Miss Sophie Noblett

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

In 1999, I graduated from the University of Leeds Medical School with distinction in surgery. Following basic training, I spent two years in full time surgical research, during which I developed the Newcastle Enhanced Recovery Programme in colorectral surgery, and designed and completed several clinical trials looking at interventions to improve patient recovery from major surgery.

I was awarded national and international prizes for the research and gained an MD with distinction from Newcastle University. I then continued higher surgical training in the North East, sub-specialising in coloproctology.

I have undertaken a year's fellowship training in colorectal surgery in a large tertiary centre in Auckland, New Zealand. This allowed me to gain further experience in laparoscopic colorectal surgery and complex open intestinal failure / abdominal catastrophe surgery with surgical nutrition.

I was appointed as a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at UHND in April 2012. My clinical interests include colorectal cancer, enhanced recovery after surgery and surgical nutrition. I am clinical lead for colorectal cancer and clinical governance lead for general surgery.

• Department: Colorectal Surgery
• Specialities: Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery
• Based at Hospital site: University Hospital of North Durham
• Special interests: Laparoscopic surgery and colorectal cancer.
• Secretary: Sarah-Jane Ridley
• Training: Leeds University Medical School, Leeds; Northern Deanery Basic and Higher Surgical Training; Auckland City Hospital, New Zealand - Fellowship Training.
• Qualifications: MB, ChB, MD, FRCS
• Date added to the specialist register: March 2012
• Training role: Involved in clinical training of junior doctors and medical students; continued clinical research interests - currently surgical lead for EPOCH trial.