Mr Stephen Pettit

Practising at

Spire Fylde Coast Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Stephen Pettit at Spire include:

General surgery

• Hernia surgery
• Gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy)

Professional profile

I qualified in medicine from Oxford and Manchester Universities then undertook postgraduate training in the Liverpool and Manchester regions. I was fortunate to work with Professor Sir Miles Irving for four years obtaining particular expertise in gastrointestinal and colorectal surgery and the management of inflammatory bowel disease and fistulae. This culminated in the award of a Hunterian Professorship in 1986 for my work on Crohn's disease and fistulae. As a senior registrar I trained in the newly developing field of laparoscopic surgery. After taking up my post as consultant surgeon in 1991 I developed laparoscopic surgery at both Blackpool Victoria Hospital and Spire Fylde Coast Hospital.

I am a designated colorectal surgeon and perform a wide range of laparoscopic colorectal procedures including right hemicolectomy, anterior resection, abdominoperineal resection and rectopexy. I also perform surgery for complex Crohn's disease.

I enjoy performing laparoscopic gallbladder and hernia surgery and have now personally performed over 4,000 laparoscopic cholecystectomies and over 4,000 laparoscopic hernia repairs.

Qualification and professional memberships

MA, MBChB, ChM, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Ed), DRCOG / Oxford and Manchester Universities / 1976
Medical Qualifications

Professional memberships

Royal College of Surgeons of England
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
Association of Surgeons
Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland
Association of Laparoscopic Surgeon of Great Britain and Ireland

Current NHS posts

Consultant General Surgeon, Blackpool Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Personal Profile

I live in St Michaels on Wyre with my wife Jacky who is a consultant emergency physician at Royal Preston Hospital. We have one son Matthew, a keen Rugby player who is studying medicine at Cambridge University. I am a member of Royal Lytham and St Annes Golf Club and play golf when time permits. I enjoy scuba diving. Our weekend pursuits involve  walking in the Lake District and seeing friends.

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