Mr Martyn Evans is a Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Colorectal Surgeon at Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea, with over 26 years of surgical experience. He is also an Associate Professor of Surgery at Swansea University Medical School and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.

Mr Evans has a tertiary referral practice for patients with advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy from across South Wales, and is one of the most senior colorectal surgeons practising privately in the region.

Specialist Interests

• Colorectal cancer diagnosis and management
• Advanced and recurrent pelvic malignancy
• Abdominal wall hernia surgery
• Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
• Diverticular disease
• Anal conditions and haemorrhoids
• Laparoscopic (keyhole) colorectal surgery

Procedures Performed at Sancta Maria Hospital

• Laparoscopic colorectal surgery for benign and malignant disease
• Surgery for advanced and recurrent colorectal cancer
• Hernia surgery (inguinal, femoral, umbilical and incisional)
• Colonoscopy
• Ileo-anal pouch formation
• Haemorrhoid treatment and surgery
• Anal fistula surgery
• Surgery for anal fissure
• Pilonidal disease surgery
• Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease

Training and Appointments

Mr Evans completed his undergraduate medical training in Southampton, followed by basic and higher surgical training on the south coast and in Wales. He then undertook a prestigious fellowship in laparoscopic colorectal and advanced pelvic malignancy at the John Goligher Colorectal Unit in Leeds, one of the UK’s foremost specialist colorectal centres. He was appointed as an NHS Consultant Surgeon in Swansea in 2012.

National Roles and Leadership

Mr Evans holds a number of senior national positions in colorectal surgery:

• Lead Clinician, Wales Bowel Cancer Initiative
• Chairman, UK National Bowel Cancer Audit Clinical Project Board
• Editor, BJS (formerly the British Journal of Surgery)
• Member, Multi-Disciplinary and Advanced Rectal Cancer Committees, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
• Member, UK National Bowel Cancer Audit Steering Group
• Member, NCEPOD Clinical Advisory Group, Bowel Obstruction Review
• Clinical Lead, Department of General Surgery, Swansea Bay University Health Board (2016-2019)

Research and Publications

Mr Evans has active research interests across the breadth of colorectal and general surgical practice. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers covering colorectal cancer, colorectal surgery and hernia surgery, has written and edited several surgical textbooks, and is regularly invited to lecture at national and international surgical conferences.

Professional Memberships

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England FRCS(Gen Surg)
• Member, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
• Member, European Society of Coloproctology
• Member, British Hernia Society

You can read more about Martyn Evans work here Doctify link and PHIN link.