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Overview
Bilal Alkhaffaf is a Consultant Surgeon at Salford Royal Hospital (Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust) and a MAHSC Honorary Clinical Professor. He specialises in the management of oesophageal and gastric cancer, obesity, and benign upper gastrointestinal disease. His clinical interests lie in advanced minimally invasive surgery including totally minimally invasive oesophagectomy, gastrectomy and revisional bariatric and benign surgery.
His research activity focuses on surgical outcome reporting, and includes a NIHR-funded international study which he led to standardise the reporting of outcomes in surgical trials for gastric cancer. Bilal’s work in this field continues through national and international collaborations and the supervision of PhD students and trainees. In his role as research lead at Salford Royal Hospital’s Upper GI Unit, he has facilitated the delivery of numerous national and international multi-centre studies.
Bilal's teaching roles extend to the training and supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate doctors and allied health professionals. He is Deputy Directory and a Unit Lead of the ‘Transformative Oncology’ master's programme at the University of Manchester. Bilal also founded and leads an international Senior Clinical Fellowship programme in oesophago-gastric surgery.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, The University of Manchester
Award Date: 1 Jul 2003
External positions
Consultant Oesophago-Gastric Surgeon, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
1 Sept 2018 → …
Consultant Oesophago-Gastric Surgeon, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
1 Sept 2013 → 1 Sept 2018
Areas of expertise
- RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
- RD Surgery
- Cancer of the oesophagus and stomach
- Obesity and metabolic disorders
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Manchester Cancer Research Centre
Keywords
- Surgical Oncology
- Oesophageal Cancer
- Gastric Cancer
- Outcomes Research
- Obesity and metabolic disorders
- Achalasia
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux
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Inclusion of harm outcomes in core outcome sets requires careful consideration
Tay, J., Robinson, C., Blazeby, J., Loke, Y. K., Lowery, A., Alkhaffaf, B. & Kirkham, J., 1 Oct 2024, In: Journal of Clinical Epidemiology. 174, 111474, 8 p., 111474.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Obesity management for patients with coronary artery disease and heart failure
Syed, A., Adam, S., Miller, C. & Alkhaffaf, B., 22 Jul 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Heart failure clinics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Weight Loss Following Bariatric Surgery in People with or without Metabolic Syndrome: A 5-Year Observational Comparative Study
Ragavan, S., Elhelw, O., Majeed, W., Alkhaffaf, B., Senapati, S., Ammori, B. J., Mudaliar, R. N. & Syed, A. A., 1 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Clinical Medicine. 13, 1, 256.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Clinical practice innovation: pre-treatment with intragastric balloon vs. GLP-1 injections prior to bariatric surgery for patients with severe obesity
Slater, C., Ellison, J., Weerasinghe, P., Rigor, M., Majeed, W., Mudaliar, R., Alkhaffaf, B., Sultan, J., Senapati, S., Akhtar, K. & Syed, A., 9 Jul 2023, In: Obesity Surgery. 33, S1, p. S124-S124 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract
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Correction to: Systematic review of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) issues associated with gastric cancer: capturing cross-cultural differences(Gastric Cancer, (2022), 25, 4, (665-677), 10.1007/s10120-022-01309-6)
Rowsell, A., Sodergren, S. C., Vassiliou, V., Darlington, A. S., Guren, M. G., Alkhaffaf, B., Moorbey, C., Dennis, K. & Terada, M., Jan 2023, In: Gastric Cancer. 26, 1, p. 167-167 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Standardising the reporting of outcomes in gastric cancer surgery trials: protocol for the development of a core outcome set and accompanying outcome measurement instrument set (the GASTROS study)
Alkhaffaf, B. (Contributor), Glenny, A.-M. (Contributor), Blazeby, J. M. (Contributor), Williamson, P. (Contributor) & Bruce, I. (Contributor), figshare , 9 Aug 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.3849538.v1, https://figshare.com/collections/Standardising_the_reporting_of_outcomes_in_gastric_cancer_surgery_trials_protocol_for_the_development_of_a_core_outcome_set_and_accompanying_outcome_measurement_instrument_set_the_GASTROS_study_/3849538/1
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Thesis
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The Development of a Core Outcome Set for Surgical Trials in Gastric Cancer
Alkhaffaf, B. (Author), Glenny, A.-M. (Supervisor), Bruce, I. (Supervisor) & Williamson, P. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2021Student thesis: Phd
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