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Mr Adam Stearns
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
BM BCh MA DPhil FRCS
Specialises in
- Haemorrhoids
- Fistula in ano
- Bowel functional disorders
- Colonoscopy
- Colorectal cancer
I have been a consultant in general and colorectal surgery at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital since 2016. My main interests are in colorectal cancer and neurendocrine tumours, while maintaining a keen interest in the diagnosis of bowel disorders, benign colorectal surgery and hernia surgery.
I am an experienced and advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) surgeon, and offer minimally invasive surgery to most patients undergoing major colorectal surgery. I am experienced in colonoscopy and in diagnosis and treatment of most benign polyps.
My outpatient clinics particularly focus on the diagnosis, management and prevention of benign anal and rectal pathology, including haemorrhoids, fistula, fissures, pilonidal sinus disease, and prolapse. I see many patients with defaecatory problems including incontinence, soiling and obstructive defaecation. I also assess patients with complex diverticular disease and inflammatory bowel disease needing surgical intervention. I have specialist interests in appendix problems, and liaise with national referral centres in Basingstoke and Manchester where appropriate.
I trained in Oxford, qualifying in 2002, and then underwent basic surgical training in Glasgow. After a three year research fellowship in Harvard Medical School, Boston (for which I was awarded a DPhil from Oxford), I underwent higher surgical training in East of England, including posts in Norfolk and Norwich and Cambridge. After entry onto the specialist register, I did specialist fellowships in advanced laparoscopic colorectal surgery at St Marks Hospital, London, and peritoneal malignancy including cytoreductive surgery and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy at the Colorectal and Peritoneal Oncology Centre in The Christie, Manchester.
At Norfolk and Norwich, I have introduced surgery for colorectal peritoneal metastases, and we are the only unit in the East of England offering cytoreductive surgery and heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC).
I am currently Service (Clinical) Director for General Surgery at Norfolk and Norwich, having previously been the Chair for the colorectal cancer multidisciplinary team and lead for the 2-week-wait colorectal cancer pathway, the largest such pathway in the United Kingdom.
I have a longstanding research background, and remain active in research with ongoing national and international collaborations. I have particular interests in patient's quality of life after colorectal surgery, and in advanced colonic cancer surgery. I have given invited talks to a number of national and international meetings, including patient groups such as Ileostomy Association.
I am committed to surgical training, and have been invited faculty on a number of courses arranged by the national colorectal trainee body. I am a longstanding faculty member on a European specialty association course, teaching advanced colonic cancer surgery (complete mesocolic excision) – a highly specialist technique only performed in a small number of UK centres.
General Medical Council Number: 6055331
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Adam Stearns at Spire include:
Colorectal surgery
- Anal fistula surgery
- Anal warts surgery
- Haemorrhoids removal treatment
- Hernia surgery
- Laparoscopy investigation and treatment
General surgery
- Bowel surgery, colostomy and ileostomy
- Colonoscopy
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
Other treatments
- Appendicectomy
- Bowel functional problems
- Pilonidal sinus disease
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Coloproctology
Colorectal surgery
Endoscopy
Hernia repair surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
Minimal access surgery
Qualification and professional memberships
BA (Hons) / University of Oxford / 1999
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Physiological Sciences
BM BCh / University of Oxford / 2002
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MA (Oxon) / University of Oxford / 2003
Master of Arts
DPhil / University of Oxford / 2010
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Physiological Sciences
FRCS (Gen Surg) / Royal College of Surgeons (England) / 2014
Fellowship of Royal College of Surgeons
Professional memberships
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)
European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)
Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons, England (FRCS)
Professional leadership
I am the Service Director for General and Thoracic Surgery at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (2022-) Prior to this I was Chair of the Colorectal Cancer Multidisciplinary Team at Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital (2020-2022) and Specialty Lead for East of England Clinical Research Network for Surgery (2018-2022)
Current NHS posts
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Personal profile
I'm married with two young sons. I've recently taken up beekeeping.
Contact information
| Telephone | 01603 255 614 |
| Private secretary | Anna Smith |
| Private secretary telephone | 01603 813 732 / 07470 54 1869 |
| Private secretary email | secretary@norwichcolorectal.co.uk |