Jane Blazeby, 53, champions better understanding and use of evidence in surgery through randomised controlled trials, a course often advocated but seldom adopted because of methodological challenges and “eminence based” surgical practice. She is professor of surgery at Bristol University and an honorary consultant surgeon focusing on gastrointestinal cancer and emergency care. She directs an MRC hub for trials methodology research and a surgical trials centre, helping surgeons to deliver trials and understand why this is important.
Read the Personal Interview with our Professor of Surgery in this week’s BMJ at BMJ 2017;356:i6463 by following this link: http://www.bmj.com/content/356/bmj.i6463