Miss Sarah Hassan

Miss Sarah Hassan is a dedicated colorectal and general surgeon based in the East Midlands at the Royal Derby Hospital, practicing at The Derby Private Health Suite. She specialises in the management of benign and malignant lower gastrointestinal conditions, with particular expertise in colorectal cancer, early rectal cancer and minimally invasive surgery. Her clinical practice also includes anal fissures, skin tags, anorectal polyps, anal fistulae, haemorrhoids, pilonidal sinus disease and hernia surgery. She participates in a wider MDT, serving as a colorectal expert in a BSGE Accredited Endometriosis Centre, performing joint resection or shaving procedures for complex pelvic disease. 

She graduated with an MBBS in 2010 from the University of Nottingham, completed surgical training in the Oxford region and undertook a Royal College of Surgeons fellowship in Advanced Malignancy and Peritoneal surgery. Miss Hassan has a strong focus on minimally invasive techniques, including laparoscopic and robotic surgery for colorectal cancer and transanal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) for early rectal cancer, alongside diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy.

Miss Hassan is a colorectal consultant at the Royal Derby Hospital (UHDB) and contributed to surgical education as a tutor with the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She is currently cancer lead for Lower GI Surgery in her NHS Trust. She remains actively involved in clinical research, participating in multicentre trials including the CARE Trial and DETECT-2 Trial.