between the laboratory and the main hospital.
Qualifications
BSc (First Class Honours), Biomedical Sciences, University of Southampton 1994
BM, University of Southampton 1995
PhD, University of Southampton 2004
PCME, University of Wales College of Medicine 2007
FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2009
Appointments held
Professor of Surgical Oncology and Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust
2015
Associate Professor in Surgery and Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust
2014-2015
Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist in Surgery
Senior Lecturer and Consultant Colorectal Surgeon
University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust
2009-2014
ACPGBI Colorectal Fellowship - Leeds General Infirmary
Clinical Lecturer in Surgery
University of Southampton
2006-2009
Wessex Higher Surgical Training Programme
- Basingstoke Hospital
- Southampton General Hospital
- Portsmouth Hospital
- Poole Hospital
2003-2006
MRC Clinical Research Training Fellowship
2000-2003
Wessex Basic Surgical Training Programme
- Bournemouth Hospital
- Poole Hospital
- Southampton Hospital
1997-2000
Anatomy Demonstrator
University of Southampton
1996-1997