Areas of Expertise
Mr Sanjay Purkayastha performs a range of treatments, including:
- Laparoscopic surgery (keyhole surgery)
- Robotic surgery
- Bariatric & metabolic (weight loss) surgery
- Gastric bands
- Sleeve gastrectomies
- Gastric bypasses
- Surgical management of type 2 diabetes
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Lower GI surgery, for benign disease
- Upper GI surgery, for benign disease
- Anti-reflux surgery
- Hernia surgery
Some of the conditions he commonly treats are:
- Hernias (of all varieties)
- Appendicitis
- Gallstones
- Pancreatitis
- Bowel obstruction
- Heartburn (gastro oesophageal reflux, GORD)
- Obesity and weight loss management (bariatric surgery)
- Gastroparesis
- Diverticulitis
- Achalasia
- Benign hepatobiliary disease
Personal Biography
Mr Sanjay Purkayastha BSc (Hons) MBBS (Hons) MD FRCS (Eng) first qualified in 2000. He trained at Saint Mary’s hospital and medical school, Imperial College London, the London deanery, where he completed his MBBS in 2000, MRCS in 2004 and his MD in 2007. During this period, he was awarded numerous times for excellence in teaching and patient care.
He completed his training at the Royal College of Surgeons England (FRCS Gen Surg), in 2010. During his training he has also spent time at Cook County Hospital, Chicago the Cleveland Clinic, Ohio and the Mayo Clinic in the USA.
He was appointed as a consultant surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, in 2011 and as a clinical senior lecturer at Imperial College, London in 2013.
Mr Purkayastha provides all his bariatric data to the National Bariatric Surgery Registry (NBSR), as he believes that transparency of results and outcome/volume-based surgery ensures the safest and best results for patients.
Getting to know Mr Purkayastha
Mr Purkayastha loves to cook and travel with his family. He is an ardent F45 training enthusiast and also enjoys entrepreneurial nonmedical challenges.
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