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An initial consultation with Mr Douglas Whitelaw is from £200.

Mr Douglas Whitelaw

Consultant General Surgeon

MBChB, FRCS(Ed), FRCS(Gen)

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Mr Whitelaw has been working as a Consultant General and Weight Loss Surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable Hospital since 2004 and is currently Bariatric Lead. He is a highly experienced Laparoscopic and Weight Loss Surgeon. His private practice reflects his NHS Practice and includes all laparoscopic surgery (Keyhole surgery) to the gallbladder, for gallstones and gallbladder disease. ERCP for gallstones and jaundice, bile duct exploration, insertion of bile duct stents for jaundice, gallbladder and pancreatobiliary disease.

He performs weight loss surgery including the insertion of gastric band and balloon, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass and revision surgery.

He also performs all types of abdominal hernia repair at Spire Bushey and Spire Harpenden Hospitals including inguinal, umbilical, incisional and ventral. Most are performed through the keyhole method and this includes both TEP and TAPP procedures.

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General Medical Council Number: C3499681

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Douglas Whitelaw at Spire include:

General surgery

Other treatments

Pancreatology, Gastrointestinal surgery, Pancreatic and biliary surgery, Minimal access surgery, Hernia repair surgery, Laparoscopic surgery, Gastrointestinal surgery, Endoscopy, Obesity Surgery, Pancreatology

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General surgery
Hernia repair surgery
Laparoscopic surgery
Endoscopy
Gastrointestinal surgery
Minimal access surgery
Pancreatic and biliary surgery
Pancreatology
Weight loss surgery

Special Clinical Interests: General Surgery, Laparoscopic Surgery for gallbladder removal, ERCP for gallstones & jaundice, Insertion of bile duct stents, Bile duct exploration, Gallbladder disease, Upper GI endoscopy, Laparoscopic Surgery for hernia repair including TEP & TAPP procedures, Inguinal, Femoral, Incisional & Parastomal Hernia Repair, Weight loss surgery.

Consultant General and Weight Loss Surgeon and Bariatric Lead, Luton and Dunstable Hospital covering Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire

I grew up in Scotland but moved to London in 1992, after qualifying from Edinburgh University in 1990.

I am married with three children and have lived in Hitchin since 2007.

Telephone 0208 901 5555
Website http://www.dougwhitelaw.co.uk
Private secretary Karen King
Private secretary telephone 01582 497 104