Alaa El-Hussuna Current position Consultant surgeon, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark Medical school Saddam College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq (graduated in 1996) General surgical and colorectal training Hvidovre, Hillerød and Herlve University Hospitals in Copenhagen - Denmark (training in general surgery from 2007-2013) Aalborg and Randers University Hospitals, Denmark (training in colorectal surgery from 2016-2019) ESCP training fellowship in colorectal surgery, St. Vincent Hospital, Dublin, Ireland (2017) Main clinical and research interests Pre-operative optimization in IBD patients The effect of biological treatment on post-operative outcome in patients with IBD Surgical stress response Chronic stress and development of colorectal cancers Perianal fistula in Crohn’s disease Surgical wound healing Member of the Cohort Studies Sub-Committee since 2014 Additional information Master degree in information technology, IT-University, Copenhagen, Denmark (2003) Member of expert panel in Danish autoimmune disease association Foundation of Danish Collaborative Research Network (2014) Member in editorial board: Current Updates in Hepatology and Gastroentrology, SciTz Gastroenterology and SM Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology Reviewer in many surgical journals: British journal of surgery, colorectal diseases, world journal of gastroenterology, Langenbeck's archives of surgery, International journal of surgery, Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology and reviewer of ESCP-ECCO guidelines Invited speaker in many international conferences among them ESCP and ECCO meetings Supervisor of many research projects in Copenhagen and Aalborg University Hospitals Physician/surgeon in different missions, Doctors without borders (MSF) in Africa 2004-2005