I am a Consultant Surgeon at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust.
I am Upper Gastrointestinal and General Surgeon. I specialise in managing the following conditions:
I qualified from Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals Medical School ( a part of King’s College London). I have trained in many hospitals across the South and South East of England including higher surgical training in the Wessex Deanery.
I have a specialist interest in emergency gallbladder surgery and the management of bile duct stones. I have published research articles in anatomy, emergency surgery and general surgery.
I am committed to providing face-to face, patient-centred care.
My priority is to provide clear communication, expert treatment, and support throughout every stage of your care.
Spontaneous splenic rupture as initial presentation of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Agarwal G, Moule S, Cope A, Maudgil D, Willan J. Br J Haematol. 2023 Jan;200(1):8. doi: 10.1111/bjh.18471. Epub 2022 Oct 3. PMID: 36190315.
Randell R, Honey S, Hindmarsh J, Alvarado N, Greenhalgh J, Pearman A, Long A, Cope A, Gill A, Gardner P, Kotze A, Wilkinson D, Jayne D, Croft J, Dowding D.Southampton (UK): NIHR Journals Library; 2017 Jun.PMID: 28813131
Microanalysis of video from the operating room: an underused approach to patient safety research.
Bezemer J, Cope A, Korkiakangas T, Kress G, Murtagh G, Weldon SM, Kneebone R.BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Jul;26(7):583-587. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005816. Epub 2016 Dec 9.PMID: 27940639
Ethical dilemmas and reflexivity in qualitative research.
Reid AM, Brown JM, Smith JM, Cope AC, Jamieson S.Perspect Med Educ. 2018 Apr;7(2):69-75. doi: 10.1007/s40037-018-0412-2.PMID: 29536374
Unconscious hegemonic research and evaluation of education interventions.
Cope AC.Med Educ. 2017 Apr;51(4):343-345. doi: 10.1111/medu.13252.PMID: 28299847
Cope A, Bezemer J, Mavroveli S, Kneebone R.Acad Med. 2017 Apr;92(4):544-549. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000001454.PMID: 28351068
Are surgeons born or made? A comparison of personality traits and learning styles between surgical trainees and medical students
Preece RA, Cope AC
Journal of Surgical Education 2016 Sept-Oct; 73(5) 768-73
PMID 27184178
“You see?” – Teaching and learning how to interpret visual cues during surgery
Cope AC, Bezemer J, Kneebone R, Lingard L
Medical Education 2015 49 (11) 1103 – 1116
PMID 26494063
Making meaning from sensory cues in the operating room – an important content area of post-graduate surgical learning
Cope AC, Mavroveli S, Bezemer J, Hanna GB, Kneebone R
Academic Medicine 2015 Aug;90(8):1125-31.
PMID: 25922919
Surgical decision making in a teaching hospital: a linguistic analysis
Bezemer J, Murtagh G, Cope A, Kneebone R
ANZ Journal of Surgery 2014 Sep 2
PMID 25182451
Simulation: human factors scenario training
Cope A, Hettige R
ENT and Audiology News 2014 22 (6) 66 – 68
A growing abdominal problem – End Games
Kulkarni K, Lakhani N, Cope A, McGrath D
British Medical Journal 2013; 347; 4547
PMID 23918608
Holding the scalpel: achieving surgical care in a learning environment
J Bezemer J, Cope A, Kress G, Kneebone R
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 0891241613485905, first published on April 30, 2013 doi:10.1177/0891241613485905
Participation of surgical residents in operations
Bezemer J, Cope A, Faiz O, Kneebone R
World Journal Of Surgery 2012 36 (9) 2011 – 4
PMID 22653182
Do you have another Johan? Negotiating meaning in the operating theatre
Bezemer J, Cope A, Kress G, Kneebone R
Applied Linguistics Review 2011 (2) 313 – 334
“Scissors, please” Shared understanding in surgical activity
Bezemer J, Murtagh G, Cope A, Kress G, Kneebone R
Symbolic Interaction 2011 Vol.34 (3) 398 – 414
“Blowing up the barriers” exploring and validating a new approach to simulation
Kassab E, Kyaw Tun J, Arora S, King D, Ahmed K, Miskovic D, Cope A, Vadhwana B, Bello F, Sevdalis N, Kneebone R
Annals of Surgery Dec 254 (6) 1059 – 65
PMID 21738021
Raised BMI is an independent risk factor for groin surgical site infectons in patients undergoing varicose vein surgery
Yeung TM, Cope AC, Whittome N, Lintott P
American Journal of Infection Control 2008 March Letters to the Editor
PMID 18313519
Cervical fracture and cervical cord injury during anger management course
Mobasheri R, Cope A
Spinal Cord 2005 Jun; 43(6): 392 -3
PMID 15741981
Book chapters
Models of teaching and learning in the operating theatre
Cope AC, Bezemer J, Sutkin G
In Advancing Surgical Education: Theory, Evidence and Practice, to be published by Springer in 2017 Edited by Debra Nestel, Kirsten Dalrymple, John Paige, Rajesh Aggarwal
Learning in the Operating Theatre: A Social Semiotic Perspective
Jeff Bezemer, Gunther Kress, Alexandra Cope and Roger Kneebone
Chapter for: V. Cook, C. Daly, M. Newman in Work-Based Learning in Clinical Settings: Insights from Socio-cultural Perspectives London Ratcliffe Medical.