Rob Longman is a colorectal surgeon, with subspecialist interests in colorectal cancer, anal cancer and complex endometriosis, at the Bristol Royal Infirmary since 2006.

Prior to being appointed as Head of School of Surgery in the south west in 2018, he was Training Programme Director for general surgery for 5 years and was previously the lead for simulation and skills development within the School of Surgery and has developed human factors training courses for surgeons at the Bristol Medical Simulation Centre.

Between 2008 and 2018 he was the Clinical Director of the Vesalius Clinical Training Centre – an innovative, world-class facility for delivering and developing novel training methods for surgical operations and procedures, and a centre for translational research in surgical care.