Professor Adele Francis is a Consultant Surgeon at University Hospital Birmingham and Honorary Professor in Cancer Sciences at University of Birmingham. She is the Royal College of Surgeons Specialty Lead for Breast Surgery Research and Chief Investigator of NEO-EXCEL and LORIS and NOSTRA Trials.

Professor Francis is a member of the NCRI Breast Clinical Studies Group (CSG), the ABS Research committee and the breast CSG translational subgroup. Her research interests include neoadjuvant therapy and addressing overtreatment in surgery by increasing the current evidence base.