Akinoso Olujimi Coker MBBS, FRCS, FRCS (Gen Surg), FWACS

Dr. Jimi Coker qualified from the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1984. He had his specialist surgical training in the United Kingdom with basic surgical training in Greater Manchester and higher surgical training in South Yorkshire based around the Sheffield University Teaching Hospitals. These included Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, Rotherham District General Hospital, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Barnsley District General Hospital, and Chesterfield Royal Hospital. He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1989 and passed the General Surgery Intercollegiate board examinations of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons in 1998.

He was appointed Senior Lecturer in Surgery at Northern General Hospital and the University of Sheffield in January 1999. In November 1999 he joined Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Trust (DBNHSFT) as a Consultant General Surgeon with a specialist interest in Colorectal and laparoscopic surgery. He was head of the department Endoscopy unit at DBNHSFT from 2004 - to 2010. He was the RCS Tutor for his trust until 2007 when he became the Programme Director for Core Surgical Training in Yorkshire and Humberside Postgraduate Deanery.

He served as Chairman of the International Development Committee of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland from 2008 to 2011. He served on Tropical Health and Education Trust's board of trustees from 2006 - to 2010. Dr. Coker's specialist interests include advanced laparoscopic surgery for gallstones, hernias, appendicitis, and colorectal cancer. He is an expert in the management of hemorrhoids, anal prolapse, complex anal fistulas, and fissures. He is highly skilled in diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy.