Dr Sharmistha Guha : Obstetrics and gynaecology

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Overview

Specialises in

Gynaecology

Reproductive medicine

Sexual and reproductive healthcare

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Miss Sharmistha Guha is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at West Middlesex Unniversity Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust.
She graduated from India in 2000 and began her career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. She moved to London in 2004.
She trained in the Northwest Thames region of London Deanery. She developed her special interest in early pregnancy and emergency gynaecology and took time out of her training to perform research in this field at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. She has carried out several multicentred early pregnancy research projects including study in pregnancy of unknown location and has several papers in peer reviewed journals to her credentials. She is a regular speaker in many national and international forums. Miss Guha is proficient in performing early pregnancy and gynaecology ultrasound. She did Post graduate diploma in gynaecology and early pregnancy ultrasound from King's College London in 2011.
Miss Guha has a wide and extensive clinical and surgical experience in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She has done advanced training in the following specialist skills module:

» Benign Gynaecological open and laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery
» Acute gynaecology and Early pregnancy care
» Advanced Labour Ward Management

West Middlesex University Hospital is a busy district general hospital which has recently merged with Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust. Approximately, 5000 babies are born here every year. Miss Guha has a varied work load with weekly gynaecology clinics, scan sessions at Early pregnancy unit and gynaecology scans, antenatal clinics and colposcopy clinics. She does theatre lists and labour ward sessions every week. Practising in this busy NHS hospital helps Miss Guha to maintain and develop her skills. Miss Guha engages and continues to publish research work and this helps to keep her knowledge updated and helps her to practice evidence based medicine.
Miss Sharmistha Guha has the following leadership roles:
Clinical Lead for the Termination of Pregnancy and Gynaecology Risk Management service at the West Middlesex University Hospital.
Regional RCOG preceptor for training in Acute gynaecology and Early pregnancy – overall incharge of trainees pursuing specialist training in this module in Northwest London.
RCOG preceptor for Benign Gynaecological Surgery (Open & Laparoscopic) – Recognised as being able to provide training to the trainees pursuing specialist training in this module.
Miss Guha provides a comprehensive range of elective and emergency gynaecological services including gynaecology ultrasound, early pregnancy care, colposcopy and benign gynaecological surgery.

Areas of interest

Early Pregnancy Care
Early Pregnancy/ Gynaecology Ultrasound
General Woman's Health Check
Laparoscopic & Hysteroscopic Surgery
General Gynaecology
Endometriosis
Abnormal Bleeding
Fibroids
Pelvic Organ Prolapse & Urinary Incontinence
Colposcopy
Pregnancy Termination & Contraception
Pregnancy

Medical secretaries

Amit Christian
10 Southwold Spur Slough SL3 8XX
020 8004 3717
admin@medicalsecs.co.uk

Anaesthetists worked with

Dr Sharmistha Guha has worked with Dr Elizabeth Whitehead at the following hospitals:
- Lister Hospital (1-5)
Dr Sharmistha Guha has worked with Dr James Armstrong at the following hospitals:
- Lister Hospital (>50)
Dr Sharmistha Guha has worked with Dr Deepak Nathwani at the following hospitals:
- Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)

Dr Sharmistha Guha has worked with Dr Sunil Wijetilleka at the following hospitals:
- Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)
Dr Sharmistha Guha has worked with Dr Malgosia Albin at the following hospitals:
- Lister Hospital (1-5)
Dr Sharmistha Guha has worked with Dr Kalyana Nandakumar at the following hospitals:
- Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)

About me

External resources

Topdoctors : https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/doctor/sharmistha-guha
My website : http://www.sharmisthaguha.com

Current NHS consultant posts held

Consultant Obstetrics and Gynaecologist
Chelsea and Westminster NHS Trust
369 Fulham Rd, Chelsea, London SW10 9NH

Research interests

Early Pregnancy Research
Have published many papers in peer - reviewed journals.

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease.
Have presented and published in peer - reviewed journals.

Awards received

1st Prize Oral Presentation, RCOG 2014 World Congress, Hyderabad, India (2014
â€¢Â â€‹1st Prize Audit Presentation, End of Term SHO Audit Day, John Radcliffe Hospital (2006)
â€¢Â 2nd Prize Poster Presentation, South Thames Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (2005)

(Additional) Languages spoken

Publications

Several early pregnancy research projects including study in pregnancy of uncertain viability and pregnancy of unknown location
13 papers in peer reviewed journals; 27 posters presented in national and international conferences, 6 chapters written or edited and 1 book written.
1.Â Â Â Â Â Â The clinical performance of the M4 decision support model to triage women with a pregnancy of unknown location as at low or high risk of complications.
Bobdiwala S, Guha S, Van Calster B, Ayim F, Mitchell-Jones N, Al-Memar M, Mitchell H, Stalder C, Bottomley C, Kothari A, Timmerman D, Bourne T. Hum Reprod. 2016 Jul;31(7):1425-35.
2.Â Â Â Â Â Â Triaging pregnancies of unknown location: the performance of protocols based on single serum progesterone or repeated serum hcg levels
Guha S, Ayim F, Ludlow J, Sayasneh A, Condous G, Kirk E, Stalder C, Timmerman D, Bourne T, Van Calster B; Hum Reprod. 2014 May;29(5):938-45

3.Â Â Â Â Â Â External validation of a models and simple scoring systems to predict the outcome of intrauterine pregnancy of uncertain viability
Guha S, Van Belle V, Bottomley C, Preisler J, Vathanan V, Sayasneh A, Stalder C, Timmerman D, Bourne T; Hum Reprod. 2013 Nov;28(11):2905-11
4.Â Â Â Â Â Â Introducing acute gynaecology dashboard as a clinical governance tool
Guha S, Hoo P, Bottomley C; Clinical Governance: An International Journal, 2013; 18(3):228 â€“ 237

Courses offered to GPs

Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
Contraception
PCOS

About my work

My qualifications & training

My private practice

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Procedures completed

P2730
Colposcopy (+/- biopsy, polypectomy or vulvoscopy) - (5-50)

Lister Hospital (5-50) Syon Clinic (1-5) Chiswick Medical Centre (1-5)
Q1700
Therapeutic hysteroscopic operations on uterus (including endometrial ablation excluding microwave or radiofrequency ablation) +/- Mirena coil insertion - (5-50)

Lister Hospital (5-50) Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)
Q1800
Hysteroscopy (including biopsy, dilatation, +/- cauterisation, curettage and resection of polyp(s) +/- Mirena coil insertion) - (5-50)

Lister Hospital (5-50) Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)
Q3800
Laparoscopy and therapeutic procedures (including laser, diathermy and destruction e.g. endometriosis, adhesiolysis, tubal and ovarian surgery, +/-ureterolysis) - (5-50)

Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5) Lister Hospital (1-5)
P0600
Excision of lesion of vulva - (1-5)

Lister Hospital (1-5) Syon Clinic (1-5) Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5) Chiswick Medical Centre (1-5)
P2000
Excision of lesion of vagina (e.g. warts and cysts) - (1-5)

Lister Hospital (1-5) Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5)
Q1281
Removal and/or replacement of an embedded / migrated Mirena coil (as sole procedure) - (1-5)

Chiswick Medical Centre (1-5) Clementine Churchill Hospital (The) (1-5) Syon Clinic (1-5)
P0320
Marsupialisation of bartholin cyst - (1-5)

Syon Clinic (1-5) Lister Hospital (1-5)
Q2230
Laparoscopic oophorectomy and salpingectomy, +/- biopsy eg. omentum, peritoneum, lymph node (as sole procedure) - bilateral - (1-5)
Q0920
Myomectomy (including laparoscopically) +/- ureterolysis - (1-5)

Lister Hospital (1-5)
P0910
Biopsy of lesion of vulva - (1-5)

Lister Hospital (1-5)
Q0330
Cone biopsy of cervix uteri and/or (+/- laser, colposcopy or polypectomy) - (1-5)

Lister Hospital (1-5)
Q1280
Introduction of a mirena coil - (1-5)

Lister Hospital (1-5)
Q1802
Hysteroscopy with resection of fibroids (excluding morcellation) +/- insertion of Mirena coil - (1-5)
P2390
Anterior (+/- posterior) colporrhaphy with vaginal hysterectomy with laparoscopic assistance (including primary repair of enterocele and cystoscopy) - (1-5)
Q1701
Laparoscopic excision of endometriosis, +/-ureterolysis - (1-5)

Lister Hospital (1-5)

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