Neil Mortensen

Sir Neil James McCready Mortensen is Emeritus Professor of Colorectal Surgery at the University of Oxford Medical School and has been on the staff of the Oxford University Hospitals since 1987, where he is currently honorary consultant colorectal surgeon. He is a Fellow of Green Templeton College in the University of Oxford. [https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-12-30-new-year-honours-2024] Following his appointment in Oxford he campaigned for the recognition of colorectal surgery as a specialty and created the present department. He has clinical and research interests in a wide range of colorectal diseases.

In 2020, he was appointed president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mortensen was knighted in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to surgery. Provided by Wikipedia