Miss Caris Grimes, Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon
Miss Caris Grimes
Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon
Miss Caris Grimes BSc MBBS MEd FRCS (Gen Surg) MD (Res) RCPathME
Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon
Miss Caris Grimes
Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon BSc MBBS MEd FRCS (Gen Surg) MD (Res) RCPathME
Miss Grimes is a Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon
Areas of expertise
- Laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery
- General surgery
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Hernia
- Colorectal cancer
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Address
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London Digestive Centre
41 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 8DU
About Miss Caris Grimes
GMC number: 6099320
Year qualified: 2004
Place of primary qualification: University of London
Dr Caris Smith is a highly esteemed Consultant Laparoscopic General and Colorectal Surgeon, currently practising in London. She specialises in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, bowel cancers, and diverticular disease. Dr Smith is also an accredited endoscopist, proficient in performing both colonoscopies and gastroscopies.
Dr Smith began her career as a Consultant Surgeon at Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Kent, where she served for seven years before relocating to London in 2023. During her tenure at Medway, she held the position of Associate Medical Director for patient safety and quality. Additionally, she was the independent Secondary Care doctor on the Governing Body of Surrey Heartlands CCG, transitioning to an Integrated Care System in 2022, where she served as the non-Executive director lead for patient safety.
In her current role, Dr Smith is the co-lead for a national trial investigating the use of exclusive enteral nutrition prior to Crohn's disease surgery. She is also actively involved in global health initiatives, volunteering with the Kings Centre for Global Health Partnerships. In this capacity, she leads surgical efforts for the Kings - Zambia partnership.
Dr Smith is registered with the Royal College of Pathologists and contributes her expertise as a Medical Examiner at East Surrey Hospital. Her dedication to patient care and safety, combined with her extensive experience and leadership in both clinical and research settings, make her a distinguished figure in the field of colorectal surgery.
Areas of expertise
- Abdominal (ventral) hernia
- Abdominal wall defects
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Abdominoperineal resection
- Abscess incision and drainage
- Adhesions
- Altered bowel habits
- Anal fissure
- Anal fistula
- Anorectal conditions
- Appendicectomy
- Appendicitis
- Banding of haemorrhoids
- Bowel cancer
- Bowel diversion surgery
- Bowel obstruction
- Bowel resection
- Bowel surgery (colectomy)
- Colitis (ulcerative colitis)
- Colon cancer
- Colonoscopy
- Coloproctology
- Colorectal cancer
- Colorectal surgery
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Diagnostic laparoscopy
- Diarrhoea
- Diverticulitis
- Endoscopy (OGD)
- Excision of benign lesions
- Excision of lymph nodes
- Excision of sebaceous cysts
- Faecal immunochemical test (FIT)
- Faecal incontinence
- Fistulectomy and seton insertion
- Gastroscopy
- General surgery
- Haemorrhoids
- Hemorrhoidectomy
- Hernia
- Ileostomy surgery
- Incisional hernia repair
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Inguinal hernia repair
- Laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery
- Laparoscopy
- Lipoma
- Lipoma removal
- Malignant bowel obstruction
- Open hernia repair
- Perianal disease
- Pilonidal sinus disorders
- Pilonidal sinus excision
- Rectal biopsy
- Rectal bleeding
- Rectal cancer
- Removal of rectum and colon (proctocolectomy)
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Small bowel cancer
- Stoma reversal
- Stoma surgery
- Stricture treatment
- Umbilical (belly-button) hernia
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Weight loss
Professional memberships
Articles by Miss Caris Grimes
The role of exclusive enteral nutrition in the pre-operative optimisation of adult patients with Crohn's disease. A systematic review
Demographics of patients affected by surgical disease in rural hospitals in two sub-Saharan African countries
Current use of EEN in pre-operative optimisation in crohn’s disease
Economic impact of surgery on households and individuals in low income countries
Cost-effectiveness in global surgery
Cost-effectiveness of surgery in low- and middle-income countries
Macroeconomic costs of the unmet burden of surgical disease in Sierra Leone
Living with a hernia: A qualitative study of patient experience of abdominal wall hernias in Ndola, Zambia.
Systematic review of met and unmet need of surgical disease in rural sub-Saharan Africa
Systematic review of barriers to surgical care in low-income and middle-income countries
The economic burden associated with unmet surgical needs in Liberia: a retrospective macroeconomic analysis based on a nationwide enumeration of surgical procedures
Simple and powerful: a consultant and governance-led bereavement service
Ethics of global healthcare
