Benjamin James Rees

Accomplished medical professional with expertise in general surgery. Demonstrates proficiency in laparoscopic techniques, trauma care, outpatient clinic management and perioperative patient advocacy, ensuring optimal outcomes through technical surgical skills and interdisciplinary coordination. Adept at handling high-stress situations, leading surgical teams, and advocating for patients with exceptional bedside manner. Committed to advancing surgical practices through collaboration and communication, aiming to enhance patient care quality across both inpatient and outpatient settings.

• Advanced Trauma Life Support Certificate and Reverification May 2026
• Managing challenging conversations with colleagues April 2026
• Train the Trainers March 2026
• Leadership and Management March 2026
• Good Clinical Practice Aug 2024
• Certificate of Individual Competence in Diagnostic Endoscopy Joint Advisory Group on endoscopy 2019
• Introductory Certificate in First Line Management, ILM Standard Level 3 at Oxford University, accredited by the Institute of Leadership & Management
• Level A of the University of Warwick Leadership Program, 2003
• European Computer Driving Licence, Oxford University Computing Services, 2003

• I have a keen interest in Butterflies. This started with British butterflies during COVID and now extends to butterflies around the world. I enjoy the challenge of identifying and photographing butterflies when out enjoying a walk in the countryside on a sunny day.
• I enjoy the outdoors and being by the coast. This includes long walks on coastal paths and sailing. I have taken the Competent Crew and Day Skipper qualifications from the RYA (Royal Yachting Association) and am keen to continue this into the future

• 2025 Third Prize Poster Certificate SEA UK ASM - All at C - Confidence and competence in chest drain in critical care
• 2014 Shortlisted for The Teaching Innovation and Excellence Prize of the Association of Medical Educators UK, Brighton, July 2014,
• 2013 £5000 to fund Core Surgical Trainees Advanced Simulation Training from East Midlands NHS Healthcare Deanery,
• 2013 £1000 to fund Core Surgical Trainees Simulated Clinical Skills Training from East Midlands NHS Healthcare Deanery
• 2013 Runner Up Prize for best Poster at Mid Trent Critical Care Network AGM
• 2013 Runner Up Prize for best ePoster at Society in Europe for Simulation applied to Medicine (SESAM), Paris for a new core surgery simulation course. Over 250 abstracts submitted
• 2012 £14811 towards PRIMO (Proactive Research Monitoring in Healthcare) at Lincoln County Hospital, from The Health Foundation,
• 2012 £7500 to fund Core Surgical Trainees Advanced Simulation Training from East Midlands NHS Healthcare Deanery
• 2012 £200 towards International Patient Safety Conference Costs to Present "Junior Doctors Essentials" from the University of Nottingham
• 2009 Nottingham Med-Chi Society Student Elective Bursary Award
• 2007 Best Presentation in First Clinical Placement (Surgery) at Medical School

• Current Training Issues: A New & Exciting Development: Simulation Training in the East Midlands B Rees, O Ng, C Maxwell-Armstrong, B Baxendale. Core Surgery Journal. 2013; 3(2):56–60.
• Can a targeted GP-led clinic improve outcomes for heroin-using street sex-workers? Br J Gen Pract. 2010 Jul;60(576):514-6.
• Abstract: Education and Training 1197 ACE (Advanced Clinical Experience) Medical Students and ePosters B. Rees
• J. Voll, C. Maxwell Armstrong, N. Kythreotis British Journal of Surgery Volume 102, Issue s1, Article first published online: Dec 2014
• See one, do one, BMA News, British Medical Journal May 2013
• See one, do one, BMA News, British Medical Journal Sept 2013
• “Sink or swim on the Italian Riveria” Genova Elective Report Student BMJ News, Nov. 2009
• National Surgical Research Collaborative. Multicentre observational study of performance variation in provision and outcome of emergency appendicectomy. Br J Surg. 2013;100(9):1240–1252
• Ferguson HJ, Hall NJ, Bhangu A, on behalf of the National Surgical Research Collaborative. A multicentre cohort study assessing day of week effect and outcome from emergency appendicectomy. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014:bmjqs–2013–002290
• The United Kingdom National Surgical Research Collaborative. Safety of Short, In-Hospital Delays Before Surgery for Acute Appendicitis: Multicentre Cohort Study, Systematic Review, and Meta-Analysis. Ann. Surg. 2014
• Tiboni S, Bhangu A, Hall NJ, Paediatric Surgery Trainees Research Network and the National Surgical Research Collaborative. Outcome of appendicectomy in children performed in paediatric surgery units compared with general surgery units. Br J Surg. 2014;101(6):707–714
• Singh P, Turner EJH, Cornish J, Bhangu A, on behalf of the National Surgical Research Collaborative. Safety assessment of resident grade and supervision level during emergency appendectomy: Analysis of a multicenter, prospective study. Surgery. 2014;156(1):28–38
• Sean Reed, Rasa Remenyte-Prescott, Ben Rees, Effect of venepuncture process design on efficiency and failure rates: A simulation model study for secondary care, International Journal of Nursing Studies, Volume 68, 2017, Pages 73-82,ISSN 0020-7489
• The Role of Routine Contrast Study Post Bypass: a Hard Truth to Swallow? Sean Henderson, George Mori, Ben Rees, Emma McCabe, Emily Futers, Tamir Salih, William Ainslie, Pedro Ballester, Mark Peter, Brian Dobbins, Arin Saha Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Abstracts of the 10th BOMSS Annual Scientific Meeting. OBES SURG 29, 1–29 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-019-03786-8
• Rees B, Digby M, Balasubramanian S. The Role of Bariatric Surgery in Prevention of Kidney Disease Progression in Moderately Obese Patients With Type 2 Diabetes. JAMA Surg. 2021 Feb 1;156(2):206. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2020.5186. PMID: 33206147
• Poster: Staff Improving Patient Safety: B. Rees; J. Holley; N. Woodier; J. Whitton; Patient Safety Congress. Liverpool, May 2014
• Poster: Empowering and educating healthcare students. Raising concerns and reporting patient safety issues: N. Woodier; B. Rees; O. Bennett; Patient Safety Congress, Liverpool May 2014
• Poster: A Pilot OSTE to assess teaching for Foundation Doctors: B. Rees; J. Voll; N. Woodier; B. Baxendale; C. Maxwell Armstrong; Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, May 2014
• Oral Presentation: "Peer Induction Film in Surgery - a confidence boost for final year medical students"; J. Voll; D. Bragg; B. Rees; D. Williams; C. Maxwell-Armstrong; Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, May 2014
• Poster: ePoster Presentations can also educate surgical medical students: B. Rees; J. Voll; N. Kythreotis; C. Maxwell Armstrong; Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Harrogate, May 2014
• Poster PRIMO: Engaging Frontline Staff in Patient Safety: B. Rees; J. Whitton; M Sujan; A. Marsh; International Forum of Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Paris April 2014
• Poster: Laparoscopic surgical skills training: an investigation of the potential of using surgeons' visual search behavior as a performance indicator: Y. Chen; L. Dong; A. G. Gale; B. Rees; C. Maxwell-Armstrong SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, San Diego, USA, March 2014
• Oral Presentation: Visual search behaviour during laparoscopic cadaveric procedures: L. Dong; Y. Chen; A. G. Gale; B. Rees; C. Maxwell-Armstrong SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics, San Diego, USA, March 2014
• Oral Presentation: Integrating Human Factors into 'Silo' Transition Courses: A. Buttery; A. Davey; G. Miles; L. Bathe; V. Burch; C. Barrow; M. Chambers; B. Rees; O. Ng; B. Baxendale; Society for Simulation Applied to Medicine in Europe, Paris, June 2013
• Poster: Primo: Engaging Staff for Patient Safety; B. Rees; J. Whitton; A. Marsh; M. Sujan; Patient Safety Congress, Birmingham May 2013
• Poster: “Splenic artery aneurysm a (not so) rare encounter”: C. Neophytou; B. Rees; A. Varma; XVI annual meeting of the European Society of Surgery, Istanbul, Nov 2012
• Poster: "Junior Doctor Essentials": C. Parfitt; K. Prescott; B. Rees; International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Paris, April 2012
• Oral Presentation: Core Surgical Trainees Skills Training, B. Rees; B. Baxendale; C. Maxwell-Armstrong, SESAM Poznan, Poland, June 2014
• Poster: Core Surgical Trainees Immersive Simulation, B. Rees; A. Buttery; B. Baxendale; C. Maxwell-Armstrong, SESAM Poznan, Poland, June 2014 SESAM June 2014 Poster
• Workshop: Simulation for Surgical Trainees, B. Rees; A. Buttery; B. Baxendale; C. Maxwell-Armstrong, SESAM Poznan, Poland, June 2014
• Oral Presentation: Drawing out Surface anatomy: working from the figure (ASM 386) Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME) July 2014
• Poster: A medical education study: Preparing for CP1; advice of previous students (ASM 357) July 2014
• Poster A medical education study: Preparing for first clinical placement; attitudes of final year students (ASM 157) July 2014
• Anal skin tags excision, decision or indecision? C.James,B.Rees, T.Cuming Association of Surgeons in Training 40th Anniversary Conference 2016 - printed in International Journal of SurgeryVolume 36, Supplement 1, November 2016, Pages S58-S59
• Development of a training programme for Laparoscopic cholecystectomy AUGIS 2019, at the ACC Liverpool (25 – 27 September 2019)
• Poster: ePosters as an aid to Teaching Medical Students: B. Rees; J. Voll; C. Maxwell-Armstrong; Association of Surgeons in Training, Belfast, March 2014
• Poster: Peer Induction Film in Surgery - A Confidence Boost for Final Year Medical Students: J. Voll; D. Bragg; B. Rees; D. Williams; C. Maxwell-Armstrong; Association of Surgeons in Training, Belfast, March 2014
• Poster: A Core Surgical Trainees experiences of laparoscopic appendicectomy. The Future? B. Rees; Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, London, Nov 2013
• Poster: Core Surgical Training in the UK: J. Whitton; B. Rees; A. Batchelder; Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare, (ASPiH); Harrogate, Nov 2013
• Poster: PRIMO How many doctors and nurses does it take to change a lightbulb? B. Rees; J. Whitton; A. Marsh; M. Sujan; Royal Society for Medicine, London, Nov 2013
• Oral Presentation: PRIMO: P. Mezue; N. McGrath; B. Rees; NACT Foundation Conference, London June 2013
• Oral Presentation: A new core surgical skills training day, East Midlands surgical society Spring meeting; B. Rees, B. Baxendale, C Maxwell-Armstrong, May 2014
• Poster: Identifying Critical Illness prior to ICU Admission: NEWS vs EWS, Mid Trent Critical Care Network, Runner up prize for best poster, Nottingham, Nov 2013
• Poster: A new core surgery simulation course TASME, Leicester May 2013

• 2014 I organised and attended an Academy of Medical Educators (AoME) seminar on February 7th 2014 and have applied to be a Member of the Academy of Medical Educators.
• 2014 I have led on a number of new teaching initiatives in Surgery. I have developed the Surgical Curriculum for Undergraduates being taught Surgery and this has led to a change in documentation for undergraduates. I have written a new Surgery Study Guide for undergraduates which is now in situ and is currently being considered for Medicine, and the other rotations in the final year at Nottingham.
• 2014 SIPS "Staff Improving Patient Safety" - I am one of the executive four doctors who have set up SIPS at Nottingham University Hospitals. This is a group of frontline staff that use audit and evidence based medicine to make trust wide changes. We are supported by the medical director and have been incorporated into Board Structure.
• 2012-15 Principal Investigator of PRIMO (Proactive Risk Monitoring in Healthcare) at Lincoln County Hospital, funded by the Health Foundation with a grant of £14811. I lead a team of a research nurse, two foundation doctors and a core surgical trainee developing this approach to predict and prevent problems and engaging staff to contribute towards an enhanced safety culture.
• 2021 Senior Registrar Educational Lead, Northern General Hospital Sheffield for General Surgery

• 2009 -2015 I was employed to teach Medical Students at the University of Nottingham, delivering ward based teaching, small group sessions, workshops and individual teaching. I was a formal assessor for Nottingham University. As an F1 I attended the two day Teaching Improvement Programme System (TIPS) course in November 2009 and the one day Teaching Applied Clinical Skills (TACS) in January 2010. I taught on the Finals Orientated OSCE Training (FOOT) scheme where foundation year one doctor mentor and teach a group of seven or eight final medical students.
• 2010 - 2015 As a member of faculty at the Trent Simulation Centre I established Core Surgical Trainees Advanced Simulation Training which first ran in 2013. This new course was designed and instigated from scratch and then funded by the East Midlands Deanery and included as part of the educational curriculum for Core Surgical Trainees. It continues in 2014. I was regular faculty on medical student, foundation (F1 and F2) and Core Medical Trainees training and was an invited member of faculty on the inaugural Operating Department Practioner (ODP) course using state of the art technology for acute scenarios in a safe simulated environment.