Mr Jeremy French is a Consultant Hepato-biliary and Transplant Surgeon at Newcastle’s Freeman Hospital where he specialises in retroperitoneal sarcoma, acute pancreatitis, advanced laparoscopic/robotic hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery, nanoknife for pancreatic cancer, and Selective Intrahepatic Radiation Therapy (SIRT) for liver cancer.
Training
Newcastle MBBS and higher surgical rotation; Specific training in Paris/Verona/Leeds/Dundee.
Clinical activity
Advanced laparoscopic/robotic HPB surgery; Complex Pancreas/Liver/kidney tumour resections; Selective Intrahepatic radiation therapy (SIRT); Acute Pancreatitis; Retroperitoneal sarcoma surgery; ‘Nanoknife’ therapy (Irreversible electroporation) for pancreatic and liver cancer.
Committee
Secretary of the Pancreatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland; Secretary of the pancreatic section of the British Society of Gastroenterology; Executive committee – international guidelines for the management of acute pancreatitis.
Education
RCSEng College tutor; Surgical Chair of the Northern Deanery Education committee; Educational Lead directorate of surgery; Course convener – CCrISP/CST exam course/cadaveric HPB courses.
Research
Sarcoma research group – retroperitoneal lead; MD/MRes Supervisor; PhD/MD examiner.
