{"id":1480,"date":"2023-02-06T15:14:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/surgical-trials-collaborative-manchester\/?p=1480"},"modified":"2023-02-15T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T14:50:11","slug":"surgeon-profile-deena-harji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/north-west-surgical-trials-centre\/2023\/02\/06\/surgeon-profile-deena-harji\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon profile: Deena Harji"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; global_module=&#8221;322&#8243;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu global_parent=&#8221;322&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; menu_id=&#8221;7&#8243; submenu_direction=&#8221;downwards&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;off&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;dark&#8221; module_class=&#8221;main-navigation&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;on&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; next_background_color=&#8221;#1d1d1d&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;2_3&#8243; specialty_columns=&#8221;2&#8243;][et_pb_row_inner locked=&#8221;off&#8221;][et_pb_column_inner type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; saved_specialty_column_type=&#8221;2_3&#8243;][et_pb_post_title _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; featured_placement=&#8221;above&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; date_format=&#8221;j M Y&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Contact details<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Name:<\/strong> Deena Harji<\/p>\n<p><strong>Job title:<\/strong> Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Associate Professor<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>University of Leeds and Manchester University Foundation Trust<\/p>\n<p><strong>Email:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:deena.harji@mft.nhs.uk\">deena.harji@mft.nhs.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Specialities and research<\/h2>\n<h3>Speciality<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>General surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sub-speciality<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Colorectal surgery<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Research interests<\/h3>\n<p>Deena&#8217;s clinical and academic interests are advanced and recurrent colorectal malignancy, pelvic exenteration, and robotic and digital surgery.<\/p>\n<p>She has an academic portfolio of over \u00a36 million with her research centring on the evaluation of complex interventions and clinical trials methodology within surgery.<\/p>\n<p>She has a growing interest in MedTech and surgical innovation, both from a clinical perspective, to improve patient outcomes, and an academic aspect to ensure robust evaluation and appropriate implementation.<\/p>\n<h3>Type of research<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Quality improvement projects<\/li>\n<li>IDEAL evaluation studies<\/li>\n<li>Mixed-methods studies<\/li>\n<li>RCTs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Clinical trial experience<\/h2>\n<h3>Chief investigator<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Phase III randomised trial evaluating chemotherapy followed by pelvic reirradiation versus chemotherapy alone as pre-operative treatment for locally recurrent rectal cancer &#8211; This trial is funded by Bowel Research UK. Greccar-15 UK is the UK arm of an international trial, led by the French Greccar group, assessing different neoadjuvant treatments in locally recurrent rectal cancer across five expert centres in the UK.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>A multicentre, randomised controlled trial of laparoscopic versus open colorectal emergency surgery &#8211; The LACES2 Trial &#8211; This is a multicentre, phase III, superiority RCT assessing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of laparoscopic versus open emergency colorectal resection. The LACES2 trial is funded by the NIHR HTA.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Co-investigator<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Laparoscopic versus Open Colorectal Emergency Surgery: The LACES Feasibility Study &#8211; LACES is a prospective, multicentre, single-blinded, parallel group, pragmatic randomised controlled feasibility trial of laparoscopic versus open emergency colorectal resection. This trial was funded by NIHR RfPB.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Principal investigator<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Real-world, in-situ, evaluation of the introduction and scale-up of robot-assisted surgical services in the NHS: evaluating its impact on clinical and service delivery, effectiveness and cost &#8211; This is a multicentre, stepped-wedge trial assessing the adoption and scaling of robotic-assisted surgery across all surgical specialities in the UK. This trial is funded by NIHR HS&amp;DR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Postgraduate supervision<\/h2>\n<p>Deena is currently a PhD\/MD supervisor.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>More information<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Deena-Harji\">Research profile<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_post_nav _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; in_same_term=&#8221;off&#8221; show_prev=&#8221;on&#8221; show_next=&#8221;on&#8221; prev_text=&#8221;Previous&#8221; next_text=&#8221;Next&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; parent_locked=&#8221;off&#8221; \/][et_pb_comments _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.106&#8243; show_avatar=&#8221;on&#8221; show_reply=&#8221;on&#8221; show_count=&#8221;on&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;51&#8243; header_line_height_tablet=&#8221;2&#8243; custom_button=&#8221;on&#8221; button_icon_placement=&#8221;right&#8221; button_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; button_use_icon=&#8221;off&#8221; locked=&#8221;on&#8221; 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