Mr Christopher D Briggs

Mr Chris Briggs is a Consultant general surgeon who qualified
from the University of Sheffield medical school at the turn of the
millennium. He trained in general surgery in the South Yorkshire region and
spent two years in Leicester studying for a research MD into the invasive
properties of colorectal cancer cells which have implanted in the liver. He
then sub-specialised in Gallstone, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic surgery,
working on the Sheffield liver and pancreatic unit for two and a half years
and subsequently spent a year at the Leeds liver transplantation centre.

He completed his training here in Plymouth as a Senior Fellow
and has been a Consultant Surgeon at Derriford and Nuffield Hospitals since
2013. He is an expert in the treatment of gallstones (laparoscopic
cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration), and laparoscopic / open hernia
repair, as well as major abdominal surgery for liver and pancreatic cancers.