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About me
Mr Pratik Sufi is an experienced specialist general surgeon. He specialises in the surgical treatment of excess weight (obesity), diabetes, heartburn / dyspepsia (gastro-oesophageal reflux disease / hiatus hernia /gallstones), difficulty in swallowing (oesophageal dysmotility and strictures). He is an expert laparoscopic surgeon and has a long experience in treating gallstones, hernia and other abdominal conditions like acute appendicitis, perforated peptic ulcers, intra-abdominal adhesions etc using laparoscopic techniques. He is also an expert endoscopist.
Mr Sufi has a keen interest in minimally invasive surgery. He has travelled extensively to centres of excellence in Hamburg, Prague, Strasbourg, Oslo, Madeira, Oporto, Paris and Lyon to acquire advanced Laparoscopic, Endoscopic, Upper Gastro-Intestinal and Bariatric Surgical skills. He has advanced skills in insertion of gastric balloons and laparoscopic gastric bands, laparoscopic procedures like sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, Nissen’s fundoplication, cholecystectomy, splenectomy and hernia repairs
Areas of interest
Upper gastro-intestinal disease; Laparoscopic helium plasma coagulation; Bariatric surgery (for obesity);Gastrointestinal surgery; Hernia repair surgery; Laparoscopic surgery; Weight loss surgery; Obesity Surgery; Gastic Balloon (Orbera / Elipse); Gastric Bypass; Gastric Banding;
Medical secretaries
About me
External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Whittington Health
Research interests
Bariatric and Upper Gastrointestinal
Investigation of vitamin deficiency and their association to hyperhomocysteinaemia following surgical weight loss.
Assess aerobic fitness and cardiac function with data from CPEX (VO2 max) and Echo from notes.
Effect of surgical weight loss on obesity associated co-morbities, especially type 2 diabetes
Personal interests
Mr Sufi is involved with various charities in the UK and abroad
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
1. Primary Banded Sleeve Gastrectomy - a Systematic Review 2019.
2. Weight Loss Outcomes of Patients with Unplanned Pregnancy within a Year of Bariatric Surgery.
3. Need for Standardization of Perioperative Practices in MGB/OAGB.
4. The development and validation of a scoring tool to predict the operative duration of elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
5. Cost-effectiveness of emergency versus delayed laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute gallbladder pathology.
6. Reply to "Bleeding in Sleeve Gastrectomy-A Simple and Cost-Effective Solution".
7. Vanguard Advanced Goal- Oriented Surgery (VAGOS): In Hospital, Optimum Patient Experience.
8. Effectiveness of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Non-Emergency Cholecystectomy Using Data from a Population-Based Cohort Study.
9. Population based cohort study of variation in the use of emergency cholecystectomy for benign gallbladder diseases.
10. Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass versus One Anastomosis (Mini) Gastric Bypass. A prospective Randomised Controlled Trial. Dragons Den meets Shark tank.
11. Preoperative risk factors for conversion from laparoscopic to open cholecystectomy: a validated risk score derived from a prospective U.K. database of 8820 patients.
12. Enoxaparin venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in bariatric surgery: a best evidence topic
13. Chronic Elevation of Systemic Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Following Surgical Weight Loss: Association with Nausea and Vomiting and Effects on Adipokines.
14. Factors predicting the occurrence of a gastrojejunal anastomosis leak following gastric bypass.
15. Surgical Management of Ogilvie’s Syndrome Post Caesarean Section.
16. BOMSS Standards for Clinical Services and Commissioning Guidelines. 2012.
17. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing predicts postoperative outcome in patients undergoing gastric bypass surgery.
18. Serum insulin and blood pressure in obese may be linked to subcutaneous and omental fat asymmetric dimethyl arginine content.
19. Laparoscopic insertion of a gastric band for weight gain following laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: Description of the Technique.
20. Emergency and elective laparoscopic repair of Spigelian hernias: two case reports and a review of the literature.
21. A symptomatic second gallbladder 7 years post initial cholecystectomy.
22. A Rare Case of Abdominal Aneurysm Presenting as Right Testicular Pain.
Courses offered to GPs
via Spire Bushey GP Liaison
My outcomes
Outcomes (checked and approved by medical professional body)
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My qualifications & training
Qualifications
- Lap Chirurgie
Strasbourg University 2007
- FRCS (Gen)
RCS England 2006
- MS
University of London 1996
- MBBS
University of Dhaka 1990
- FRCS
RCS England 1996
Additional training
- Advanced Laparoscopic Techniques
IRCAD 2007
GMC registration
Reference number 4360548
Details of entry to specialist register
Affiliations / memberships
Royal College of Surgeons of England – Fellow
BOMSS (British Obesity & Metabolic Surgical Society) – Member
IFSO (International Federation for Surgical Treatment of Obesity) – Member
AUGIS (Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland) – Member
My private practice
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.
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