Biography

Mr Daniel Baird is a General and Colorectal Consultant Surgeon working at the University Hospitals Sussex Trust on the Worthing Hospital site and at Goring Hall Hospital.

Mr Baird qualified from the University of Manchester in 2007 and undertook his surgical training in London. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2020 and performed clinical research at The Royal Marsden Hospital with Imperial College London, in complex rectal cancer, completing his doctorate in 2022. He was trained in Colorectal Surgery at The Royal Marsden Hospital, St Marks Hospital, Imperial Healthcare Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He completed an RCS accredited laparoscopic cancer fellowship at Frimley Park Hospital with exposure to the Da Vinci and CMR Versius robotic operating platforms where he also worked as a consultant prior to taking his permanent post at the University Hospitals Sussex Trust and Goring Hall.

Mr Baird has published a variety of scientific papers in prestigious medical journals including the British Medical Journal and the Annals of Surgery.

Mr Baird has a specialised practice in laparoscopic colorectal surgery with an interest in cancer. He also operates on benign conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease and diverticular disease. He has an interest in routine and complex hernias. Further to routine proctology such as haemorrhoids, fissures and skin tags I have a subspecialty interest in fistulae-in-ano and pilonidal sinus disease using minimally invasive (VAFFT/EPSiT) techniques to treat the conditions.

Mr Baird has memberships with Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, the European Society of Coloproctology and the British Hernia Society.

Mr Baird treats a variety of problems including laparoscopic bowel resection, colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, rectal bleeding, anorectal pain, family history bowel cancer, colonic polyps, changing bowel habit, haemorrhoids, anal fissure, anal fistula, pilonidal sinus, rectal prolapse, proctology, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, inguinal hernia, femoral hernia, umbilical hernia, ventral hernia, incisional hernia, benign skin lesions, lipomas and sebaceous cysts.

Professional Qualifications:
B ChB. MD (Res). FRCS