Ms Kat BakerColorectal Surgery in Oxford
Ms Kat Baker
Top Doctors Awards: 2025
MBChB MD FRCS
GMC: 6145699Professional statement
Ms Kat Baker is a highly respected consultant colorectal surgeon based in Oxford. She is renowned for her expertise in colorectal cancer, Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and also specialises in robotic surgery. She offers broad portfolio of cases using the Da Vinci Xi robot, including anterior resection, right hemicolectomy with intra-corporeal anastomosis, subtotal colectomy and proctectomy and pouch surgery. She also provides a full proctology practice.
Ms Baker qualified in medicine from the University of Bristol in 2006. She later undertook a Royal College of Surgeons research fellowship based at University Hospitals Bristol and the University of Bristol. In 2015, she completed an MD in cellular and molecular medicine and colorectal cancer and led an NIHR portfolio adopted study. In recognition of the excellence of her research, Ms Baker received the John of Arderne Medal from the Royal Society of Medicine and the Rosetrees essay prize. Following this, she was awarded a highly esteemed Fulbright scholarship, in which she travelled to New York Presbyterian Hospital and Colombia University, USA to research colorectal cancer outcomes. In this period, she also completed a Value Based Healthcare course at Harvard University. In 2019, the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) named Ms Baker as Trainee Coloproctologist of the Year. The following year, she embarked on a specialist fellowship in colorectal surgery, including the use of robotics, at the internationally renowned Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia. Since 2021, she has been appointed as a consultant colorectal surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Ms Baker sees private patients at Nuffield Health The Manor Oxford Hospitals.
Throughout her esteemed career, Ms Baker has held a number of key roles, including with the European Society of Coloproctology as an Education and Training Committee member. She is also a former president of the Dukes' Club of the UK Colorectal Surgery Trainees’ Society and has volunteered as a medic on various charity treks around the world. Ms Baker has published a number of academic papers which appear in peer-reviewed journals and has appeared as an invited speaker at key national and international meetings. She is currently an investigator on several national studies researching robotic surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of the British Association of Cancer Research and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, amongst others.
Ms Baker qualified in medicine from the University of Bristol in 2006. She later undertook a Royal College of Surgeons research fellowship based at University Hospitals Bristol and the University of Bristol. In 2015, she completed an MD in cellular and molecular medicine and colorectal cancer and led an NIHR portfolio adopted study. In recognition of the excellence of her research, Ms Baker received the John of Arderne Medal from the Royal Society of Medicine and the Rosetrees essay prize. Following this, she was awarded a highly esteemed Fulbright scholarship, in which she travelled to New York Presbyterian Hospital and Colombia University, USA to research colorectal cancer outcomes. In this period, she also completed a Value Based Healthcare course at Harvard University. In 2019, the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI) named Ms Baker as Trainee Coloproctologist of the Year. The following year, she embarked on a specialist fellowship in colorectal surgery, including the use of robotics, at the internationally renowned Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Australia. Since 2021, she has been appointed as a consultant colorectal surgeon at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Ms Baker sees private patients at Nuffield Health The Manor Oxford Hospitals.
Throughout her esteemed career, Ms Baker has held a number of key roles, including with the European Society of Coloproctology as an Education and Training Committee member. She is also a former president of the Dukes' Club of the UK Colorectal Surgery Trainees’ Society and has volunteered as a medic on various charity treks around the world. Ms Baker has published a number of academic papers which appear in peer-reviewed journals and has appeared as an invited speaker at key national and international meetings. She is currently an investigator on several national studies researching robotic surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and a member of the British Association of Cancer Research and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, amongst others.
Clinics
Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital, Oxford
Oxford, Beech Rd, Headington, Oxford , OX3 7RPMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 20 years of experience
- Consultant colorectal surgeon, Nuffield Health The Manor Oxford Hospital (present)
Subspecialties
- Anal fissure
- Botulinum toxin
Professional memberships
- Member, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
- Member, British Association of Cancer Research
Education
- MBChB, Bachelor of medicine, Bachelor of surgery, University of Bristol (2006)
- Royal College of Surgeons research fellowship, Cancer Research UK Colorectal Tumour Biology Group, University Hospitals Bristol and University of Bristol (2013 - 2015)
Positions in organisations
- Past president, The Dukes' Club - UK Colorectal Surgery Trainees' Society
- Member, Education and Training Committee, The European Society of Coloproctology (2013 - 2017)
Prizes and awards
- Research Day prize, Severn School of Surgery, University Hospitals Bristol and University of Bristol (2015)
- Young coloproctologist of the year, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (2019)
Languages spoken
- English
Registration number: 6145699
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