Christina Fleming
Cork University Hospital, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University Hospital Limerick, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux, Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Polyclinique de Bordeaux-Tondu, University of Limerick
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22
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310
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About
Christina Fleming is a surgeon-researcher whose work sits at the intersection of robotic surgery, colorectal oncology, and surgical education. Based primarily in Ireland, Fleming has established herself as a leading voice in advancing robot-assisted surgery (RAS) both clinically and pedagogically, with her published work accumulating over 260 citations across a productive and focused body of research. Her most impactful contribution — a 2021 meta-analysis comparing urogenital function following robotic versus laparoscopic rectal cancer surgery (75 citations) — demonstrated the functional advantages of robotic approaches, helping to shift clinical thinking on patient quality-of-life outcomes. Complementing this, her clinical evaluations of Ireland's first robotic colorectal surgery programme and propensity score-matched outcome analyses have provided rigorous real-world evidence supporting robotic adoption. Fleming is equally distinguished in surgical training reform. Her landmark snapshot study of pan-specialty trainees (55 citations) exposed critical gaps in robotic training access, directly informing her consensus-building Delphi work and her role in authoring the 2024 European Society of Coloproctology guidelines on robotic colorectal surgery training — a milestone standardisation effort with international reach. Her portfolio also spans deep infiltrating endometriosis, complete mesocolic excision, and surgical practice during COVID-19, reflecting a versatile, evidence-driven researcher shaping the future of minimally invasive surgery.
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