Mr Richard Brady is a Consultant colorectal surgeon with a specialist practice in Inflammatory Bowel Disease surgery and Endometriosis. He has an interest in technological evolution of surgical care, patient outcomes and minimally invasive surgery.
Special interests
Richard has specialist practice in Colorectal surgery with a subspecialty referral practice focusing on complex Inflammatory Bowel Disease surgery (ie. including surgery for Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis). He has an advanced practice in minimally invasive approaches to such surgery and a large practice in complex proctology (involving fistula and perianal pathology).
He is the colorectal lead for the specialist endometriosis service at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) and works closely within multidisciplinary teams and clinics with the gastroenterology, plastic surgery, radiology, pathology and gynaecology services at the RVI. His wider surgical practice also covers endoscopy, trauma and general surgery.
Richard trained as a surgeon in Belfast and Edinburgh, with further advanced surgical fellowships in Japan, Newcastle and at the National Intestinal Failure Unit in Salford.
He represents North East IBD surgery at the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland national IBD subcommittee and he is the executive communications chair of the European Society of Coloproctology. He has published extensively in the field of technological and digital innovation in colorectal surgery and has held regional roles in digital transformation and innovation. He is a regular international lecturer in his fields of interest in IBD and technology.
Research
Richard undertook a higher degree in the molecular biology of colorectal cancer chemoprevention within the MRC Human Genetics unit in Edinburgh and currently he leads the Newcastle Centre for Bowel Disease www.twitter.com/ncbdresearch research collaborative. This delivers a large number of high quality NIHR clinical and laboratory studies primarily assessing major innovations and their outcomes in surgery.
Richard has a major interest in the surgical microbiome, technological innovation in surgery, social media, communications in surgery and patient safety outcomes and Enhanced Recovery in Surgery.
