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Celebrating success
Celebrating success
St Mark’s surgeon honoured by King of Saudi The work of a cancer surgeon who trained at St Mark’s Hospital has been recognised in her home country of Saudi Arabia. Dr Samar Alhomoud was awarded the King Abdulaziz First Degree Medal for her outstanding contribution to medicine. Previous recipients of the medal’s various classes include various heads of state including Barack Obama “It is a great honour and hope it inspires more women to consider a career in medicine,” said Dr Alhomoud who was voted among the 100 most influential women in Saudi Arabia in 2017. Dr Alhomoud, who spent two years at St Mark’s completing her Fellowship Training Programme in Colorectal Surgery, was presented with the medal by King Abdulaziz. Professor Sue Clarke, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Director of the Polyposis Registry at St Mark’s, said: “Samar is part of the St Mark’s family and we’re all delighted her work has been recognised. “She is one of the foremost authorities on colorectal cancer in the Middle East and sits on numerous influential committees. “She’s an inspirational role model, and achieving what she has as a women in surgery in Saudi Arabia is a massive achievement.”
Team scoop top prize at HSJ awards We’re delighted to report that our Tissue Viability nurses ended up on stage at the HSJ Value Awards for their work with the Chelsea and Westminster and Royal Marsden Shared Procurement Service on standardising the Woundcare Formulary in north west London.
The project won the Financial or Procurement Initiative of the Year category! St Mark’s Hospital also came highly commended in the Specialist Service category for their ten year success story in developing the UK’s high volume locally-advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer surgery service.
Trust appoints new chief nurse Isabel wins research fellowship at St Mark’s Congratulations to Isabel Martin who has been awarded a Royal College of Surgeons of England Research Fellowship. Isabel works in the Polyposis Registry at St Mark’s and is taking a PhD on duodenal polyposis. Her research aims to evaluate the role of gut bacteria and genetics in cancer.
The trust has appointed a new chief nurse. Lisa Knight originally trained as a nurse at Northwick Park more than 30 years ago and one of her major challenges will be addressing nursing shortages and building a workforce for the future. Lisa said: “I’m keen to be a bridge between our wards and board members along with the other senior nurses. “I’ve been busy visiting wards and meeting staff and patients in recent weeks and am excited to be here. The question that is on my mind every day is what can we do better?”
