Mr Duraisamy Ravichandran MBBS, FRCS PhDMy main clinical interest is in breast cancer, thyroid disorders and hernia’s. My higher surgical training was in Wessex and East Anglia and I trained in breast and endocrine surgery at Norfolk & Norwich and Addenbrookes Teaching Hospitals. My PhD was in surgical oncology (Southampton University Surgical Unit). I was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon in 2001. Most of my elective work is with breast cancer, thyroid lumps including thyroid cancer, parathyroid disorders and hernias, and I also do emergency on-call for my NHS hospital for all general surgical emergencies.
I am an active clinical researcher in breast cancer with a large number of published papers in peer-reviewed journals and national and international presentations. I also train surgeons, teach medical students from UCL and am an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons as well as Final MBBS examiner. I am presently the lead clinician for breast cancer for the Mount Vernon Cancer Network.
I see patients with breast complaints, thyroid lumps, hernias and other lumps in my clinic. I offer open repair for umbilical, inguinal, femoral and incisional hernias. I also see patients with lymphadenopathy and other “lumps and bumps”.
Specialities:
Breast cancer
Benign breast problems
Thyroid Disease
Endocrine Surgery
Hernia Repair Surgery
Breast surgery
Special Clinical Interests:
Breast cancer, thyroid, parathyroid surgery and hernia surgery.
Mr Vignan Jain FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Gen), Consultant General and Upper GI SurgeonMr Jain’s private practice involves largely laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery. Mr Jain has vast experience in treating reflux disease and complex hiatus hernia.
Mr Jain heads the obesity service at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, a regional obesity surgery unit. By mid-2011 he had carried out more than 400 gastric bypasses, over 100 sleeve resections and more than 50 gastric band operations.
Specialities:
Minimal Access Surgery
Hernia Repair Surgery
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Endoscopy
Obesity Surgery
Colonoscopy
Special Clinical Interests:
Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery and repair of complex hiatus hernia
Laparoscopic inguinal and incisional hernia repair
Upper GI endoscopy and colonoscopy
Oesophageal and gastric cancers
Obesity surgery including laparoscopic gastric by-pass , banding and sleeve Gastrectomy
Mr Gurjar is a general surgeon with a specialist interest in open and laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
He qualified in medicine from St Mary’s Hospital, London and then completed basic surgical training in the King’s College surgical rotation. After a period of research at the Royal Free Hospital & University College, London, he gained specialist surgical training (colorectal surgery) in the South-East Thames region. He completed his training with a senior fellowship in Pelvic Floor surgery at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
His practice is focused on elective bowel cancer surgery as well as on-call commitments for all general surgical emergencies. He is a fully trained general surgeon, and can offer expertise in open and laparoscopic (keyhole) bowel cancer surgery and surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (crohn’s disease & ulcerative colitis). He performs laparoscopic hernia repair (groin, abdominal, incisional) and deal with all aspects of coloproctology (piles, fissures & fistula). He is an accredited endoscopist (OGD, colonoscopy & polyp removal). Specialist training in pelvic floor dysfunction allows him to offer patients appropriate surgery for rectal prolapse and effective management of evacuatory disorders.
Miss Marion Obichere (Gen Surg) MBChB, FRCS (Eng), MD, FRCSMiss Obichere qualified from Sheffield University and completed a postgraduate degree of Doctor of Medicine at Nottingham University. After her Higher Surgical Training (HST) on the North West Thames London rota, she spent one year at St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow as a Resident Surgical Officer and subsequently as a Laparoscopic Fellow in Coloproctology before taking up her post as a Consultant General/Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeon at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Miss Obichere provides her patients with a complete service in general and colorectal surgery and has expertise in endoscopy and both conventional open surgery and laparoscopic colorectal procedures.
Specialities:
Minimal Access Surgery
Hernia Repair Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
Endoscopy
Coloproctology
Colonoscopy
Colorectal Surgery
Special clinical interests:
Coloproctology including laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Mr Al-Taan, Consultant Bariatric and Upper GI SurgeonOmer is a trained bariatric and upper gastro-intestinal surgeon. He did his higher surgical training in the East Midlands in the University hospitals of Leicester followed by a focused bariatric fellowship in Musgrove Park hospital where he developed his skills becoming an independent bariatric surgeon.
He performs the full range of bariatric procedures (Gastric bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Band and Gastric Balloons) as well as revisional surgery. The bulk of his practice is based on key hole surgery. His NHS practice is based at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital which is one of the largest bariatric surgery centres in the UK. Together with weight loss surgery he regularly performs other operations like laparoscopic cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder), inguinal hernia repair, anti-reflux surgery as well as other types of abdominal hernias.
Mr. Douglas Whitelaw FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Gen. Surg.)Mr Whitelaw is an experienced Consultant Surgeon, He trained at Edinburgh School of Medicine and carried out his Specialist Registrar training at The Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He has worked as a Laparoscopic Gastrointestinal and Weight loss Consultant Surgeon since 2004 at The Luton and Dunstable University Hospital. He has a specialist interest in Upper GI laparoscopic Surgery and Weight loss Surgery.
Gastrointestinal Surgery
He undertakes laparoscopic cholecystectomies (removal of the gallbladder for gallstones and gallbladder disease), Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for removal of gallstones from the bile duct, either before or after removal of the gallbladder. ERCP is also performed for the insertion of stents for jaundice and bile duct exploration.
He is the principal provider of the ERCP service at The Luton and Dunstable University Hospital a workload of approximately 120 therapeutic ERCPs per Anum. He also receives tertiary referrals for ERCP from neighbouring hospitals. He regularly trains Specialist Registrars in ERCP and Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies (Gallbladder removal) and is an accredited JAG ERCP trainer (2013, renewed 2019).
Additionally, he provides the specialist pancreato-biliary surgical service to North Herts and South Bedfordshire. He chairs the Luton side of weekly video linked supra network multi-disciplinary meetings with the Royal Free and University College Hospitals and looks after patients with pancreatic and biliary disease. He has served as Clinical Director and is currently the Gastrointestinal Lead for Robotic Surgery including Laparoscopic Gallbladder removals and Weight loss Surgery (Gastric Bypass and Sleeve gastrectomy)
Weight loss Surgery
Mr Whitelaw has been working as a Weight loss Surgeon since 2005, He and Mr Jain initially set up the Weight loss surgical unit which is now the largest in the UK. He carries out Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y-bypass (Gastric Bypass) and Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomys. He inserts gastric bands and gastric balloons, undertakes gastric revision surgery as well as making gastric band adjustments. In 2023 The Hospital acquired a da Vinci Xi Robot. Mr Whitelaw is the Gastrointestinal lead after extensive training in Laparoscopic Robotic Gastrointestinal and Weight loss Surgery through Intuitive worldwide training programme. www.intuitive.com
He has a regular Friday evening clinic at The Cobham and appointments can be made via his secretary Karen King on 07850 89297 or 07715 346331. For further information regarding his practice please view his website at www.dougwhitelaw.co.uk
Areas of Interest
Gallbladder and Gallstone Disease;
Laparoscopic Gallbladder removal for Gallstones;
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) for removal of gallstones from the bile duct either pre or post gallbladder removal;
ERCP for insertion of stents for jaundice and obstruction of the bile duct;
Bile duct exploration;
Management of patients with Pancreatic Disease;
Weight loss Surgery;
Roux-en-Y-bypass (Gastric Bypass);
Sleeve Gastrectomy;
Insertion of Gastric Band;
Insertion of Gastric Balloon;
Gastric Band adjustments;
Weight loss Revision Surgery;
Clinical Director for Upper GI & Bariatric Surgery. Lead for Oesophago Gastric cancers. Consultant Surgeon – Upper GI & Bariatric Surgeon
Mr Jambulingam is a Consultant Surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Trust. He completed his higher surgical training in the West Midlands, at University Hospitals in North Staffordshire, Coventry & Warwickshire and Birmingham. He spent a year in the Liver Transplantation Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, where he passed the intercollegiate specialty examination (FRCS) in 2004 and obtained the Certificate of completion of surgical training (CCST). He completed his post CCST fellowship in Oesophago Gastric and advanced laparoscopic surgery at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust.
He is trained in oesophago gastric cancer resections, weight loss surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, antireflux surgery, diaphragmatic hernia, inguinal & incisional hernia repair, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. His NHS practice reflects his subspecialty training in laparoscopic surgery. He delivers bariatric surgical services at the Obesity Centre for research at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital and enters his data regularly on the National Bariatric Surgery registry (NBSR). He attended bariatric training courses in Hull, Taunton, Bruges in Belgium, UPMC – Pittsburgh and Rotterdam. He is an experienced bariatric surgeon who performs insertion of intragastric balloons (Orbera), laparoscopic gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, roux en y gastric bypass and revisional bariatric surgery. He has performed more than 500 Bariatric procedures. He was an invited speaker for the Sleeve gastrectomy course at IFSO, Montreal 2014.
His special interest is oesophago-gastric surgery which includes the management of acid reflux disease in the form of laparoscopic hiatus hernia repair, fundoplication, paraoesophageal hernia repair and achalasia cardia. He has visited the Cancer Institute Hospital and the National Cancer centre in Tokyoand the Division of Thoracic and Foregut surgery at UPMC Pittsburgh on an AUGIS travelling Fellowship. He performs minimally invasive oesophagectomies (MIO) and gastrectomies for cancers and for excision of GIST tumors. He also performs laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs extra-peritoneally (TEPP) which facilitates treatment of all groin hernias (including Spigelian hernias) and incisional hernias.
Specialities:
Abdominal surgery
Gastroenterology
Hepato-pancreatic-biliary
General Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Weight Loss Surgery
www.Jambulingam.com
Mr Firas Younis, Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General SurgeonI am a general surgeon with interest in laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery. I have interests in colorectal oncology, inflammatory bowel disease, and pouch surgery. I have a certificate in completion of training in general and colorectal surgery from East Anglia/Cambridgeshire UK. I have been awarded the Intercollgiate Fellowship (FRCSI) in general surgery.
I have completed post CCT fellowship in laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery in North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand for 14 months. JAG Accredited in Endoscopy.
Mr Sagar is a general surgeon with a specialist interest in open and laparoscopic surgery.
Following his medicine qualification and masters in general surgery in India, he completed basic surgical training and membership examinations in UK. After a period of research at Royal Free Hospital and University College, London, he gained specialist surgical training (colorectal and general surgery) in the South-West Thames region. He completed his training with a senior fellowship in recurrent rectal cancer and pelvic floor surgery at St Thomas Hospital, London.
His practice mainly involves elective bowel surgery along with on call commitments for all general surgical emergencies. As a full trained surgeon, he offers expertise in open and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for bowel cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis). He also offers Single Port Laparoscopic (Single incision keyhole) surgery mainly for bowel cancer. Along with laparoscopic surgery for hernias (groin, abdominal, incisional), he also deals with all aspects of ano-proctology (piles, fissures, fistulas,etc) including HALO and THD. He also specialises in trans-anal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) for large rectal polyps and early rectal cancer. He is an accredited endoscopist (OGD, Colonoscopy and polyp removal). Specialist training in pelvic floor dysfunction allows him to offer patients effective management of evacuatory disorders and rectal prolapse.
Specialities:
Minimal Access Surgery
Bowel Cancer Surgery
Early Rectal Cancer Surgery
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Endoscopy
Colonoscopy
Hernia Repair Surgery
Special Clinical Interest:
Laparoscopic bowel cancer surgery – Single Port Surgery
Laparoscopic inflammatory bowel disease surgery
Laparoscopic hernia surgery
Trans-anal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS)
Upper GI endoscopy and Colonoscopy
Ano-proctology and pelvic floor disorders
Academic Interest and Medical Education:
Mr Sagar has been awarded MD from University College, London.
He has several publications in peer reviewed journals.
He is currently also involved actively in publications of his special interests.
He has been actively involved in teaching of junior doctors, medical students and nurses on a regular basis.
He spent four years as an honorary clinical teacher at University College, London.
Currently, he is an undergraduate specialty lead for Surgery at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
Mr Farhan Rashid, DM, FRCS, Consultant Surgeon – Upper GI and Bariatric SurgeonSenior Clinical Lecturer (Hon) Imperial College London.
Trained at Midlands, East of England and Cambridge. Higher surgical training at Cambridge rotation. Trained at five regional oesophagogastric cancer units and two regional Bariatric units in UK.
Specialist interests are bariatric/metabolic surgery, anti-reflux/hiatus hernia surgery, laparoscopic hernia repair and oesophagogastric cancer surgery
Perform all oesophageal and gastric cancer operations at regional centre at Watford General hospital and full range of Bariatric Surgery at regional Bariatric unit at Luton and Dunstable University hospital.
Practice includes:
Benign (general surgery),
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones
Laparoscopic Hernia repairs
Bariatric Surgery
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Laparoscopic Roux-en-y gastric bypass
Revisional Bariatric Surgery
Benign (Upper GI)
Laparoscopic Anti-reflux Surgery
Laparoscopic repair of giant para-oesophageal hernia
Upper GI cancers
Lap assisted Ivor Lewis Oesophagectomy
Laparoscopic/open Gastrectomy
Upper GI endoscopy
Higher research degree (DM) from University of Nottingham on “role of oestrogen receptors in oesophageal cancer”.
Over 20 peer-reviewed publications and authored 2 book chapters.
A Faculty member of Royal college of Surgeons of England for the Care of the Critically ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) course.
