Ms Ayeshah Gordon-Dixon

Professional Profile

Ayeshah Gordon-Dixon studied at St George’s University of London, gaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical science in 2003 and MBBS in 2008. She worked as a junior doctor in London, during which time she gained her MRCS and secured a position in higher surgical training. She spent her 1st year training in Basingstoke one of the worlds largest centres for pseudomyxoma peritonei then moved to the Kent, Surrey and Sussex deanery closer to her family where she completed her remaining 5 years of higher surgical training. As a trainee, she was awarded the colorectal travelling fellowship by the Royal Society of Medicine in 2014 and won the awards for outstanding trainee in 2018 and 2019 in East Kent.

Ayeshah was successful in her FRCS in 2020 and appointed as a Substantive surgeon at the Medway Maritime Hospital in 2023 where she is currently the surgical lead for the emergency operating theatre service which was nationally commended on its improvements in 2024. She is the surgical lead for IBD which is her area of specialist interest, treating patients with Crohn’s disease and Colitis. She is an advanced trauma life support instructor and holds JAG accreditation in Lower GI endoscopy (colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy). Her elective work also includes keyhole surgery to remove the gallbladder, repairs of abdominal wall and groin hernias, removal of benign skin lesions, treatment of pilonidal disease and benign colorectal surgery for haemorrhoids, anal skin lesions, fissures and anal fistulas.

Personal Profile

Ayeshah was born in South London and moved to Kent over 20 years ago which is where she and her family call home. She is a proud mother of 3 children. She loves to keep active, and enjoys running and listening to music. She is a strong and determined character who is also kind and takes pride in providing the best care for her patients, which comes with her meticulous attention to detail in her work. She always aims to find answers thus providing a diagnosis for patients presenting with general surgical and colorectal issues. She views each patient holistically in order to optimise their outcomes and offers surgical and non surgical treatment options most suited to her patients’ needs.

Memberships & Associations

• General Medical Council
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons
• Faculty of the Royal College of Surgeons

Research Interests

• Current Principal investigator for the OCEAN trial – multicentered national trial studying the effect of exclusive enteral nutrition on Crohn’s disease
• Current Co-Principal investigator for CAMELOT trial, a multicentered trial investigation into the use of rectus sheath catheters in emergency laparotomies
• Previous – recruiter for the ALLEGRO trial

• 1.Gordon-Dixon A, Gore-Rodney J, Hampal R, Ross R, Miah A, Rodrigues Amorim Adegboye A, Grimes C.
  The role of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in the pre-operative optimisation of adult patients with Crohn’s disease. A Systematic Review. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN – October 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.09.723
• 2. Gordon-Dixon A, Hampal R, Miah A, Webb-Butler S, Lewis W, Ross R, Ghosh N, Grimes C.
  Does Exclusive enteral nutrition reduce stoma formation in patients requiring ileocolic re-section for Crohn’s disease? A single center experience. Clinical Nutrition ESPEN – June 2021 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnesp.2021.05.030
• 3. Tebala GD, Gordon-Dixon A, Imtiaz M, Shrestha A, Toeima M. Enhanced recovery after rectal surgery: what we have learned so far. Mini-invasive Surg 2018;2:32 – June 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2574-1225.2018.37
• 4. Preziosi G, Gordon-Dixon A, Emmanuel A. Neurogenic bowel dysfunction in patients with multiple sclerosis: prevalence, impact, and management strategies. Degener Neurol Neur-omuscul Dis. 2018 Dec 6;8:79-90. doi: 10.2147/DNND.S138835. PMID: 30584387; PMCID: PMC6287516.
• 5. Hussain A, Gordon-Dixon A, Almusawy H, Sinha P, Desai A. The incidence and outcome of incidental breast lesions detected by computed tomography. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2010 Mar;92(2):124-6. doi: 10.1308/003588410X12518836439083. Epub 2009 Dec 7. PMID: 19995489; PMCID: PMC3025223.