I (Mr.Gadiyar.Nagesh.Rao) am a Consultant Colorectal surgeon, with 22 years of experience in Medicine and Surgery.

I am a Consultant Colorectal surgeon (employed by the East Kent NHS Trust since 1st Feb 2001), with a special interest in Pelvic floor work, Rectal Cancer surgery, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Hernia repairs.

My base hospital is William Harvey Hospital for the last 2.5 years. I do have commitments at Royal Victoria hospital, Folkestone and Bucklands Hospital, Dover. I see my Private patients at BUPA St.Saviours hospital, Hythe and at Chaucer Hospital, Canterbury.

My job involves looking after all colorectal problems – Colorectal cancers, Inflammatory bowel disease and Pelvic floor problems. I have a dedicated Pelvic floor clinic every Tuesday afternoon, where I can perform Endoanal and Endorectal scan. This scan can deal with Rectal cancer staging, Fistula imaging, Sphincter imaging and imaging of Urinary stress incontinence. I am, currently in the process of securing funding for Anorectal physiology to complement Endorectal scanning service.

The service involves a multi-disciplinary approach involving me and the Urogynaecologist. I am trying to model this service on the lines of Pelvic floor service at the University of Minnesota, where I spent some time on a Travelling Fellowship.

I am a trained Colorectal surgeon, having done two years of research dedicated to colorectal surgery at the University of Hull, culminating in a Doctorate of Medicine. The title of my thesis is ‘Evaluation of viscoelasticity of rectum in health and disease’. The research has led to several publications and presentations. Details of this are in the enclosed curriculum vitae.

I obtained my Fellowship of both the Glasgow and Edinburgh colleges in 1986 May, after receiving basic training in London and the Northeast of England. Following my Fellowship, I secured my post-fellowship training in Aberdeen (where I had the pleasure of working as both a General surgical and Paediatric surgical Registrar), Bradford and finally Sunderland.

Following my Sunderland training, I decided to explore a different health care delivery system. I worked in Jeddah for 18 months before returning to UK for my Research appointment at the University of Hull.
My Specialist Registrar training has been in South Wales. I owe most of my current skills and training to my period spent in Singleton hospital, Swansea under Mr.N.D.Carr and Mr.J.Beynon, augmented by my period in the Pelvic floor clinic at the University of Minnesota.

I have decided to have a website primarily because I want my patients to have easy access to all information related to their condition and to know all (well, almost all) about me before deciding on surgery. I have in this website included my Curriculum vitae, Patient Information leaflets and some specific information on Pelvic floor disorders and Rectal cancer surgery.

I have also included information about Hernia repairs. Although, my primary interest is Colorectal surgery, I am quite competent with hernia repairs, having worked under surgeons in the past with major interest in hernia repairs. I currently tend to use a Plug and Patch repair using Bard Plug and Patch. I do not believe that anybody should be subjected to laparoscopic repair unless it is bilateral and recurrent hernia as per the NICE guidelines (National Institute of Clinical Excellence).

I hope you find this site useful. Please let me have your comments, positive or negative, and I will take it on board.