Personal Profile
Training and Appointment
Ms Burton went to medical school at Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham from 1990 - 1995 and completed her house jobs at Nottingham City Hospital. She then did her basic surgical training at Frimley Park Hospital before becoming a general Surgical Registrar on the Southwest Thames rotation.
Her 2-year research period between 2002 and 2004 was clinically based at Mayday University Hospital and Royal Marsden Hospital with Dr Gina Brown, looking at pre-operative staging of colonic cancers and poor prognostic predictors, resulting in a master’s in surgery.
During the last 18 months of her rotation, Ms Burton trained in laparoscopic colorectal resection at Royal Surrey County Hospital and then at Frimley Park Hospital.
She was appointed as a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at Frimley Park Hospital in 2007 and continues in that full-time position. The role includes surgical clinics, endoscopy lists and regular operating lists of mainly colorectal and some general surgical procedures.
In 2008, the laparoscopic immersion programme was started at Frimley Park Hospital and North Hampshire Hospitals, to provide hands-on training to consultant surgeons.
Current Practice
Ms Burton has been the Clinical Lead for Endoscopy from 2014 - 2018 and led the team responsible for ensuring JAG re-accreditation after it was deferred in 2013.
Since 2015, Ms Burton has been the surgical NELA lead involved in driving up standards in emergency laparotomy care.
Most recently she has worked with her nursing, physiotherapy and geriatrician colleagues to implement pre-habilitation and help develop the POPS service (optimising surgical outcomes in the elderly).
