Mr Naga Venkatesh Jayanthi : General surgery

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Accredited endoscopist

Overview

Specialises in

General

Upper GI surgery

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Accredited endoscopist

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Mr Jayanthi is a Consulant Laparoscopic Surgeon, and specialises in treatment of hernias, gallstones (gall bladder and bile duct stones), heartburn, cancer surgery and weight loss surgery.

He graduated from the prestigious Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute in India and undertook stem cell research at University of Oxford University and was awarded an MD.

Mr Jayanthi trained as a Specialist Registrar in Wales and completed post-training fellowships at world-renowned centres of excellence. He spent a year at ICENI, Colchester, another year at Senior Registrar at St James’ University Hospital, Leeds and completed a coveted Ethicon Bariatric Fellowship at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton (International Centre of Excellence for Bariatric Surgery).

Mr Jayanthi works as a Consultant Surgeon at Broomfield Hospital and has a private practice at

1. Springfield Hospital, Chelmsford
2. Spire Hartswood Hospital, Brentwood

Mr Jayanthi pioneers in using advanced technology. He performed UK's first robotic oesophagectomy (for cancer) and uses 3D laparoscopic technology regularly in his surgical practice. Mr Jayanthi has also described an unique technique of fully hand-sewn anastomosis which has been published and presented at both national and international meetings.

Mr Jayanthi is a strong advocate of key hole surgery and majority of his practice, both elective and emergency operations are performed laparoscopically. He was awarded the prestigious David Dunn Travelling Scholarship by ALSGBI (http://www.alsgbi.org/resources/fellowships.htm) & (http://www.alsgbi.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newsletter_autumn_2015_HR.pdf). As a part of this award he has travelled to Japan and India visiting world renowned surgeons. Mr Jayanthi practices a number of advanced key hole operation techniques that he learnt on these travels (https://vimeo.com/150351994).

My Jayanthi has travelled to Zambia as a part of charity to train doctors in that country in key hole surgery (http://www.alsgbi.org/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/newsletter_autumn_2016_HR.pdf). Videos of his specialised expert operations have been presented at various conferences. Mr Jayanthi is a faculty at key hole surgery courses at The Royal College of Surgeons and is an invited speaker at various national and international conferences.

Areas of interest

Mr Jayanthi performs key hole surgery for all the following conditions:

1. Gall Stones & jaundice from gallstones;
2. Hernias (groin and incisional hernias);
3. Reflux / heart burn / difficulty swallowing;
4. Weight loss (Bariatric) surgery (gastric band, sleeve gastrectomy, gastric balloon, gastric bypass);
5. Removal of spleen;
6. Stomach cancer;
7. Oesophageal (gullet) cancer - one of the very few in the country to do totally key hole operation for this complex cancer;
8. Adrenal gland tumours.

He also specialises in diagnostic and advanced endoscopic procedures and treatments:

1. Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (for early oesophageal (gullet cancer);
2. Radio-frequency ablation (RFA) for pre-cancerous conditions;
3. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) - for feeding in patients with head & neck cancer or after stroke.

Medical secretaries

Sue Cherington
Moulsham Mill Parkway Chelmsford CM2 7PX
01245 234412
info@tpm.org.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Kevin Kiff Fee Assured
Dr Jayachandran Radhakrishnan Fee Assured
Dr Subodha Thanthulage Fee Assured

Dr Gyanesh Namjoshi Fee Assured
Dr Amit V Gadre Fee Assured
Dr Benjamin Maddison Fee Assured

About me

External resources

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant General, Upper GI & Bariatric Surgeon
Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford. CM1 7ET

Honorary Senior Lecturer, Queen Mary University London

Cancer Lead, Essex Upper GI, Regional Centre for gastro-oesophageal surgery

Deputy Chairman, Essex & Ipswich Upper GI cancer network

Research interests

Mr Jayanthi has pioneered in performing keyhole surgery. He has been an invited speaker at both national and international meeting. This technique has been shown to to result in excellent outcomes and has been published in peer reviewed journals.

Mr Jayanthi believes that technology plays a huge role in operative surgery. He has pioneered in using a number of different technologies in performing operations achieving excellent results. He is currently studying the role of existing and emerging technology in operative surgery.

Personal interests

In his free time, he likes playing cricket & squash. He enjoys running, cycling and taking his son to swimming. Mr Jayanthi ran British 10K London 2014 raising funds for Macmillan. He has developed interest in road biking and looks forward to biking in his free time.

He has been to Zambia on a charity mission to train and improve keyhole surgery in that country.

Awards received

1. David Dunn Travelling Fellowship, 2013. Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
2. Laparoscopic Training bursary, 2011. Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland.
2. Ethicon grant for SORTED Bariatric course.
3. Grant from Olympus towards funding for Advanced Laparoscopic Biliary surgery course at Royal Edinburgh Infirmary.

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

1. Male infertility following inguinal hernia repair: a systematic review and pooled analysis.
Hernia. 2016 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print].
2. Population-based cohort study of variation in the use of emergency cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases. Br J Surg. 2016 Nov;103(12):1716-1726.
3. Population-based cohort study of outcomes following cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases. Br J Surg. 2016 Nov;103(12):1704-1715
4. Cost-effectiveness of emergency versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallbladder pathology. Br J Surg. 2017 Jan;104(1):98-107
5. Preoperative risk factors for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy: a validated risk score derived from a prospective U.K. database of 8820 patients. HPB (Oxford). 2016 Nov;18(11):922-928
6. Gastric electrical stimulation for treatment of clinically severe gastroparesis.J Minim Access Surg. 2013 Oct;9(4):163-7
7. Laparoscopic repair of perforated peptic ulcer. Surg Endosc. 2011 Dec;25(12):3946-7.
8. Laparoscopic repair of perforated peptic ulcer â€“ Technical Tip. Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech. 2013 Aug;23(4):e145-6
9. Emergence of secondary resistance to imatinib in recurrent gastric GIST. J Gastrointest Surg. 2010 Dec;14(12):2018-9
10. Patients' attitudes towards "do not attempt resuscitation" status. J Med Ethics. 2008 Aug;34(8):624-6.
11. Pre-vertebral surgical emphysema following functional endoscopic sinus surgery. J Laryngol Otol. 2006 Nov;120(11):e38.
12. The competency of foregut mesenchyme in islet mesenchyme-to-epithelial transition during embryonic development.J Pediatr Surg. 2006 Feb;41(2):347-51.
13. The effect of IV cannula length on the rate of infusion. Injury. 2006 Jan;37(1):41-5.
14. The importance of pancreatic embryonic epithelium for mesenchyme-to-epithelial transition during islet development. Transplant Proc. 2005 Oct;37(8):3485-6.
15. Foregut mesenchyme contributes cells to pancreatic acini during embryonic development in a chick-quail chimera model. Pediatr Surg Int. 2005 Mar;21(3):138-42.
16. Foregut Mesenchyme Contributes Cells to Islets during Pancreatic Development in a 3-Dimensional Avian Model. Organogenesis. 2004 Oct;1(2):45-51.

Courses offered to GPs

1. Common Bile Duct stones - Laparoscopic CBD exploration 'one stop shop'.
2. Hernia repair - minimal access or not?
3. Benefits of weight loss surgery
4. Endoscopy after Upper GI Surgery

About my work

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My qualifications & training

Qualifications

FRCS (Upper GI Surgery) The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2009
MD Newcastle University & Oxford University 2007
MB BS Bangalore University, India 1999
MRCS Ed The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh 2002

Additional training

Higher Surgical Training All Wales Deanery 2005
Senior Laparoscopic Fellow ICENI Centre, Colchester 2009
Ethicon Bariatric Fellow Musgrove Hospital, Taunton (International Centre of Excellence) 2011
Senior Registrar, Bariatric & Oesophagogastric Surgery St James University Hospital, Leeds 2010

GMC registration

Reference number 5200363

Details of entry to specialist register

General Medical Council , 2012

Affiliations / memberships

Association of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgeons
Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain & Ireland
British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society (Sub-committee member - communications)
Royal Society of Medicine
European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons

My private practice

Practice hours

Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings

Spire Hartswood Hospital, Brentwood. CM13 3LE
Thursday
19:00 - 20:00
01245 234412

Springfield Hospital, Chelmsford. CM1 7GU
Monday
18:00 - 20:30
01245 234412

Springfield Hospital, Chelmsford. CM1 7GU
Wednesday
18:30 - 20:30
01245 234412

Post treatment communication

Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies guidelines.

In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the following contact details

01245 234412

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