Robotic surgery: What can it do for surgeons? by Professor Roger Kneebone and Mr Chris Peters: 2021 London Clinic lecture

Professor Roger Kneebone is a clinician and educationalist whose multidisciplinary research builds on his experience in surgery and general practice and his interests and expertise beyond medicine. He is passionate about engagement in bridging the worlds of clinical practice, biomedical science, patients and society. He leads the Imperial College Centre for Engagement and Simulation Science and the Royal College of Music-Imperial Centre for Performance Science and is Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Professor Kneebone Roger presents Countercurrent, a fortnightly iTunes podcast featuring 45-minute conversations with people whose interests and careers cross boundaries. 

Mr Christopher Peters went to medical school in Leeds and stayed there to complete his junior surgical training. After a fellow job in Kings College London, he moved to Cambridge to carry out a PhD with Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald. After returning to London to complete his higher surgical training he was appointed as a Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant Upper GI surgeon at Imperial College London with a specialist interest in oesophageal and gastric cancer.

His academic interest is in Cancer Biomarkers and in particular understanding why there is a disconnect between the biomarker studies that are generating novel predictors of disease and the clinical world where patients are treated, and why very few biomarkers have successfully transitioned to the point of widespread use. He is also interested in the uptake of new surgical technologies and how healthcare systems can incorporate them into routine practice.