Personal Profile
He trained in general and upper GI surgery in the South West and after completion of training in 2014 undertook further specialist fellowships in sarcoma surgery in Birmingham and Milan.
Mr Ford was awarded a PhD in cancer biology from the University of Birmingham following a three year period as the Cancer Research UK Clinical Research Fellow. His research portfolio is centred on optimising outcomes for patients with soft tissue sarcoma and he has contributed to international consensus statements and published papers on the management of sarcoma and gastrointestinal stromal tumours.
Mr Ford is an honorary senior lecturer at the University of Birmingham. As well as soft tissue sarcoma, he has a keen interest in neuroendocrine tumours and gastro-intestinal stromal tumours. Mr Ford is also a specialist in the management of benign disease, especially hiatal hernias, acid reflux, gallstones, abdominal wall hernias and lipomas.