- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General
- Lower GI surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mrs Feldman is a consultant surgeon at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, appointed in 2007. Her undergraduate training was at Guy's & St Thomas's Hospitals in London and surgical training was in the Plymouth, Leicester and Manchester training programmes. She has a degree in Medical education.
During the last 18 years in the Royal Cornwall Hospital she has been the surgical governance lead and has a specific interest in governance and safety. She has also served as the colorectal cancer lead for the Trust and also for the Devon and Cornwall Cancer network and as lead clinician for GI surgery.
Since 2023 she has been studying for a Masters degree in nutritional medicine and has become a joint Nutrition Lead for RCHT.
Areas of interest
Mrs Feldman is interested in seeing patients with abdominal pain and all manner of bowel or anal symptoms. Areas of specialist practice include laparoscopic and open surgery for cancer, polyps, inflammatory bowel disease, diverticulosis, haemorrhoids, fissures, fistulas. Also the medical and surgical management of functional bowel disorders such as obstructive defaecation syndrome, slow transit constipation, faecal incontinence, rectal prolapse, occult prolapse and irritable bowel syndrome.
Medical secretaries
- Cathy Shimmen
- The Duchy Hospital Penventinnie Lane Truro TR1 3UP
- 01872 226101
- catherine.shimmen@ramsayhealth.co.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mrs Melanie Feldman has worked with Dr Angela Granz at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Duchy Hospital (Truro) (1-5)
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Mrs Melanie Feldman has worked with Dr Howard Knifton-Smith at the following hospitals:
- Ramsay Duchy Hospital (Truro) (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
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X3750
Botulinum toxin injections to muscle - (5-50)
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H5640
Excision of anal fissure - (1-5)
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L7032
Haemorrhoidal artery ligation operation (including image-guided) +/- recto anal prolapse repair - (1-5)
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H2003
Therapeutic colonoscopy with snare loop biopsy or excision of lesion - (1-5)
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H5100
Haemorrhoidectomy (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
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H5510
Laying open of low anal fistula (fistulotomy) (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
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H5520
Laying open of high anal fistula (fistulotomy) (including sigmoidoscopy) - (1-5)
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H4480
Dilation of stricture of rectum - (1-5)
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - (1-5)
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H4800
Excision of lesion of anus - (1-5)
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H2503
Therapeutic sigmoidoscopy with snare loop biopsy or excision of lesion - (1-5)
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H0610
Extended excision of right hemicolon - (1-5)
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H2350
Endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) of colorectal polyp - (1-5)
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H2510
Rigid sigmoidoscopy (including proctoscopy and biopsy) - (1-5)