BASO~ACS Honorary Secretary
Specialty Interest: Sarcoma
Consultant Sarcoma Surgeon,Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Birmingham
The Institute of Cancer and Genomics, University of
Birmingham
Professor Anant Desai completed undergraduate education at
Queens' College Cambridge and the Royal Free Hospital, London.
Following this, he gained an MD investigating angiogenesis in
oesophageal cancer at the University of Birmingham before
completing Fellowships in Paris and Milan. He was appointed as
Consultant Surgeon to the Midlands Abdominal and Retroperitoneal
Sarcoma Unit in 2012.
Professor Desai undertakes all aspects of abdominal sarcoma
surgery as well as complex surgical oncology and surgery for
advanced pelvic malignancy.
Research interests include whole genomic sequencing in sarcoma
and pre-operative psychological intervention in patients undergoing
major surgery. Publications range from International Consensus
statements for the treatment of sarcoma to multi-centre studies of
rare tumours.
Professor Desai is a member of the Sarcoma UK Research Advisory
Committee, is an editor of the European Journal of Surgical
Oncology, is Chair of the UK Expert Advisory Groups for sarcoma and
leads the regional soft tissue sarcoma, multi-disciplinary
team.
Professor Desai joined BASO Council in 2020 and is duley
appointed as the BASO Hon. Secretary in November 2021.