Max Almond

Consultant General Surgeon

Mr Almond (MB ChB(Hons), MRCS, DM(Hons), FRCS) is a highly experienced Consultant General Surgeon specialising in surgical oncology, upper gastrointestinal and pancreaticobiliary surgery. Mr Almond provides expert evidence for both claimants and defendants in personal and occupational injury claims and in medical negligence cases.

His main areas of medicolegal expertise include:

  • Cases involving abdominal trauma / injury
  • Emergency or elective general surgical negligence (including intestinal obstruction, adhesions, peritonitis, appendicitis, abdominal pain, hernias, jaundice, splenectomy, and post-operative complications)
  • Cases involving complications of gallbladder surgery
  • Cases involving mis-management of abdominal tumours including soft tissue sarcoma, retroperitoneal sarcoma, adrenal cancer, gastrointestinal stromal tumours and neuroendocrine tumours
  • All cases involving upper GI endoscopy including ERCP

Mr Almond’s NHS practice is based at University Hospital Birmingham, the largest acute NHS Trust in the country, where he is the lead for governance in emergency general surgery.

Mr Almond has published more than 70 research articles and book chapters including publications in the journal Nature and the British Journal of Surgery. Mr Almond is an honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham and currently holds a Royal College of Surgeon Research Grant. In 2021 he contributed to national guidelines on the management of gastrointestinal stroma tumours.

Mr Almond is available for appointments at 2 weeks’ notice and has a report turnaround time of 3 weeks.

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Speciality: General Surgery
Phone:
07480649216

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