Professor Desmond Winter is a consultant colorectal surgeon at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, and Clinical Professor at the University College Dublin and the School of Medicine and Medical Sciences of the National University of Ireland in Dublin. He completed research in Ireland and at Yale University for a Doctorate of Medicine before completing his surgical training. He received the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Medal for the Intercollegiate Fellowship, and is the recipient of over 30 national and international scholarships and research awards. He is the author of over 300 peer-reviewed publications and a founding member of the FORESIGHT (Formally Overseeing Risk Evaluation and Surveillance of Intestinal and Gastric Hereditary Tumours) Clinic.

Dr Éanna Ryan is a specialist registrar on the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) General Surgery Specialty Training programme. His post-graduate doctoral research was conducted in a multidisciplinary translational environment under the mentorship of Professor Winter at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, and was focused on the microsatellite, immune molecular subtype of colorectal cancer. His interests include all aspects of gastrointestinal disease but particularly surgical oncology, cancer genomics, and minimally invasive surgery. He is a committee member of the Irish Surgical Trainee Group and the Irish Surgical Research Collaborative.