Centre for Academic Surgery

The Centre for Academic Surgery brings together academic surgeons who are leaders in their fields nationally and internationally, to create an interdisciplinary community that spans King’s and NHS partner organisations. It fosters research and education collaborations in line with the University’s ambition to achieve academic excellence, innovation and impact through the soon-to-be-published Strategy 2030.

The Centre promotes and develops surgical and academic knowledge to drive improvements in outcomes for patients undergoing surgery. It supports individuals, from undergraduates through to senior surgeons, to engage in surgical and research education and to generate their own research.

Its members have a breadth of skills and experience across disciplines, specialisms and research methodology, including basic science. This expertise, coupled with King’s strength and infrastructure in surgical innovation and translational engineering, allows the Centre to champion new developments within surgical practice and research, and spotlight recent advances including personalised surgery and AI.

The Centre’s activity is organised into five pillars, each led by one of the Deputy Directors:

Internal Engagement
External Engagement
Growing Research Capabilities
Growing the Talent Pipeline
Industry Collaboration

The Centre for Academic Surgery - Professor Prokar Dusgupta in discussion with Professor Bijan Modarai

Centre for Academic Surgery
Inaugural Event

The Centre for Academic Surgery inaugural event attracted an audience of Academics, Clinicians, and King’s Students. The evening consisted of an introductory welcome from Professor Graham Lord (Senior Vice-President, Health & Life Sciences) followed by two Lord Brock Professorial Lectures given by Professor Francesco Rubino (Chair of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery) and Professor Ajay Shah (Executive Dean, FoLSM), and a presentation by Medtronic, who kindly sponsored the event, concluded the talks ahead of a social reception.

Read all about the event, and listen to the lectures

The 3rd Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium

The 3rd Interdisciplinary Aortic Dissection Symposium will take place at King’s College London (Strand Campus, London) on Thursday, 10 September 2026.

Building on the success of previous meetings, the symposium will bring together an international faculty of leading experts alongside clinicians, surgeons, interventional specialists, scientists, trainees, and students from across multiple disciplines involved in the care of patients with aortic dissection.

The meeting is designed as a highly interactive forum focused on advancing knowledge, innovation, multidisciplinary collaboration, and patient care in aortic dissection.

The programme will feature keynote lectures, case-based discussions, expert debates, and future scoping sessions delivered by internationally recognised leaders in the field.

Programme details and registration for this event can be found on their website.

We look forward to seeing you there!