NAVIGATION

Derek Anthony O’Reilly

Title

Chair of Surgery General Surgery Consultant

Degrees

PhD FRCS

 

Department

Surgery

Language

English
Mandarin

Biography

Message to Patients

  • Prof. O’Reilly provides patient-centered care, based on the latest evidence-based guidelines and international standards. He has over 30 years of experience of general surgical conditions

Areas of Specialty

  • Prof O’Reilly is a surgeon with over 30 years of experience of general surgery
  • His specialist interests include: Liver and pancreatic surgery, Acute and chronic pancreatitis, Biliary and gallstone surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, Colorectal surgery, hemorrhoids, thyroid nodules, neck and skin lumps
  • List of symptoms and conditions in which Prof O’Reilly is expert in providing assessment, investigation and treatment: abdominal pain and discomfort, unexplained weight loss, abdominal bloating and distention, change in bowel habit, bleeding from the rectum and anus, jaundice, hernia and other lumps of the neck and skin

Education Background

  • MB BCh BAO – Received medical degree from Trinity College Dublin in 1992
  • FRCS – Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 2006
  • Obtained a PhD in Molecular Medicine from the University of Plymouth (UK) in 2007

Work Experience

  • Before joining Beijing United Family Hospital in 2021, served as a senior consultant surgeon in the Manchester Royal Infirmary (UK)
  • Served as the Clinical Director for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer, Greater Manchester Cancer Network, from 2014-2021
  • Member of the clinical guidelines committee for the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence (NICE)
  • Surgical lead for the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcomes and Death (NCEPOD) 2014-16

Academic Achievements

  • Published over 100 papers in prominent peer-reviewed medical journals such as The Lancet, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Annals of Surgery.
  • Awarded an honorary clinical professorship in the Division of Cancer Sciences at the University Of Manchester (UK) in 2017
  • Supervisor of MD and PhD students at the University of Manchester from 2011-2023

Honors, Awards, and Professional Memberships

  • Member, World Association for Integrative Oncology
  • Editorial Board Member, Holistic Integrative Oncology (HIO)
  • Editorial Board Member, Artificial Intelligence Surgery
  • British Medical Journal (BMJ) Quality Improvement Award
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