Profile

Mr Oliver Warren qualified from Imperial College London in 2001. He gained his Doctorate in 2009 from Imperial College London and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2012, for which he was awarded the ASGBI Gold Medal for outstanding performance.

Prior to becoming a consultant he undertook colorectal surgery fellowships at St. Mark’s Hospital, London, the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney and was the 2013 Association of Coloproctology’s visiting fellow at the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio, USA. He was appointed a Consultant in Colorectal and General Surgery at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London in 2015. In April 2016 he became Service Director for General, Colorectal, Emergency and Vascular surgery at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He is a core member of the hospital’s colorectal cancer MDT, endometriosis MDT, and inflammatory bowel MDT.

Professional expertise

• Colorectal and intestinal cancer
• Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis
• Proctology
• Hernia and abdominal wall reconstruction

Other contributions

In 2015, Oliver published his first book entitled Going into Hospital: A Guide for Patient, Carers and Families which seeks to engage patients in their care throughout the entire pathway and help patients improve their quality of care directly. He has written over 70 scientific papers and book chapters on medical leadership, patient safety and surgical education.