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• Lewisham and Greenwich Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Unit

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon
University Hospital Lewisham

Research interests

- Gut hormones,
- Resolution of metabolic syndrome after bariatric surgery,
- Neural modulation, appetite and food intake,
- GORD

Awards received

- Syme Medal awarded by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in October 2010 -
- B.Braun Aesculap Travelling Scholarship 2010 awarded by ALSGBI.
- Association of Upper GI surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Travel Fellowship 2012
- IFSO Scholarship 2012

Publications

- Practices Concerning Revisional Bariatric Surgery: a Survey of 460 Surgeons.
Mahawar KK, Nimeri A, Adamo M, Borg CM, Singhal R, Khan O, Small PK.
Obes Surg. 2018 Sep;28(9):2650-2660
- Understanding Objections to One Anastomosis (Mini) Gastric Bypass: A Survey of 417 Surgeons Not Performing this Procedure. Mahawar KK, Borg CM, Kular KS, Courtney MJ, Sillah K, Carr WRJ, Jennings N, Madhok B, Singhal R, Small PK. Obes Surg. 2017 Sep;27(9):2222-2228.
- Bariatric Surgery, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, and Infertility.
Butterworth J, Deguara J, Borg CM. J Obes. 2016;2016:
- Editorial for ‘Preoperative glucocorticoid use and risk of postoperative bleeding and infection after gastric bypass surgery for the treatment of obesity’ Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2015 Nov 11(6):1218-1219.
- Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy: Current controversies Cynthia-Michelle Borg, Marco Adamo Book chapter for Obesity, Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, Springer
- The F.R.I.D.A.Y.S. checklist – Preparing our patients for a safe weekend. E Palmer, E Richardson, H Newcombe, CM Borg. BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2013.
- Acute diaphragmatic herniation as the cause of small bowel obstruction after gastric bypass. CM Borg St al. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 2011 Jul-Aug;7(4):e6-8.
- Gut hypertrophy after gastric bypass is associated with increased glucagon-like peptide 2 and intestinal crypt cell proliferation. CM Borg et al. Annals of Surgery 2010 Jul;252(1):50-6.
- Supraphysiological doses of intravenous PYY3-36 cause nausea without additional reduction in food intake. CW le Roux, CM Borg, KG Murphy, RP Vincent, MA Ghatei, SR Bloom. Annals of Clinical Biochemistry 2008 Jan; 45:93-95.
- Biliopancreatic diversion in rats is associated with intestinal hypertrophy and with increased GLP-1, GLP-2 and PYY levels. CM Borg et al. Obesity Surgery 2007 Sep;17(9):1193-8.
- Progressive rise in gut hormones after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass suggests gut adaptation and explains altered satiety. CM Borg et al. British Journal of Surgery 2006 Jan 3;93(2):210-215.
- Gut hormone profiles following bariatric surgery favour an anorectic state, facilitate weight loss and improved metabolic parameters. CW le Roux, SJB Aylwin, RL Batterham, CM Borg et al . Annals of Surgery 2006 Jan;243(1):108-14.
- Attenuated peptide YY release in obese subjects is associated with reduced satiety. CW le Roux, RL Batterham, SJB Aylwin, M Patterson, CM Borg et al. Endocrinology 2006 Jan;147(1):3-8.