- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Awaiting verification
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- General
- Lower GI surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Neil Smith is a consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Spire Gatwick Park hospital in Horley, Surrey. He was born and grew up in Kent, and studied medicine at Wadham College, Oxford University, where he undertook an intercalated Master of Arts degree for which he was awarded a ‘First’. He completed his clinical studies for the MB BS degree at St. George’s Hospital Medical School, in London, graduating in 1996 with Distinctions in final examinations in four subject areas including Surgery. He was awarded Honours in three of these (Surgery, Medicine, and Obstetrics & Gynaecology) by the University of London.
Postgraduate surgical training was completed in hospitals in London and Surrey, and Mr Smith spent 2 years in full-time cancer research at the Royal Marsden Hospital, investigating the significance and detection of blood vessel invasion in colorectal (bowel) cancer. For his thesis he was awarded a doctoral masters degree (MS, Master of Surgery) by the University of London in 2009.
Mr Neil Smith was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon at Surrey & Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Spire Gatwick Park Hospital in 2008. Experienced in general and colorectal surgery, including hernia repair, haemorrhoid and fistula surgery and colonoscopy, he has developed particular expertise in laparoscopic colorectal surgery for both benign and malignant bowel diseases.
Areas of interest
Bowel disease including inflammatory (IBD); Endoscopic procedures; Laparoscopic procedures ('keyhole surgery'); Colorectal surgery (lower GI); Colonoscopy; Flexible Sigmoidoscopy; Hernias, including inguinal hernia; Endoscopy - lower GI; Colitis; Crohn's disease; Coloproctology; Haemorrhoids ("piles"); Colorectal (bowel) cancer; Fissures / fistulas; Colonic polyps; Rectal cancer; Colorectal disease (Lower GI); Colon cancer; Rectal bleeding; Pilonidal Sinus disease; Proctology; Rafaelo Procedure;
Medical secretaries
- Neil Smith
- Spire Gatwick Park Hospital Povey Cross Road Horley RH6 0BB
- neilsmithsec@yahoo.com
Anaesthetists worked with
- Dr Jones Kurian
Fee Assured
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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H5240
Banding of haemorrhoids - ()
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H2002
Diagnostic colonoscopy, includes forceps biopsy of colon and ileum - ()
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X3510
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H4800
Excision of lesion of anus - ()
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H2502
Diagnostic flexible sigmoidoscopy (including forceps biopsy and proctoscopy) - ()
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