John Neil Primrose - Curriculum Vitae#

• Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences 2016
  
• Professor of Surgery in Southampton since 1993, developed an academic surgical service with emphasis on cancer particularly advanced colorectal cancer, liver cancer and pancreatic cancer. Major interest in minimal access surgery.
  
• Developed clinical trials and translational programme in cancer, supported by Cancer Research UK, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Medical Research Council (MRC). Globally practice changing outputs.
• Director of Wessex Clinical Research Network (CRN) (2007 - 2017): Administering annual budget of c£16M, increasing research activity by over 100% in 3 years, recruiting 43,000 patients in 2015/16
  
• Chair, National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Upper GI Clinical Studies Group (2012 - 2017) responsible for a portfolio of pivotal clinical trials in upper GI cancer involving up to 30% of incident cases in the UK, improving cancer care in the NHS. Delivered numerous cancer trials to completion, in many cases changing practice globally
  
• Chair, Deutsche Krebshilfe (German Cancer Aid) Translational Funding Committee, 2016 - date
  
• Hong Kong Government, Research Assessment Exercise Panel, 2020.
  
• Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Precision Panc Programme (Personalised therapy in pancreas cancer)
  
• Member of MRC Clinical Training and Career Development Panel, from 2018; Yorkshire Cancer Research Grants Committee 2016 - 2021; UKRI Future Leaders Committee, from 2019, ASCO Guidelines Committee, Adjuvant Treatment of Bile Duct Cancer 2018 - 2019; ESMO Clinical Practice Guideline on Biliary Cancer; Prior Member CRUK Clinical Trials Advisory and Award Committee and several other funding committees.
  
• President, Association of Surgeons Great Britain and Ireland 2013/14: Working to improve surgical care and support surgeons
  
• Editor in Chief, Oxford Textbook of General Surgery (in production).
  
• Chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines Development Group in Pancreatic Cancer 2015 - 2018 determining the optimal care of patients with this disease.
  
• Chair, NICE Guidelines Development Group in Barrett’s Oesophagus, 2020 - 2022.
  
• NIHR Senior Investigator, 2016 - 2021, providing national leadership in clinical and applied health research
  
• ACCEA Platinum award for service to the UK NHS.
  
• Recent (pre 2020) plenary invited speaker in Europe, USA and Far East