Mr Etienne Moore is a consultant general surgeon at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK. He manages both in-patients and out-patients.

His particular interests are in keyhole or laparoscopic surgery and bowel or colorectal surgery.

He was born and bred in England but owes his French first name to his mother, who is originally from the French-speaking part of Belgium.

Mr Moore undertook his preclinical studies at Cambridge University and graduated with a double first class BA honours degree in Medical and Natural Sciences. He then moved to Oxford University to study clinical medicine and graduated with the BM and BChir degrees. He has also been awarded MA degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

His surgical training has taken him to a variety of hospitals in the UK including those in Oxford, High Wycombe, Derby, Nottingham, Worthing, Torquay, Swindon, Salisbury, Southampton, Basingstoke, Winchester and Portsmouth.

He has also undertaken a 13 month laparoscopic colorectal fellowship in Australia to gain expertise and independent operating skills in this exciting technique.

On the completion of his specialist general and colorectal surgery training he was awarded the FRCS (Gen Surg) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2005.

He divides his working time between the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital, the Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital in Woodingdean and the Spire Montefiore Hospital in Hove.

In addition he conducts medical student teaching and examining at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

When he is not working he enjoys Sussex walks, travel, sport and socialising with friends and family.

Mr Moore is a consultant general surgeon with specialist interests in keyhole laparoscopic surgery and colorectal surgery. He conducts hernia operations, bowel operations, anus operations including haemorrhoid or piles surgery, adhesions operations, pilonidal sinus operations, gallbladder operations and simple skin lumps and bumps operations. He also conducts endoscopies (colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and gastroscopy). He has extensive experience of general surgery conditions and prides himself in offering a thorough and comprehensive assessment in the out-patient clinic to come to the right diagnosis and therefore deliver the right treatment.

Mr Moore has specialist expertise in anal cancer treatment and bowel or colorectal cancer treatment. He also has a very wide experience in common general surgery diseases and is able to help patients with skin lumps and bumps, rectal bleeding, hernias, gallstones, haemorrhoids or piles, pilonidal disease, anal problems, bowel polyps, abdominal pain and change in bowel habit.

Mr Moore graduated from Cambridge University with a double first class BA honours degree in Medical and Natural Sciences. He then moved to Oxford University to study clinical medicine. He has been awarded MA degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

He is a member of the following organisations:

Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons

British Medical Association

General Medical Council

He is also the President of the Sussex Ileostomy Association