Mr Rick Saunders

Practising at

Spire Leeds Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Rick Saunders at Spire include:

General surgery

• Colonoscopy
• Hernia surgery
• Haemorrhoids removal treatment
• Anal warts surgery
• Bowel surgery, colostomy and ileostomy
• Cancer tests
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Anal fissure surgery
• Anal fistula surgery
• Gastroscopy

Professional profile

I am a consultant general and colorectal surgeon with a particular interest in laparoscopic surgery. I qualified from Cambridge and trained in Nottingham and Leicester, where we developed significant experience in general surgery, proctology, inflammatory bowel disease and colorectal cancer.

I was awarded a Fellowship in Canada by the Association of Coloproctology, where I performed significant numbers of laparoscopic procedures - particularly laparoscopic colorectal procedures - which I am now performing in the UK.

Private contact details

Qualification and professional memberships

Professional memberships

Association of Surgeons GB and Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Association of Coloproctology of GB and Ireland

Current NHS posts

Consultant general and colorectal surgeon, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
Honorary senior lecturer, University of Leeds

Personal Profile

I am a keen squash player and continue to play at county level. I enjoy skiing and sailing on vacation.