Mr Shashi Irukulla
General and Bariatric Surgeon
MBBS. FRCS. FRCS.
"The facilities at Spire Clare Park Hospital are excellent. I find the team at Clare Park very committed, efficient and caring towards patients care."
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I specialise in weight loss surgery, laparoscopic surgery (gallbladder, hiatus hernia and abdominal hernia surgery) and endoscopy procedures.
I have been a consultant upper gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon for the past five years at Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust. I have set up Bariatric Multi Disciplinary Meetings, Upper GI Dysmotility MDT and Gastroparesis MDT meetings at our trust. I have also set up various new services at Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals including Oesophageal manometry and pH monitoring. This has been proven to be a successful service in terms of finances and patient satisfaction. I am a trainee lead for all our higher surgical trainees. I am a national faculty member of Advanced Life Trauma Support Course and Critically Ill Surgical Patient Care courses. I have carried out greater than 2000 laparoscopic surgeries and around 500 to 600 weight loss procedures including complex revision operations. I publish my results in the National Registry (NBSR) and proud to mention I have very low complication and zero mortality rate.
To date I have performed 1000 gallbladder operations, 500 weight loss operations, 5000 endoscopic procedures and more than 100 anti-reflux operations and significant number of other laparoscopic procedures.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Shashi Irukulla at Spire include:
Bariatrics
- Gastric balloon (weight loss balloon)
- Gastric band surgery
- Gastric bypass surgery
- Gastric sleeve surgery (sleeve gastrectomy)
- Swallowable gastric balloon (Elipse™)
- Gastroscopy
- Gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy)
Other treatments
Conversion of Gastric band to Gastric Bypass or Sleeve Gastrectomy and other revisional bariatric surgery.
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Weight loss surgery
Qualification and professional memberships
M.B.B.S / Gulbarga University, India / 1992
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MBBS is a degree given to doctors at the basis of their training.
Professional memberships
BOMSS - British Obesity and Metabolic Surgeons Society
IFSO - International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders
AUGIS - Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
BMA - British Medical Association
Professional leadership
Higher Surgical Trainee Lead - Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
Research and publications
Current NHS posts
Ashford & St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust
Contact information
| Telephone | Self-funding: 01252 895 490 |
| Website | http://www.nu-lifesurgery.co.uk |
| Private secretary | Jackie |
| Private secretary telephone | 01483 724 833 |