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Consultant Profile

Name:
Mr George Tsavellas MBBS (Lond) MS (Lond) FRCS (Eng) FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Gen Surg)
Practising at:
Spire St Saviour's Hospital
Specialties:
  • General surgery
    • Minimal access surgery
    • Hernia repair surgery
    • Gastrointestinal surgery
    • Endoscopy
    • Coloproctology
    • Colonoscopy
    • Colorectal surgery
Special clinical interests:
  • Colorectal cancer surgery, including Laparoscopic resections, en bloc multivisceral resections & salvage surgery for recurrent pelvic cancer
  • Colonoscopic screening for bowel cancer
  • Advanced laparoscopic techniques including:
    • Laparoscopic colorectal cancer resections
    • Single Incision Laparoscopic (SILS) Cholecystectomy
    • Laparoscopic inguinal, incisional and umbilical hernia repair
  • Surgery for inflammatory bowel disease, including ileal pouches for ulcerative colitis & familial polyposis
  • Surgery for rectal prolapse
  • Anal diseases & complex anal fistula surgery
  • Rhomboid flap for complex or recurrent pilonidal sinus disease
Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant General Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Colorectal Surgery at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and Kent and Canterbury Hospitals, East Kent University NHS Foundation Trust

Year of first medical qualification:
1990 Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:

Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

British Medical Association

East Kent Colorectal DOG

 
Contact Details 
Telephone number to make a private appointment:
01303 233777
Private secretary fax:
0705 3605022 (FAO Mr Tsavellas)
Personal email address:
Availability:
By Appointment only
 
Background Information 
Professional profile:

Mr Tsavellas qualified in 1990 from Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School in London. He undertook basic surgical training on the prestigious University College and Middlesex Hospitals rotation and subsequently entered higher surgical training on the Wessex rotation based in the south of England. He also spent two years undertaking research into colorectal cancer at the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital was awarded the degree of Master of Surgery (MS) from the University of London. He has been a Consultant Surgeon within the East Kent NHS Trust since 2004 and lives in Canterbury. He is the Clinical Lead for Colorectal Surgery at Margate & Canterbury Hospitals.

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Mr Tsavellas, consultant colorectal surgeon, Spire St Saviours Hospital, Hythe east kent

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