{"id":3042,"date":"2021-01-08T11:14:38","date_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/?p=3042"},"modified":"2021-01-08T11:19:41","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T11:19:41","slug":"congratulations-to-professor-sir-huw-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/2021\/01\/08\/congratulations-to-professor-sir-huw-thomas\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to Professor Sir Huw Thomas"},"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\/2021\/01\/08\/congratulations-to-professor-sir-huw-thomas\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"225px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2021\/01\/Huw-Thomas-334-x-364.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"334\" height=\"364\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3043\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/surgeryandcancer\/files\/2021\/01\/Huw-Thomas-334-x-364.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations\u00a0to\u00a0Surgery and Cancer&#8217;s\u00a0Professor Sir Huw Thomas who was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the Queen&#8217;s\u00a02021 New Year Honours.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Professor of Gastrointestinal Genetics in the Department since 2007, Professor Thomas research aims to define the inherited predispositions to colorectal cancer and refine the management of familial risk.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside his research, Professor Thomas was appointed\u00a0in July 2014, as the Head of the Medical Household, the medical section of the Royal Household of the British monarch, and Physician to the Queen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations\u00a0to\u00a0Surgery and Cancer&#8217;s\u00a0Professor Sir Huw Thomas who was made Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in the Queen&#8217;s\u00a02021 New Year Honours. 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