Mr. Robert Sutcliffe

Mr Robert Sutcliffe is a Consultant in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.

Robert graduated in medicine at Cambridge University in 1995. After basic surgical training, he was awarded an M.D. after completing research into hepatocellular carcinoma at Kings College Hospital, London. He undertook higher surgical training in London, including liver transplantation and hepatobiliary fellowship training at Kings College and Royal London Hospitals. Robert has worked as a Consultant in Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery at University Hospital Birmingham since 2011.

Robert has played a major role in developing the laparoscopic HPB programme in Birmingham and also has experience in robotic HPB surgery. Robert is experienced in treating patients with gallbladder, liver and pancreatic conditions, and offers the full range of HPB surgical procedures, including Whipple procedure, laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy, open and laparoscopic liver resection and laparoscopic adrenalectomy.

Robert has undertaken medicolegal work since 2013 (negligence work since 2014). He has attended both the Standard Medicolegal Course and Medico-legal expert witness course on clinical negligence in 2012. He is instructed on approximately 30-35 cases per year (negligence and personal injury), equally divided between claimant and defendant.

Areas of medicolegal expertise include;
- All aspects of hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery, including bile duct injury, pancreatitis
- Adrenal surgery

Robert has an interest in clinical research and has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles. His research interests include surgical oncology, perioperative care and minimally invasive HPB surgery, and he has introduced enhanced recovery pathways after liver and pancreatic resection in Birmingham. Robert is a committee member for the European Registry of Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery (E-MILS) and an Associate Editor of the HPB Journal.

Advanced Medicolegal course – London 2017, • Standard Medico-legal course - Birmingham 2012, Medico-legal expert witness course on clinical negligence – London 2012, Advanced Laparoscopic Liver and Pancreatic Surgery Course - Southampton 2011, Hesperis course in organ transplantation (part 2) - Edinburgh 2010, Hesperis course in organ transplantation (part 1) - Barcelona 2009, European Transplant Fellow Workshop - Edinburgh 2009, Pelican Liver Course Basingstoke and Elancourt 2009 and Leadership and Management Skills - London 2008.

Royal College of Surgeons of England, International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association, Association of Upper Gastro-intestinal Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland, British Association of Endocrine & Thyroid Surgeons, International Laparoscopic Liver Society (Founding member), European Consortium of minimally invasive pancreatic surgery (E-MIPS), Minimally invasive liver and pancreatic surgery UK group (MILAPS), European Minimally Invasive Liver Surgery Group committee member (Since September 2019)