Mr Dugal Ian Heath		MB ChB; MD; FRCS; FRACS; FCS(Hong Kong)
Consultant:		Consultant General Surgeon
Primary speciality:		General Surgery
Secondary speciality:		Obesity Surgery
Clinical interests:		Laparoscopic Surgery; Obesity Surgery
NHS Practice:		Consultant Bariatric Surgeon, The Whittington Hospital
Private practice: Address:		35 Devonshire, London W1G 6JP
Post code:		E1 4NL

Mr Dugal Heath has recently been appointed by the Whittington Hospital (a preferred provider of bariatric services) as Consultant Bariatric surgeon and has been recruited by a leading health care provider from the private sector. Over a 22 year career he has performed hundreds of laparoscopic operations, with a speciality in gastric bypasses, gastric banding and sleeve gastrectomy. His work includes managing complications and performing revision surgery for patients operated on at other centers. He is currently one of Britain's leading bariatric surgeons and is responsible for helping many people the world over beat obesity to become happier and healthier.

ASSOCIATED APPOINTMENTS
2006 - Lead clinician bariatric surgery
2006 - Lead clinician thyroid cancer
2002 - Member ICP Steering Group
2001 - Lead clinician audit
2001 - Lead Clinician Day Care Services
2001 - Examiner Australian Medical Council
2001 - Surgical Tutor Australian Medical Council
2001 - External examiner, Department of Surgery, Tasmania Medical School
2001 - Member accreditation Committee, Joondalup Health Campus
2001 - Member of Medical Review Committee, Joondalup Health Campus
2000 - Examiner Dental School of Western Australia
2000 - "Secretary" to the Joondalup Health Campus Endoscopy Users Group
1999 - Examiner for 4th year medical examinations, University of Western Australia
1999 - Member, Drugs and Therapeutics Committee, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
1999 - Member, University Department of Surgery Teaching Group
1999 - Member, Joondalup Health Campus Endoscopy Users Group
1999 - Member, Joondalup Health Campus Endoscopy Working Party
1998- "Secretary 1999 - Organiser of the Part I Fellowship course" to the Department of Surgery, Joondalup Health Campus
1998 - Examiner for final medical examinations, University of Western Australia
1998 - Senior Lecturer, UWA, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Joondalup Campus

SENIOR REGISTRAR POST (North West Thames)
2001 - 2007 - Consultant Surgeon, Queen Elizabeth NHS Trust
October 1997 - May 1998 General/ Colorectal Surgery
Wellhouse Trust, London.
October 1996 - September 1997 General/Colorectal/Gastrointestinal Surgery
Charing Cross Hospital, London
August 1996 - September 1996 Gastrointestinal/ Vascular Surgery
West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth
August 1995 - July 1996 Hepato-pancretico-biliary/General Surgery
Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong
October 1994 - July 1995 Gastrointestinal/ Vascular Surgery
West Middlesex University Hospital, Isleworth
January - August 1994 Breast Surgery
Charing Cross Hospital, London

CAREER REGISTRAR POSTS (West Of Scotland Rotation)
August 1991 - January 1992 General/ Vascular/ Thoracic Surgery:
Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary.
February 1992 - July 1992 General Surgery/ Urology:
Falkirk District Infirmary.
August 1992 - January 1993 General Surgery
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
February - July 1993 General / Vascular Surgery
Southern General Hospital, Glasgow
August - October 1993 General/ Laparoscopic Surgery
Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock
November - December 1993 General Surgery
Crosshouse, Hospital, Kilmarnock

ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES
2005 - Examiner Royal College of Surgeons, Cairo
2004 - Examiner Royal College of Surgeons, Sri Lanka
2001 - Trainer basic gynaecological surgical skills course Queen Elizabeth Hospital
2001 - Trainer basic surgical skills course Royal College of Surgeons of England
2001 - Tutor in problem based learning, University of Western Australia
1998 - Trainer to the Rural Australia ATLS course
1998 - Trainer in Basic Surgical Skills Course, Collaborative Teaching and Education Center, Perth, Western Australia.
1998 - Trainer in fourth year Surgical Skills, Collaborative Teaching and Education Center, Perth, Western Australia.
1998 - Organiser of the weekly academic surgical meetings, University Department of Surgery.

POSTGRADUATE COURSES
Laparoscopic endocrine surgery 2003, IRCAD, Strasbourg
Laparoscopic hernia repair 2002, Guildford
Laparoscopic obesity surgery 2002, IRCAD, Strasbourg
Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery 2001, CTEC, Perth, WA
Laparoscopic Hepatobiliary Surgery 2001, CTEC, Perth, WA
Hand Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery 2001, CTEC, Perth, W
Teach the Teachers 2001, CTEC, Perth, WA
ATLS , Cambridge 1997
Hepatico-Pancreatico-Biliary 1994, Hammersmith Hospital
Final FRCS, Addenbrooks 1986 Hospital, Cambridge
Anastomosis, 1984, Leicester Royal Infirmary

MEMBERSHIP OF LEARNED SOCIETIES
British Obesity Surgery Society
British Society of Gastroenterology
Surgical Research Society
Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
IFSO