Mr Segun Komolafe

Mr Segun Komolafe is a consultant general surgeon specialising in lower gastrointestinal (GI) procedures, based in Glasgow. He works privately at Nuffield Health Hospital Glasgow, and University Hospital Wishaw, and is the current NHS Lanarkshire Clinical Lead for colorectal cancer. His areas of expertise include keyhole surgery for hernias and gallstones; colonoscopy including bowel cancer screening; as well as treating haemorrhoids and abdominal pain.

Mr Komolafe studied medicine at Glasgow University, then trained in general surgery in the west of Scotland, specialising in colorectal surgery. He gained further international training with a fellowship in keyhole surgery for bowel cancer at Barretos Cancer Hospital, Brazil, which is the largest cancer hospital in South America.

As well as teaching medical students and surgical trainees in the NHS and at the Royal College of Surgeons in Glasgow, Mr Komolafe actively gives back to the international community. He is involved in projects that teach surgical skills to doctors and health clinicians in the developing world, in association with NHS Scotland's Global Citizenship scheme.

Mr Komolafe's research work has been published in various peer-reviewed journals and is a member of various associations including the British Medical Association (BMA), Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI), Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI) and the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons (EAES).