Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Laparoscopic colorectal & General surgeon
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Worcestershire Royal Hospital, Worcester
Alexandra Hospital, Redditch
Kidderminister Treatment Centre
Research interests
Colorectal cancer
Laparoscopic surgery
Enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery
Gut function and surgical nutrition
Proctology
Colonoscopy
Awards received
Syme Medal: Royal college of Surgeons,Edinburgh, 2009.
Moynihan Medal: ASGBI Glasgow, 2005.
Leeds Regional Surgical Club Medal: November 2005
Tissue Science Laboratories Prize: ACPGBI 2006
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
•Ahmed J, B S Reddy, J MacFie,et al.Impact of Probiotics on Colonic Microflora in Patients with Colitis: A Prospective Double Blind Randomised Crossover Study.
International Journal of Surgery Dec 2013; Vol 11(10): 1131-1136
•Gatt M, Macfie J, Anderson AD, Howell G, Reddy BS, et al.. Changes in superior mesenteric artery blood flow after oral, enteral, and parenteral feeding in humans.
Crit Care Med. January 2009; Vol 37(1):171-176.
•B S Reddy, J MacFie. Correspondence: Probiotic prophylaxis in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trail. Marc G H Besselink, et al.
The Lancet, July 2008; Vol372 (9633): 113.
•B S Reddy, M Gatt, R Sowdi, J MacFie. Gastric colonisation predisposes to septic morbidity in surgical patients: a prospective study.
Clinical Nutrition, July 2008; Vol 24 (7): 632-637.
•B S Reddy, J MacFie, M Gatt,et al. Randomized clinical trail of effect of synbiotics, neomycin and mechanical bowel preparation on the intestinal barrier function in patients undergoing colectomy.
Br J Surg, May 2007; Vol94 (5): 546-554.
•B S Reddy, J MacFie, M Gatt, et al. Commensal bacteria do translocate across the intestinal barrier in surgical patients
Clinical Nutrition, April 2007; Vol 26 (2):208-215.
•M Gatt, B S Reddy, J MacFie. Bacterial translocation in the critically ill – evidence and methods of prevention.
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, April 2007; Vol 25(7):741-757.
•B S Reddy, M Gatt, R Sowdi, J MacFie. Surgical manipulation of large intestine increases Bacterial translocation in patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery.
Colorectal diseases, Sep 2006; Vol 8(9): 596-600.
•J MacFie, B S Reddy, P K Jain, R Sowdi, C J Mitchell. Bacterial translocation studied in 927 patients over 13 year.
Br J Surg, Jan 2006; Vol 93(1): 87-93.
•M Gatt, A D G Anderson, B S Reddy, P Barker, J MacFie. Randomised clinical trail of multimodal optimisation of surgical care in patients undergoing major colonic resection.
Br J Surg, Nov 2005; Vol 92(11):1354-1362.
•B S Reddy, R D Daniel. A Novel Laparoscopic Technique for removal of Foreign Bodies from the Urinary Bladder Using Carbon dioxide Insufflation.
Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech, August 2004; Vol 14 (4):238-39.