Dr. Matthew Tytherleigh FRCS

Dr. Matthew Tytherleigh is a consultant general surgeon. He was trained at St. Bartholomew's Hospital in London, UK. Dr. Tytherleigh's surgical training was at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford with Professor Neil Mortenson. In 2006, he was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (General Surgery). His research was undertaken at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Oxford with Professor Sir Walter Bodmer. Dr. Tytherleigh spent his Colorectal Fellowship year with Professor Les Bokey at Concord Hospital in Sydney, Australia.

Following completion of his training, Dr. Tytherleigh was appointed as a locum Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge and subsequently, to a substantive post at Ipswich Hospital. Dr. Tytherleigh has been instrumental in improving guest safety, clinical governance issues and has implemented a number of initiatives including an enhanced recovery program. In 2011, he gained a Clinical Excellence Award for this work. Dr. Tytherleigh specializes in colorectal cancer, laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery, inflammatory bowel disease and colitis, proctology (such as hemorrhoids, fissures and fistulas), fecal incontinence, prolapse, hernia surgery and advanced colonoscopy.

To his credit, he has co-authored the Colorectal Surgery chapter in The New Aird's Companion in Surgical Studies, the recommended UK surgical trainee textbook.