- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Awaiting verification
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Lower GI surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Philip Conaghan qualified from Oxford Medical School in 1995 having completed both pre-clinical and clinical training at Oxford University. As well as his medical degree, he also gained a Masters degree in physiological science and was awarded a post-graduate doctorate in 2010 for his research into bowel cancer both from Oxford University.
Following qualification in 1995, Mr Conaghan carried out his surgical training in Norwich and London before returning to the Oxford region for his registrar training. He gained a prestigious Ethicon laparoscopic fellowship in Nottingham prior to taking up his post in Reading in 2009
Mr Conaghan specialises in minimally invasive procedures for bowel cancer and inflammatory bowel disease as well as general surgical conditions such as hernias and perianal conditions such as haemorrhoids (piles), fissures, fistulae and abscesses. He provides diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy as well as diagnostic gastroscopies (OGD). He has an excellent completion record and polyp-detection record for colonoscopy.
Mr Conaghan regularly examines for Oxford University School of Medicine and teaches surgeons in training on courses run by the Royal College of Surgeons.
Areas of interest
• Haemorrhoids ("piles") • Bowel cancer • Colitis • Crohn's disease • Coloproctology • Laparoscopic procedures ('keyhole surgery') • Minimally invasive surgery • Perianal surgery • Anal fistula • Anal fissure • Colorectal surgery (lower GI) • Pilonidal sinus and abscess • Colonoscopy • Hernias, including inguinal hernia
Medical secretaries
- Isabel Aisbitt
- Spire Dunedin Hospital The Consulting Rooms 22 Bath Road READING RG1 6NS
- 0118 955 3452
- isabel.aisbitt@spirehealthcare.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Ram Dhotarkar
Fee Assured
- Dr Elizabeth Brannigan
Fee Assured
- Dr Jonathan Hughes
Fee Assured
- Dr Michael Ewart
Not Fee Assured
- Dr Thomas Duncan
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
-
H2510
Rigid sigmoidoscopy (including proctoscopy and biopsy) - (5-50)
Spire Dunedin Hospital (5-50)
-
T2400
Repair of umbilical/paraumbilical hernia (irrespective of age) - (5-50)
Spire Dunedin Hospital (5-50)
-
H5240
Banding of haemorrhoids - (5-50)
Spire Dunedin Hospital (5-50)
-
H5230
Injection of sclerosing substance into haemorrhoids - (5-50)
Spire Dunedin Hospital (5-50)
-
H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
Spire Dunedin Hospital (5-50)
- Show All (13 )...