Consultant Profile

Name:

Mr Christopher Wong MB Bch, PhD, FRCS, FRCS (Gen Surg)

Practising at:

Spire Cardiff Hospital, Spire Bristol Hospital and Spire South Bank Hospital

Specialties:

General surgery
- Minimal access surgery
- Endocrine surgery
- Hernia repair surgery
- laparoscopic surgery
- Gastrointestinal surgery
- Endoscopy
- Obesity Surgery
Weight loss surgery (Obesity)

Special clinical interests:

SILS or Single Port Access surgery
Gallstones
Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct surgery
Jaundice
Acid reflux and Hiatus hernia surgery
Laparoscopic Hernia Surgery
Sportman's (Gilmore’s) groin
Gastric band, Sleeve gastrectomy, Gastric bypass
Thyroid surgery including re-do complex thyroid surgery
Minimally Invasive Parathyroid surgery
Laparoscopic Adrenal surgery
Laparoscopic Splenectomy
Pudendal Nerve Entrapment decompression surgery

Research interests:

PhD in growth factors and hyperparathyroid disease
Active research and publications in international journals in endocrine and UGI diseases

Current NHS and /or university posts:

Consultant gastrointestinal and endocrine surgeon, Frenchay and Southmead Hospitals, Bristol

Year of first medical qualification:

1992

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

Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons
British Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons
Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons

Contact Details

Telephone number to make a private appointment:

029 2073 5515

Private secretary telephone number:

029 20 026 277

Personal email address:

christopher.wong@nbt.nhs.uk

Website:

http://www.keyhole-surgery.org

Background Information

Professional profile:

I trained in general surgery at Cardiff and in the South West where I developed a specialist interest in gastrointestinal and endocrine surgery. As a senior registrar in Bristol, I continued to develop advance laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of upper gastrointestinal diseases.

Under the guidance of the late Professor Farndon, I was awarded a PhD for my research in endocrine disease.

I have received many prestigious grants and have several book chapters on the management of thyroid diseases in major surgical textbooks and surgical journals. After my research I returned to Cardiff and underwent further specialist training in endocrine surgery encompassing complicated thyroid diseases (benign, cancer and re-do surgery), parathyroidectomy and adrenal (laparoscopic) surgery as well as rare islet pancreatic tumours.

I provide a comprehensive general surgical service with specialist treatment for gallstones including laparoscopic treatment for stones in the bile duct, gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, obesity, splenectomy and hernia. Also I am one of a handful of UK specialists who provides surgical care for the full spectrum of endocrine surgical diseases especially in complicated and re-do neck surgery.

Personal profile:

I have four boys, one beautiful daughter and a King Charles spaniel. I was forced into early retirement from windsurfing due to the arrival of my children. Luckily, in between the nappy changes, I managed to smuggle my skis to safety and transplanted them to my children. To occupy myself between skiing and dreaming about the slopes, I keep a very close eye on rugby, grand prix and the highs and lows of British tennis.