Pancreatic surgery
Specialist assessment and surgical management of pancreatic cancer, cystic neoplasms, chronic pancreatitis and other complex pancreatic disease.
Complex HPB surgery · Surgical oncology · Advanced therapeutic endoscopy
Expert care for complex pancreatic, liver and biliary disease.
Professor Colin Noel is an HPB surgeon with a major focus on cancer surgery and advanced endoscopy, with an international teaching and proctoring profile in EUS, ERCP and robotic surgery.
Pancreatic surgeryLiver & biliary surgeryEUSERCP
Professor Colin NoelBloemfontein · South Africa
Integrated specialist care
From diagnosis to advanced intervention and definitive surgery.
The practice is focused on complex hepatopancreaticobiliary disease. Advanced endoscopy, oncological surgery and multidisciplinary decision-making are integrated into one specialist pathway.
Clinical expertise
Highly specialised HPB and endoscopic care.
Referral is appropriate when you or your doctor are concerned about symptoms related to the pancreas, liver or gallbladder, or when there is a need for endoscopy.
Liver & biliary surgery
HPB surgical management of primary and metastatic liver tumours, biliary malignancy, complex benign biliary disease and selected gallbladder pathology.
Advanced EUS
Diagnostic and interventional endoscopic ultrasound, including pancreaticobiliary assessment, tissue acquisition and selected EUS-guided therapeutic procedures.
Complex ERCP
Advanced biliary and pancreatic endotherapy including difficult stone disease, strictures, stenting and cholangioscopy-guided diagnosis and treatment.
Endoscopy for GIT screening and intervention
Prof Noel provides cancer screening, diagnostic gastroscopy and colonoscopy, and endoscopic resection of suitable gastric and colorectal polyps and selected early cancers using EMR and ESD. His therapeutic procedures also include Z-POEM, Barrett’s RFA, stricture dilatation and other advanced interventions.
Specialist clinics
Dedicated care for liver, pancreas and upper gastrointestinal conditions.
Specialist assessment, advanced endoscopy and coordinated medical or surgical care tailored to each patient.
Liver Clinic
Liver malignancy, cirrhosis, portal hypertension, oesophageal and gastric varices, MASLD and MASH.
Pancreas Clinic
Pancreatic cancer, acute and chronic pancreatitis and their complications, including fluid collections, necrosis, ductal disease and cystic lesions.
Upper GIT Clinic
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GERD), oesophageal dysmotility, Zenker’s diverticulum and other complex upper digestive conditions.
Advanced EUS & ERCP
Internationally engaged in advanced therapeutic endoscopy.
Professor Noel's practice has a particular focus on interventional EUS, complex ERCP and cholangioscopy.
His professional work includes international advanced-endoscopy proctoring, invited faculty appointments and live endoscopy teaching, including programmes at the University of Santiago de Compostela, the University of Colorado School of Medicine and the IECED training centre.
International faculty & teaching →International faculty
Advanced endoscopy on an international teaching platform.
External programme material documents faculty, mentorship and live-demonstration activity in EUS, ERCP and interventional endoscopy.
EURO-EUS 2026
Chair, live EUS demonstration session — Santiago de Compostela.
View evidence →Women in Endoscopy
International mentor in the 2025 and 2026 interventional-endoscopy mentorship programmes.
View evidence →IECED / Pentax
International live endoscopy faculty with documented pancreatobiliary teaching.
View evidence →Research
Peer-reviewed work across pancreatic cancer, gallbladder cancer, HPB surgery and global surgery.
Selected publications →Specialist services
Surgery, oncology and advanced endoscopy.
Advanced endoscopy
- Diagnostic & therapeutic EUS
- EUS-guided tissue acquisition
- Complex ERCP
- Cholangioscopy
- Biliary & pancreatic stenting
HPB surgery
- Pancreatic resection
- Liver resection
- Biliary tract surgery
- Complex gallstone disease
- Pancreatic cystic disease
Surgical oncology
- Pancreatic cancer
- Liver tumours
- Biliary tract cancers
- Gallbladder cancer
- Complex second opinions
About Professor Noel
HPB surgeon. Advanced endoscopist. Dedicated cancer care.
Professor Colin Noel is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of the Free State and Head of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Endoscopy at Universitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein.
He trained at the University of Cape Town and completed fellowship training in HPB surgery and advanced endoscopy. His clinical interests include pancreatic and liver surgery, interventional EUS, cholangioscopy and ERCP. His academic work includes international collaborative research, postgraduate teaching and advanced-endoscopy mentorship.
QualificationsCert Gastroenterology (SA) Surg · FCS (SA) · MMed (UCT) · MBChB (UCT)
AcademicAssociate Professor of Surgery · University of the Free State
Public practiceUniversitas Academic Hospital, Bloemfontein
Private practiceLife Rosepark Hospital, Bloemfontein
Public and private practice arrangements
Professor Noel is Head of Gastrointestinal Surgery and Endoscopy at Universitas Academic Hospital and also provides private specialist care at Life Rosepark Hospital under authorised Remunerative Work Outside the Public Service (RWOPS) arrangements. RWOPS permits eligible public-sector practitioners to undertake approved private clinical work alongside their public-sector duties.
International expertise & teaching
Faculty, proctoring and live endoscopy.
International recognition is presented through documented appointments and teaching activity rather than marketing claims.
2026Faculty · University of Santiago de Compostela · EUROEUS Live Endoscopy
2026ENDO 2026, Cape Town · Invited presentations on robotic surgery and next-generation cholangioscopy; invited hands-on training in EUS-guided biliary drainage and cholangioscopy/EHL
2025Faculty · University of Colorado School of Medicine · Rocky Mountain Live Endoscopy
InternationalAdvanced endoscopy proctor and invited mentor in HPB and endoscopy programmes
Live casesInvited endoscopist for internationally broadcast advanced endoscopy programmes
Innovation in surgery
Complex surgery with a focus on modern HPB practice.
Professor Noel co-founded the surgical robotic programme at Universitas Academic Hospital and performed the first Versius robotic surgical case in Southern Africa.
Technology is used selectively where it adds clinical value; the treatment plan remains driven by disease biology, anatomy, evidence and multidisciplinary review.
Robotic HPB surgery
Multidisciplinary care
Free State HPB MDT.
Complex HPB cancer care benefits from coordinated review across surgery, radiology, pathology, oncology and other relevant disciplines.
The MDT pathway supports integrated treatment planning and provides a structured route for referring clinicians seeking multidisciplinary review of difficult pancreatic, liver and biliary cases.
Request MDT reviewGood cancer care begins with the right team. Early multidisciplinary discussion brings together surgeons, oncologists, radiologists, pathologists and other specialists to confirm staging and agree on the safest sequence of treatment. Choosing a team with expertise in the particular cancer is important: decisions about chemotherapy, surgery and advanced endoscopy should be coordinated from the outset.
For referring doctors
A direct route for complex HPB referrals.
Referrals are welcome for definitive surgical management, advanced endoscopy, second opinion or multidisciplinary review.
Urgent biliary obstruction, difficult ERCP, suspected pancreatic malignancy and complex HPB oncology referrals can be directed to the practice team.
Useful referral information
- Clinical summary and referral question
- Recent CT / MRI / MRCP imaging
- Histology or cytology where available
- Previous ERCP / EUS / endoscopy reports
- Relevant blood results and tumour markers
Referral enquiry
Request specialist review.
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Contact
Professor Colin Noel
Gastrointestinal / Hepatopancreaticobiliary Sub-specialist and Advanced Endoscopist
Life Rosepark Hospital · Bloemfontein · Free State
Practice WhatsApp
079 525 2912
Practice rooms
051 405 3335
Email
[email protected]
MP
0731072
Practice number
0772801