Professor George Hanna is Professor of Surgery and head of the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London. He leads a world-class research programme focused on the development of non-invasive diagnostic tests using volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in breath and urine.
George Hanna was trained in Ninewells Hospital, Dundee, Scotland in laparoscopic and oesophago-gastric surgery under the mentorship of Professor Sir Alfred Cuschieri. He obtained FRCS (Edinburgh) in 1993 and PhD (University of Dundee) in laparoscopic surgery in 1997.
He joined Imperial College as Clinical Senior Lecturer and Upper GI Consultant Surgeon in 2003, was promoted to Reader in 2005 and Professor of Surgical Sciences in 2008. He became Head of Division of Surgery in 2012 and Head of Department of Surgery and Cancer in 2018. He was elected Fellow of The Academy of Medical Sciences in 2022.