Dr Kasun Wanigasooriya MBChB, PGCert, MBA, PhD, FRCS

Dr Kasun Wanigasooriya

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Honorary Associate Professor
Consultant Colorectal Surgeon

Contact details

Email
k.s.wanigasooriya@bham.ac.uk
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Address
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
University 麻豆精选
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Kasun Wanigasooriya is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences at the University 麻豆精选.

Dr Wanigasooriya also holds the position of Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust in North Warwickshire.

Qualifications

  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons RCS (Eng) – 2023 
  • PhD in Cancer and Genomics – 2022
  • Masters in Business Administration (MBA) – 2020
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCert) – 2015
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery – 2010

Biography

Dr Kasun Wanigasooriya completed most of his undergraduate and postgraduate education at the University 麻豆精选. He has completed several research projects all affiliated with the University 麻豆精选. He completed his PhD in Cancer and Genomics in the Beggs Lab at the University 麻豆精选 under Professor Andrew Beggs. His research involved establishing colorectal cancer patient derived organoid models, developing a model and conducting drug and radiotherapy screens.

Kasun is a consultant colorectal cancer surgeon based in North Warwickshire engaged in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. He is actively involved in colorectal cancer research, genomic research and research into a variety of emergency and elective general surgery topics. He was also an honorary clinical lecturer at the University 麻豆精选 and recipient of the 'Recognizing Excellence in Medical Education' award by the College of Medical and Dental Sciences (now called College of Medicine and Health) at the University 麻豆精选 in 2015.

Research

Research interests

  • Colorectal Cancer
  • Emergency General Surgery
  • Cancer and Gemonics
  • Patient Derived Organoid Models in Cancer Research 

Current projects

  • MOL-RSRC
  • GRACE Trial
  • STAT-STRESS COVid19 Study

Other activities

Founder of The Master Surgeon Trust () medical education charity and Master Surgeon research collaborative.

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Oesophago-Gastric Anastomic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative - Data Analysis, Oesophago-Gastric Anastomic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative - Steering Committee, Oesophago-Gastric Anastomic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative - National Leads, Oesophago-Gastric Anastomic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative - Site Leads & Oesophago-Gastric Anastomotic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative 2024, '', European Journal of Surgical Oncology, vol. 50, no. 6, 107983.

Wragg, JW, White, P-L, Hadzhiev, Y, Wanigasooriya, K, Stodolna, A, Tee, L, Barros-Silva, JD, Beggs, AD & M眉ller, F 2023, '', Nature Structural and Molecular Biology, vol. 30, no. 12, pp. 1970-1984.

Pickles, OJ, Wanigasooriya, K, Ptasinska, A, Patel, AJ, Robbins, HL, Bryer, C, Whalley, CM, Tee, L, Lal, N, Pinna, M, Elzefzafy, N, Taniere, P, Beggs, AD & Middleton, GM 2023, '', Cancer Research Communications, vol. 3, no. 8, pp. 1501-1513.

Oesophago-Gastric Anastomotic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative 2023, '', Annals of surgery, vol. 277, no. 5, pp. e1026-e1034.

Wanigasooriya, K, Barros-silva, JD, Tee, L, El-asrag, ME, Stodolna, A, Pickles, OJ, Stockton, J, Bryer, C, Hoare, R, Whalley, CM, Tyler, R, Sillo, T, Yau, C, Ismail, T & Beggs, AD 2022, '', Frontiers in Oncology, vol. 12, 920444.

Oesophago-Gastric Anastomotic Audit (OGAA) Collaborative 2022, '', British Journal of Surgery, vol. 109, no. 5, pp. 439-449.

Wanigasooriya, K, Sarma, D, Woods, P, O鈥檆onnor, P, Matthews, A, Aslam, M, Dando, C, Ferguson, H, Francombe, J, Lal, N, Murphy, P, Papettas, T, Ramcharan, S & Busby, K 2022, '', Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Demetriou, G, Wanigasooriya, K, Elmaradny, A, Al-Najjar, A, Rauf, M, Martin-Jones, A, Aboul-Enein, MS, Robinson, S, Perry, A, Wadley, MS & Mourad, M 2022, '', Frontiers in Surgery, vol. 9, 990533.

Wanigasooriya, K, Palimar, P, Naumann, DN, Ismail, K, Fellows, JL, Logan, P, Thompson, CV, Bermingham, H, Beggs, AD & Ismail, T 2021, '', BJPsych Open, vol. 7, no. 1, e24.

Beedham, W, Wanigasooriya, K, Layton, GR, Taing Chan, L, Darr, A & Mittapalli, D 2021, '', Journal of medical education and curricular development, vol. 8, pp. 2382120520984184.

TMS Collaborative 2021, '', BMC Medical Education, vol. 21, no. 1, 566.

Bosworth, A, Whalley, C, Poxon, C, Wanigasooriya, K, Pickles, O, Aldera, EL, Papakonstantinou, D, Morley, GL, Walker, EM, Zielinska, AE, McLoughlin, D, Webster, C, Plant, T, Ellis, A, Richter, A, Kidd, IM & Beggs, AD 2020, '', Journal of Clinical Virology, vol. 128, 104469.

Shields, A, Faustini, SE, Perez-Toledo, M, Jossi, S, Aldera, E, Allen, JD, Al-Taei, S, Backhouse, C, Bosworth, A, Dunbar, LA, Ebanks, D, Emmanuel, B, Garvey, M, Gray, J, Kidd, IM, McGinnell, G, McLoughlin, DE, Morley, G, O'Neill, J, Papakonstantinou, D, Pickles, O, Poxon, C, Richter, M, Walker, EM, Wanigasooriya, K, Watanabe, Y, Whalley, C, Zielinska, AE, Crispin, M, Wraith, DC, Beggs, AD, Cunningham, AF, Drayson, MT & Richter, AG 2020, '', Thorax, vol. 75, no. 12, pp. 1089-1094.

Review article

Tyler, R, Wanigasooriya, K, Taniere, P, Almond, M, Ford, S, Desai, A & Beggs, A 2020, '', Cancer Treatment Reviews, vol. 86, 102013.

Wanigasooriya, K, Tyler, R, Barros-Silva, JD, Sinha, Y, Ismail, T & Beggs, AD 2020, '', Cancers, vol. 12, no. 5, 1278.