Michael A. Silva

Michael Anthony Silva was appointed Consultant Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in October 2009. He currently is Deputy Director for Regional Surgical Networks in the United Kingdom for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh having previously been Regional Surgical Advisor for Oxfordshire. Mr Silva is a specialist advisor to NICE (National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence). He also is a member of the editorial boards of the British Journal of Surgery (BJS –Open) and Current Surgery Reports. Mr Silva became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2001. He had his higher surgical training in the West Midlands Deanery with extended training in liver transplantation, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at the Liver Unit, University Hospital Birmingham, one of the largest HPB and transplant centres in Europe. In parallel he completed a higher degree leading up to a MD from the University of Birmingham in 2007, studying the effects of ischemia and reperfusion injury to the liver during transplantation. In 2008 he was awarded the FRCS (General Surgery) and certificate of completion of training (CCT) in 2009. Mr Silva deals with surgical treatments for the whole spectrum of HPB disease. This includes complex surgery for gallstone, biliary and pancreatic disease including pancreatitis and surgery for cancer of the bile ducts, pancreas and liver. Mr Silva played a lead role in the introduction of laparoscopic (key hole) liver surgery in Oxford, currently carrying out major laparoscopic liver and pancreatic surgery. He also has a special interest in the treatment of bile duct injuries sustained at previous surgery. Mr Silva also offers total pancreatectomy and islet auto-transplantation for a very select group of patients with chronic pancreatitis. He is chair of the Liver Cancer Multi-disciplinary Team in Oxfordshire (2012 onwards) and was Clinical Lead for Emergency General Surgery, Oxford University Hospitals from 2012-2014. Mr Silva has over 70 peer-reviewed publications in basic science and surgical journals and was editor assistant for the British Journal of Surgery in 2011-2012. He is also reviewer for numerous international scientific journals and is author of many book chapters in his speciality.