Member Archive - Node Institute

Gabrielle Van Ramshorst

Elina Ioannidou — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:48:41 +0000

Gabrielle van Ramshorst is a Consultant colorectal surgeon at Ghent University Hospital and Associate Professor at Ghent University in Belgium. Her clinical areas of interest include primary and recurrent colorectal cancer, gynecological oncology, and sarcoma surgery. She was appointed as Associate Editor She has authored about 170 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on clinical and translational research with a specific interest in pelvic exenteration surgery, quality of life, sexual function and reconstruction, patient reported outcomes and diversity. She is actively involved in the European Society of Coloproctology, the European Network of Young Gynaeco-oncologists, the European Society of Surgical Oncology and she is the current chair of the International Committee of the Society of Surgical Oncology.

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Σιακαβέλλας Σπύρος

Elina Ioannidou — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:36:47 +0000

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Γκάγκα Μίνα

Elina Ioannidou — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 12:31:28 +0000

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Matthew Lee

Elina Ioannidou — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 09:57:26 +0000

BHP Clinician Scientist & Honorary Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham.

Matt is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham and a Clinician Scientist at the University of Birmingham. He holds a PhD in surgical outcomes research and leads multiple NIHR-funded multicentre studies in emergency surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. He has published extensively on trial design, patient-reported outcomes, and surgical methodology, and is committed to developing the next generation of clinical researchers.

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Τσοκάνη Σοφία

Elina Ioannidou — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:21:16 +0000

Dr. Sofia Tsokani is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Laboratory of Hygiene, Social & Preventive Medicine and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. A mathematician by training, she holds a BSc in Mathematics and an MSc in Statistics and Operations Research from the University of Ioannina, and earned her PhD in 2023 from same university with a thesis on statistical models for quantitative evidence synthesis, with a particular focus on network meta-analysis (NMA) and meta-analysis of diagnostic tests. Her research interests are dedicated to advancing the methodological foundations of evidence synthesis through meta-analysis and network meta-analysis for both intervention and diagnostic test networks, in order to facilitate reliable analyses and interpretation of clinical and epidemiological evidence.

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Fatma Ayca Gültekin

Elina Ioannidou — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:20:15 +0000

Ayca F Gultekin, MD, FEBS-Colo, INT-FASCRS is a Professor of General Surgery and a Colorectal Surgeon at Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, School of Medicine, Turkiye. Her clinical and academic focus includes colorectal oncology, proctology and pelvic floor surgery. She has extensive experience in advanced colorectal procedures and multidisciplinary management of complex pelvic floor diseases.

Prof. Gültekin serves as Secretary of the UEMS Division of Coloproctology and is an active member of the ESCP Education Committee and the ASCRS Self-Assessment and Pelvic Floor Steering Committees. She is Editor-in-Chief of the Turkish Journal of Colorectal Disease and Associate Editor of Diseases of the Colon & Rectum.

She has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and is regularly invited as a speaker at national and international congresses. Her academic interests also include surgical education, research methodology, and quality standards in international board examinations.

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Yasuko Maeda

Elina Ioannidou — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 21:19:07 +0000

I am a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, and an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Glasgow. Alongside a busy clinical practice, I am involved in supervising research fellows and contributing to journal editorial work, with a particular interest in supporting early-career researchers who are developing academic skills alongside clinical training.

I have trained and worked in Japan, South Africa, Denmark, and the United Kingdom, which has shaped both my clinical practice and my approach to academic collaboration. My clinical subspecialty interests include pelvic floor disorders, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and emergency general surgery. In addition to research activity, I am committed to surgical skills training in daily practice and to supporting trainees in developing safe and effective operative techniques.

Previously, I served as Associate Editor of Colorectal Disease (2020–2025), and I currently hold editorial roles as Guideline Editor for the United European Gastroenterology Journal and Clinical Editor for BMJ Surgery.

My talks at this meeting are “Publishing Your Results” and “Collaborative Projects” (30 minutes each). These sessions will focus on practical aspects of turning clinical and audit work into publishable outputs, and on how to engage with and contribute to collaborative research, particularly for clinicians at an early stage of their research careers.

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Rob Brierley

STOUPAS PANAGIOTIS — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:22:07 +0000

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Tom Pikney

STOUPAS PANAGIOTIS — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:21:07 +0000

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Steven Brown

STOUPAS PANAGIOTIS — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:20:07 +0000

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