Our Award-winning Team
The Sheffield Teachings Hospitals GI Directorate is the collective recipient of 13 Clinical Service & 11 Research Awards since 2010.
We hope that this page gives you a flavour of our clinical and research interests as well as the prolific success of our team. Our philosophy has always favoured collaborative working. We think that the Sheffield GI directorate exemplifies this and has encouraged everyone to succeed within our team.
If this philosophy interests you and you want to come and work with us, just contact us and let’s open this dialogue.
National Research Awards
British Society of Gastroenterology Hopkins Endoscopy Prize
Professor Reena Sidhu 2012
Professor Mark McAlindon 2017
Professor David S Sanders 2019
UK Nutrition Society
Cuthbertson Medal Professor David S Sanders 2011
Julie Wallace Award Dr Matt Kurien 2016
Silver Medal Professor David S Sanders 2017
Cuthbertson Medal Dr Imran Aziz 2026
International Research Awards
United European Gastroenterology
UEG Rising Star Award Professor David S Sanders 2010
UEG Rising Star Award Dr Imran Aziz 2021
Swedish GI Medal (Bengt Ihre Award)
Professor David S Sanders 2017
Mark McAlindon delivering his Hopkins Endoscopy Prize Lecture BSG 2017
National Clinical Service Awards
BSG Clinical Service Awards
Sheffield Small Bowel Endoscopy Service 2011
Primary Care Integrated Services 2014
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service 2024
Royal College of Physicians Excellence in Patient Care Awards
Innovation Award Sheffield minimally invasive technology in endoscopy (SMITE) 2021
Coeliac UK National Patient Charity Clinical Service
Coeliac UK Healthcare Award Professor David S Sanders 2010
Health Service Journal
Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) team won both primary care and integrated clinical care awards 2012
National Complete Nutrition Health Care Service Awards
Outstanding Achievement Award Professor David S Sanders 2024
Coeliac Disease Clinical Service Professor David S Sanders 2013 & Nick Trott 2016
Gastrostomy Feeding Service Sean White 2016
Health Care Professional of the Year Award Professor David S Sanders 2017.
International Clinical Service Awards
World Endoscopy Organization
GI Centre of Excellence 2020
www.worldendo.org/about-us/center-ofexcellence
The Directorate is only one of 2 UK hospitals to have been recognised as a World Endoscopy Organization Centre of Excellence (in total 20 across the globe)
BSG Awards
BSG Young Gastroenterologist of the Year 2015: Emerging Leader
Dr Alenka Brooks 2015
BSG Trainees Leadership and Management
Dr Suneil Raju Prize 2023
BSG President’s Medal in 2014
Dr Alenka Brooks collective recipient with other trainee colleagues
