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Practising at

Spire Leeds Hospital
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Clinic times

Wednesday (first): 1.30pm - 4pm

An initial consultation with Mr Jim Tiernan is from £195.

Mr Jim Tiernan

Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon

MBChB, FRCS, PhD

Specialises in

  • Haemorrhoid treatment
  • Anal fissure treatment
  • Anal fistula treatment
  • Hernia surgery
  • Colorectal surgery
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I am a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon at Spire Leeds Hospital and the John Goligher Colorectal Unit at St James's University Hospital, Leeds. I am passionate about bowel disease and the need to encourage people to feel comfortable about seeking help and talking about their bowel health and concerns. I have a particular interest in colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, haemorrhoids, fistula, fissure and all proctology and benign colorectal disease. I also carry out general surgery operations such as skin lesion removal, in-growing toenail excision and hernia repairs.

I undertook my surgical training throughout Yorkshire and was awarded the Gold Medal for outstanding performance in the Royal College of Surgeons Consultant Surgeon Examination. I followed this with a one-year fellowship in the USA in advanced colorectal surgery at the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic in Ohio. During my training I also undertook a PhD in nanobiotechnology, developing an intra-operative imaging system for minimally invasive colorectal cancer resection, leading to multiple publications and prizes. I helped lead a national trial into surgical treatments for haemorrhoids, which was published in The Lancet and for which I won the BJS Best Paper prize at the European Society of Coloproctology in Milan.

I am the Chair of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland Research and Audit Committee, and Surgical lead for the Yorkshire and Humber NIHR Clinical Research Network. I am also an elected member of the ACPGBI Education and Training Committee, a Royal College of Surgeons Clinical Tutor and a Trustee of the charity Bowel Research UK.

My specialist clinical interests include advanced/recurrent colorectal cancer and complex inflammatory bowel disease and I provide specialist consultation for colorectal cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, benign colonic disease and all elements of proctology.

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General Medical Council Number: C6101534

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Jim Tiernan at Spire include:

Colorectal surgery

General surgery

Other treatments

  • Abdominoperineal resection
  • Abscess drainage
  • Anterior resection
  • Benign skin lesion removal eg warts, cysts, papillomas
  • Colorectal surgery
  • Diagnostic endoscopy
  • Gastrointestinal tract
  • Haemorrhoidectomy
  • Hidradanitis Suppurativa surgery
  • Ileal pouch anal anastomosis
  • Pilonidal surgery
  • Polypectomy

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Additional information

MBChB / University of Sheffield / 2004
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

PhD / England / 2015
Doctor of Philosophy

USMLE / USA / 2016
United States Medical Licensing Examination

FRCS / Royal College of Surgeons, England / 2016
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons

Professional memberships

Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

Royal College of Surgeons, England

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Royal Society of Medicine

Professional leadership

NIHR CRN Specialty Lead for Surgery, Yorkshire & Humber
Chair, ACPGBI Research & Audit Committee
Colorectal Disease Editorial Advisory Board
RCS College Tutor
Elected Member, ACPGBI Education & Training Committee
Trustee of Bowel Research UK

I have a strong track record in academic, clinical research including experience in basic science (PhD in Nanobiotechnology), clinical trials (published in the Lancet), meta-analysis and qualitative research methodology.

Articles

JP Tiernan, D Liska. Enhanced recovery after surgery: recent developments in colorectal surgery. Clinics in Colon & Rectal Surgery 2018 Dec;98(6):1241-1249

SR Brown, JP Tiernan, AJ Watson, K Biggs, N Shephard, AJ Wailoo, M Bradburn, A Alshreef, D Hind; HubBLe Study Team. Haemorrhoidal artery ligation versus rubber band ligation for the management of symptomatic second-degree and third-degree haemorrhoids (HubBLe): a multicentre, open-label, randomised controlled trial. Lancet 2016 Jul 23;388(10042):356-64

GK McNair, N Heywood, JP Tiernan, A Verjee, S Bach, N Fearnhead; The ORACLE Collaboration. Integration of Patient and Public Perspective and Prioritisation in a Surgical Research Agenda in Bowel Disease through Early Consultation. Colorectal Disease 2017 Jan;19(1):O75-O85

J Tiernan, A Cook, I Geh, B George, L Magill, J Northover, A Verjee, J Wheeler, N Fearnhead. Use of a Modified Delphi Approach to Develop Research Priorities for the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland. Colorectal Disease 2014 Dec;16(12):965-70

JP Tiernan, SR Brown. Benign anal conditions: haemorrhoids, fissures, perianal abscess, fistula-in-ano and pilonidal sinus. Surgery 2011; 29(8):382-386

JP Tiernan, H Katsarelis, JP Garner, PP Skinner. Excellent outcomes in emergency groin hernia surgery. Hernia 2010; 14(5):485-8

2021, Tiernan JP, Sagar P. Retrorectal Tumours (in press)

2018 Tiernan JP, Delaney CP. Proctectomy: Tips and Tricks (Wolters Kluwer)

2016 Tiernan JP, Jayne DG. Difficult situations during rectal prolapse surgery (Springer)

Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Leeds

Telephone Insured patients 0113 218 5908/9, self-pay patients 0113 218 5967
Email info@spireleeds.com
Private secretary Emma Tiernan
Private secretary telephone 07761 381048
Private secretary email emmalouisetiernan@hotmail.com