Mr Muti Abulafi

Mr Muti Abulafi is a consultant colorectal, intestinal and general surgeon with over 30 years’ experience. Muti graduated from Cairo University and obtained fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) in1988. He was awarded Master of Surgery degree (MS) from the University of London in 1993 for his research work on the role of intraoperative photodynamic therapy in colorectal cancer. After a period of surgical training at the Royal London and St. Thomas’s Hospitals Muti was appointed in 1996 as a consultant colorectal surgeon at Croydon University Hospital (CUH).

Muti is a member of the colorectal cancer multi-disciplinary team at CUH and the Colorectal Cancer Pathway Group of the Royal Marsden Partners (RMP) Accountable Cancer Network, a partnership of 10 NHS trusts in South and West London. He led the Colorectal Cancer MDT at CUH for 10 years until 2018 and chaired the Pathway Group for 5 years until 2020. Muti was also a member of the Clinical Board of the London Cancer Alliance until April 2016, the London Early Diagnosis Implementation Group and the Endoscopy Strategy Subgroup for London. Muti was director of cancer services at CUH for eight years, until August 2012. He is a past member of the London Zone Cancer Peer Review reference group, the cancer project Expert Reference Panel for Common Cancers and General Care, and the research and audit committee of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland.

He has a research interest in and has published on colorectal cancer and cancer genetics. Muti was chief investigator of the NICE FIT study and was central to the evidence used by NICE recommending use of FIT stool test in patients with symptoms to help identify patients at risk of colorectal cancer. This research won the Moynihan Medal from the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland prize in 2021.

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Main interest: 

• Early diagnosis and treatment of colorectal cancer using local surgical techniques without major surgery or keyhole major surgery if needed.
• Management of anal incontinence and obstructed defecation / constipation

 

Other interests include:

• Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease
• Haemorrhoidal disease
• Anal fistulas
• Rectal prolapse
• Hernia surgery
• Laparoscopic / keyhole operations

• Association of coloproctology of GB & Ire (ACPGBI)
• American Society for Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS)
• Association of Surgeons of GB & Ire (ASGBI)
• Association of Laparoscopic surgeons (ALS)
• Royal Society of Medicine (sections of surgery and coloproctology)