Professor Julie Cornish is a consultant colorectal surgeon and Professor of surgery (Hon) in Cardiff, with a subspecialty interest in pelvic health. Julie trained in Wales and London, with an MD from Imperial College and a pelvic floor fellowship in Oxford. She is the chair in waiting for the Pelvic Floor Society and a Trustee of the MASIC Foundation. She is the lead for the Pelvic Health Hub and Research Lead for the Surgical Board in Cardiff and Cale University Health Board.
Her research interests focus on outcomes after surgery, in particular bowel dysfunction after surgery and outcomes after childbirth injury. She is the chief investigator for the NIHR POLARiS study and the Research lead for the surgical board in Cardiff and Vale. Julie is also the founder of the Everywoman Festival, a women's health festival aiming to educate and empower women and girls (everywomanfest.com)