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. 2020 Dec;22(12):2298-2314.
doi: 10.1111/codi.15356. Epub 2020 Nov 21.

Thirty years of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

Steven R Brown  1 , Andrew J Shorthouse  1   2 , Paul J Finan  3   4 ; Executive of ACPGBI  5
Collaborators, Affiliations

Thirty years of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

Steven R Brown et al. Colorectal Dis. 2020 Dec.

Erratum in

  • Corrigendum.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Colorectal Dis. 2021 Feb;23(2):568. doi: 10.1111/codi.15552. Epub 2021 Feb 12. Colorectal Dis. 2021. PMID: 33638907 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

This is a summary of the history of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland from its inception in the late 1980s to the present day.

Keywords: ACPGBI; history of coloproctology.

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Figures

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Geoff Oates, first ACPGBI President (1990–91)
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The coat of arms
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John of Arderne
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The presidential chain of office showing the national emblems taken from the coat of arms
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Programme for the first Annual Meeting (Harrogate 1991)
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Anne O’Mara. ACPGBI Administrator and recipient of the Geoff Oates medal
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Karen Nugent, the first female President of the ACPGBI (2013–14)
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Najib Haboubi, the only nonsurgical President of the ACPGBI (2009–10)
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John Nicholls, President 1999–2000 and first Editor‐in‐Chief of Colorectal Disease
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References

    1. Frederick Swinford E. Royal College of Surgeons. Plarr’s Lives of the Fellows. 1853‐1939 Identifier: RCS: E004016.
    1. Nicholls RJ. Certification in Coloproctology. Editorial, Colorectal Dis 2006;8:459.
    1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/6257194.stm. Accessed 6 July 2020.
    1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk‐33253598. Accessed 6 July 2020.
    1. https://www.acpgbi.org.uk/about/history/presidents‐secretaries/ Accessed 6 July 2020.