Consultant Profile

Name:

Mr Stephen Pollard MA MS FRCS BSc

Practising at:

Spire Leeds Hospital

Specialties:

General surgery
- Obesity
- Obesity Surgery
Weight loss surgery (Obesity)

Special clinical interests:

Obesity/weight loss surgery
Gastric bypass
Gastric band
Transplant surgery

Research interests:

Physiology of morbid obesity and clinical immunosuppression

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant General Surgeon, St James's University Hospital
Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Leeds

Year of first medical qualification:

1981

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

Royal College of Surgeons
British Obesity Surgical Society (Council member)
British Transplant Society

Contact Details

Telephone number to make a private appointment:

0113 206 4608

Private secretary:

Louise Smith

Private secretary telephone number:

0113 206 4608

Private secretary email address:

louise.smith@leedsth.nhs.uk

Personal email address:

spollard@doctors.org.uk

Website:

http://www.obesitysurgery.org.uk

Background Information

Professional profile:

Mr Stephen Pollard is a consultant general surgeon and qualified at St George's, London in 1981. He joined as a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1986. His post graduate training took place in Nottingham, Cambridge and USA.

Mr Pollard developed interests in obesity surgery when appointed to a consultant position in Leeds in 1993. He participated in a fact finding sabbatical to an obesity unit in USA in 1993 and commenced a clinical programme in 1994. His current activity (NHS and Private) is 200 obesity operations per year with a total experience of over 2500 operations for obesity. Mr Pollard is also the clinical director in transplant surgery. He is one of the founder members of the British Obesity Surgical Society.

Personal profile:

Mr Stephen Pollard's main non medical interests are classic cars and travel.

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Mr Stephen Pollard

Mr Stephen Pollard, Consultant Weight Loss Surgeon, Obesity Surgery, Gastric Bypass, Gastric Band, Spire Leeds, Private Hospital, Roundhay, Leeds, Yorkshire