Consultant Profile

Name:

Mr Douglas Whitelaw MBChB, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Gen)

Practising at:

Spire Harpenden Hospital

Specialties:

General surgery
- Obesity
- Endoscopy
- Obesity Surgery
- Hernia repair surgery
Weight loss surgery (Obesity)

Special clinical interests:

Gastric band and gastric by-pass weight loss surgery, laparoscopic surgery, ERCP, endoscopy, hernia, gall bladder, pancreatic and billiary surgery

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant General Surgeon, Luton and Dunstable Hospitals NHS Trust
Honorary Consultant Surgeon, Royal Free Hospital, London

Year of first medical qualification:

1990

Contact Details

Telephone number to make a private appointment:

0800 585 112

Private secretary telephone number:

01582 497234

Private secretary fax:

01582 718278

Personal email address:

douglas.whitelaw@btinternet.com

Availability:

Outpatient clinics held Tuesday evenings at Spire Harpenden Hospital.

Background Information

Professional profile:

Mr Whitelaw has been working as a Consultant Surgeon at The Luton and Dunstable NHS trust since October 2004. His special interests are weight loss surgery, laparoscopic surgery and pancreatobiliary surgery.
His NHS practice reflects these special interests and includes laparoscopic gastric bypass and laparoscopic gastric band surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic hernia surgery, therapeutic endoscopy, ERCP and pancreatic and biliary surgery.
At the Luton and Dunstable hospital He is also part of the multi-disciplinary team offering gastric bypass and banding surgery for obesity.

Personal profile:

Mr Whitelaw grew up in Scotland but moved to London in 1992, after qualifying from Edinburgh University in 1990.

He is married with three children and has lived in Hitchin for three years. Besides surgery, he is a keen sailor, regularly skippering cruising yachts on the south coast, western Scotland and beyond.

Other interests include music, he has played the piano for many years and is currently learning the accordian. He also enjoys hiking and cycling with his family.

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Mr Douglas Whitelaw

Mr Douglas Whitelaw General surgery & Weight loss surgery (Obesity) Consultant, Harpenden, Herts, private hospital specialist.