Mr Shlok Balupuri

Consultant General Surgeon
MB BS, FRCS, MD, RAMC

Practising at

Spire Washington Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Shlok Balupuri at Spire include:

General surgery

Bariatrics

Other treatments

Mini Gastric Bypass Surgery, Revisional Bariatric Surgery

Professional profile

I am a Consultant Surgeon at Sunderland Royal Hospital. I provide private practice surgery at Spire Washington Hospital. I am trained in Hepatopancreatobiliary, Laparoscopic Bariatric surgery and anti reflux surgery. I have trained and performed Weight Loss Surgery and now teach as a faculty team member at Bariatric Courses. I have been to various bariatric units based in Frankfurt, Oslo and Bruges, Baghdad and India.

I perform Laparoscopic, gastric bypass surgery, mini gastric bypass surgery, gastric sleeve resections and gastric balloon insertion for surgical management of Obesity. I have also performed revisional Weight loss procedures. My other interests include Pancreato-biliary surgery, Gallstone and Laparoscopic anti reflux surgery.

I have extensively published and presented at various national and international journals and conferences. I am a member of the Association of Upper GI Surgeons, the Pancreatic Society, British Medical Association, British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS) and International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO). I am also a commissioned officer in the Army Reserves and have recently returned home after deployment.

I am a Tutor at bariatric courses and am on editorial board of Bariatric journals. I am involved in Northern Deanery as a Associate Foundation Programme Director conducting training courses abroad for foreign trainees.

I have performed over 1,250 bariatric procedures and I am in the top 10 percentile of bariatric surgeons in the UK.

Clinical Interests

General surgery
Endoscopy
Obesity surgery

Special Clinical Interests: Weight-loss surgery; Anti reflux; Biliary, Gallstones and Pancreatic.

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Journals

My surgery outcomes can be viewed at National Bariatric Surgery Registry

Qualification and professional memberships

MB BS / University of Delhi / 1986
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

FRCS / Royal College of Surgeons / 1997
Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons

MD / Newcastle University / 2003
Medical Degree

RAMC / Royal Army Medical Corps / 2005
Member of the Army Reserves

Professional memberships

Association of Upper GI Surgeons
Pancreatic Society
British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society
International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity (IFSO)

Current NHS posts

Consultant Upper GI and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Sunderland Royal Hospital

Research and Publication

Anti reflux; Obesity.

Articles

Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and Bariatric Surgery
March 2015

Private contact details

Telephone	0191 418 8687
Email	info@spirewashington.com
Private secretary	Stephanie
Private secretary fax	0191 4176573
Private secretary email	stephanie.lowes@spirehealthcare.com