- Bupa Platinum consultant
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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Professor Shaun Preston is a distinguished General Surgeon and Director of the specialist Oesophago-Gastric Unit at The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust Hospital. This is a tertiary/quaternary unit specialising in the management of benign oesophago-gastric disorders and is a dedicated oesophago-gastric cancer unit.
Professor Preston has an international reputation in the field of oesophago-gastric cancer and complex hiatal surgery (anti-reflux surgery, revisional anti-reflux surgery, giant paraoesophageal hernias and Heller's cardiomyotomy for achalasia). He is invited to lecture and chair sessions at international conferences, teaches senior trainees and more junior consultants on training programmes, and also demonstrates surgical technique 'live' and by video at specialist symposia.
He has a wealth of expertise in robotic, laparoscopic (keyhole) and open surgery, and also in endoscopic techniques including interventional endoscopy and endoscopic ultrasound. He is very well respected for his specialist skills in the management of reflux, Barrett's oesophagus, oesophageal and gastric cancer, achalasia, abdominal and inguinal hernia repair and gallstones.
Professor Preston earned his medical degree from the University of Leeds. He also has a Doctorate and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In the Intercollegiate Fellowship in General Surgery in 2000, Mr Preston was awarded the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) Gold Medal & Prize for the best results across the UK. He later earned the esteemed Japanese Foundation for the Promotion of Cancer Research/British Council Fellowship at the National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, where he worked in the Gastric, Oesophageal, and Endoscopic Divisions.
Professor Preston previously served as a Visiting Surgeon at the Division of Foregut Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, in 2006 where he learned thoracoscopic oesophagectomy. He, and his team, also visited and worked with Dr Low and his team at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle (2011) to develop the first UK Standardised Enhanced Recovery (ERAS) Pathway for Oesophagectomy. He is well-known on the international stage and is invited to lecture widely, as well as to demonstrate surgical techniques around the world. In 2015, he was the Distinguished Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons of Australia Annual Scientific Meeting.
He is Honorary Professor of Oesophago-Gastric & Robotic Surgery at the University of Surrey, and the Visiting Professor at Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Hospital in Kuwait. His research interests are in the evaluation and optimal management of patients with oesophageal and gastric cancer. He is the National Chief Investigator for one NCRI portfolio study (NeoAEGIS) and Principal Investigator on another (OCCAMS). He has clinical interests in Enhanced Recovery (ERAS), Standardised Clinical Pathways, and Prehabilitation ahead of surgery (Prehab).
Areas of interest
Oesophageal cancer; Barrett's; Reflux; Hiatus hernia; Giant paraoesophageal hernia; Achalasia; Stomach cancer; Robotic surgery; Minimal access surgery; Laparoscopic surgery; Keyhole surgery; Endoscopy; Colonoscopy; Gallstones; Cholecystectomy; Hernia repair; Laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair.
Medical secretaries
- Andreea Onet
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital Stirling Road Surrey Research Park Guildford GU2 7RF
- 01483 207231
- 07407 659340
- secretary@the-robotic-surgeon.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Pradeep R Madhivathanan at the following hospitals:
- Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Justin Kirk-Bayley at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Kayur Patel at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Hani O Abdalla at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Behrad Baharlo at the following hospitals:
- Guy's Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Edward Mathers at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr William J Fawcett at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Matthew Dickinson at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Ian R Barker at the following hospitals:
- HCA Healthcare UK The Lister Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Daniel Krahne at the following hospitals:
- Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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Professor Shaun R Preston has worked with Dr Thomas Wojcikiewicz at the following hospitals:
- Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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G6500
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) includes forceps biopsy, biopsy urease test and dye spray - (5-50)
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (5-50) HCA Healthcare UK The Lister Hospital (1-5) Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - (5-50)
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J1880
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy with peri-operative cholangiogram - (5-50)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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T2002
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia - unilateral - (1-5)
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T1240
Insertion of tube drain into pleural cavity - (1-5)
Guy's Hospital (1-5)
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G4410
Therapeutic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) with insertion of prosthesis - (1-5)
Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5) Guy's Hospital (1-5)
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H2220
Endoscopic ultrasound for tumour staging, including diagnostic endoscopy - (1-5)
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G4430
Therapeutic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) with dilatation - (1-5)
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T2012
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia - bilateral - (1-5)
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G6000
Open formation of jejunostomy - (1-5)
Guy's Hospital (1-5) Nuffield Health Guildford Hospital (1-5)
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G2593
Robotic assisted revision repair of hiatus hernia with anti-reflux procedure - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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S0656
Removal of small lipoma less than 10cm - (1-5)
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T2023
Laparoscopic repair of inguinal hernia requiring mesh - bilateral - (1-5)
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G8082
Diagnostic oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD) and immediate colonoscopy includes forceps biopsies, biopsy test and dye spray (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
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T2400
Repair of umbilical/paraumbilical hernia (irrespective of age) - (1-5)
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J0900
Diagnostic laparoscopy (including any biopsy) - (1-5)
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S4740
Drainage of large subcutaneous abscess/haematoma - (1-5)
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G2333
Robotic assisted repair of hiatus hernia with anti-reflux procedure (e.g. fundoplication) - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5)
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T3600
Wedge excision or removal of omentum (as sole procedure) - (1-5)
Guy's Hospital (1-5)
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J1800
Cholecystectomy (including mini-cholecystectomy) - (1-5)
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T2781
Repair of epigastric hernia - (1-5)
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T4130
Freeing of adhesions of peritoneum - (1-5)




