Long Jiao

Professor Long Jiao is a Professor of Surgery at Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine and a consultant surgeon in hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital. He specializes in robotic and minimally invasive surgical techniques, particularly in pancreatic and liver cancers. He chairs pancreatic and hepatobiliary surgery programs and pioneered robotic hepatobiliary surgery in the UK, including the first robotic Whipple's operation for pancreatic cancer.

• Education: Royal London Hospital Medical College, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals.

His research focuses on surgical innovation, early pancreatic cancer detection, and genomic/proteomic approaches to cancer biology. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, including foundational work on radiofrequency ablation in liver cancer. He leads surgical training programs, supervises PhD/MD students, and chairs postgraduate surgical examinations for the Royal Colleges of Surgeons.

• Awards: Fellowships with leading surgical and oncology associations.

He established the UK's first robotic hepatobiliary unit at Royal Marsden and runs a research lab combining clinical surgery with genomic studies. His work aims to improve pancreatic cancer survival through biomarker discovery and surgical technique advancements.