{"id":2255,"date":"2017-09-27T11:33:15","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T11:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=2255"},"modified":"2017-09-27T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2017-09-27T11:33:15","slug":"new-division-for-the-department-of-surgery-and-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2017\/09\/27\/new-division-for-the-department-of-surgery-and-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"New Division for the Department of Surgery and Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/wp-content\/plugins\/facebook-button-plugin\/images\/standard-facebook-ico.png\" alt=\"Fb-Button\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2017\/09\/27\/new-division-for-the-department-of-surgery-and-cancer\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Following consultation with Professor Elaine Holmes, Professor Mark Thursz and other senior colleagues in the Faculty of Medicine, Surgery and Cancer will be\u00a0forming a new &#8220;Division of Integrative Systems Medicine and Digestive Disease\u201d by merging the Divisions of Computational and Systems Medicine and Digestive Diseases.<\/p>\n<p>To parallel similar structures that are being implemented in the Division of Cancer, Professor Elaine Holmes will be the Head of Division and Science Director and Professor Mark Thursz will be the Clinical Director\u00a0of the new Division.<\/p>\n<p>As with the other Divisions in the Department, the new organisation will have both a science and a clinical core of activities. 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