John Primrose MB ChB, FRCS, MD

Professor John Primrose is Professor of Surgery within Medicine at the University of Southampton. Professor John Primrose is Professor of Surgery at the University of Southampton, a post he has held since 1994. He trained in Glasgow and Leeds where he was Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer in Surgery. His clinical interest is in cancer, particularly hepatobiliary (HPB) cancer and Southampton is a large tertiary referral centre for HPB disease. It is the largest laparoscopic HPB centre in the UK.

He is Director of the NIHR Hampshire and Isle of Wight Comprehensive Local Research Network and in that role he is committed to promoting a research led NHS, and currently Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute Upper GI Clinical Studies Group. He is Chief Investigator of several major national and international clinical trials and has served on a large number of national bodies particularly Cancer Research UK funding committees. His research interests focus on large clinical trials in cancer and translational surgical oncology.

He is Chief Investigator of several major national and international clinical trials and has served on a large number of national bodies particularly Cancer Research UK funding committees. His research interests focus on large clinical trials in cancer and translational surgical oncology. He was recently elected Vice President (President Elect) of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the principle membership organization for surgeons in the British Isles.