Mr Etienne Moore is a consultant general surgeon at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK. He manages both in-patients and out-patients and partakes in the emergency surgical rota for Brighton and the surrounding Sussex areas.

His particular interests are in keyhole or laparoscopic surgery and bowel or colorectal surgery.

He was born and bred in England but owes his French first name to his mother, who is originally from the French-speaking part of Belgium.

Mr Moore undertook his preclinical studies at Cambridge University and graduated with a double first class BA honours degree in Medical and Natural Sciences. He then moved to Oxford University to study clinical medicine and graduated with the BM and BChir degrees. He has also been awarded MA degrees from both Oxford and Cambridge Universities.

His surgical training has taken him to a variety of hospitals in the UK including those in Oxford, High Wycombe, Derby, Nottingham, Worthing, Torquay, Swindon, Salisbury, Southampton, Basingstoke, Winchester and Portsmouth.

He has also undertaken a 13 month laparoscopic colorectal fellowship in Australia to gain expertise and independent operating skills in this exciting technique.

On the completion of his specialist general and colorectal surgery training he was awarded the FRCS (Gen Surg) of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2005.

He divides his working time between the Royal Sussex County Hospital, the Princess Royal Hospital, the Nuffield Health Brighton Hospital in Woodingdean and the Spire Montefiore Hospital in Hove.

In addition he conducts medical student teaching and examining at Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

When he is not working he enjoys Sussex walks, travel, sport and socialising with friends and family.