Jim Khan is a consultant surgeon at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust and Professor of Surgery at the University of Portsmouth. His training included senior registrar at Basingstoke with Prof Heald, the National Laparoscopic Fellowship at Colchester (UK) with Prof Motson and a traveling clinical fellowship at Mayo Clinic Rochester (US). He also traveled to Korea for training in Robotic colorectal surgery with Prof Kim. 

Prof Khan has been a national trainer in laparoscopic colorectal surgery and European proctor and trainer in robotic colorectal surgery. His research interests include Clinical research in robotic colorectal cancer surgery, complete mesocolic excision for colon cancer, Quality of life and functional outcomes after low anterior resection, training in laparoscopic & robotic colorectal surgery. He is president-elect in ACPGBI, director of research at ALSGBI, leads the colorectal group at the RADAR RCS consortium RCS England,  and is member of core working groups in robotic surgery at the ESCP, ESSO, RCPSG and ASCRS.