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Mr Sanjay Purkayastha
2015-07-02
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2nd July 2015
Mr Purkayastha is an amazing surgeon (I had a Gastric Sleeve). He was completely understanding and showed compassion throughout my surgery. I am in no doubt that he saved my life. He listened to my concerns and provided me with honest answers (no beating around the bush or sugar coating). The care he showed was impeccable and even come to check on me several times after surgery although this wasn't expected (or needed). He is a wonderful man, amazing surgeon, who has saved my life. I will forever be grateful to him! I highly recommend Mr Purkayastha for surgery!
Mr Sanjay Purkayastha
2015-06-29
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29th June 2015
Sanjay practically saved my life and that of my unborn baby! I am so grateful to him for getting me through one of the toughest experiences I have been through. At 32 weeks pregnant I had excruciating right sided abdominal pain - everyone else said that it was a UTI and insisted on antibiotics and conservative management. However, Sanjay knew instantly that it was something more serious and sent me for further tests which confirmed acute appendicitis and a ruptured diverticulum - both dangerous to me and of course my baby due to the risk of spreading infection. He made sure that I had immediate surgery and removed the appendix and infection. Luckily my baby did not have to be delivered early which was a relief. Post-operatively it took me a while to recover due to the pregnancy and the limited amount of medications I could take. However, Sanjay was very reassuring and attentive to enable me to get through it all whilst I was in hospital and even after discharge.
He is a real expert in his field but also very down to earth and easy to talk to which makes him very approachable. I would highly recommend him to any patient in the future. Thank you for looking after me so well!
Mr Sanjay Purkayastha
2015-05-20
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20th May 2015
Dr Sanjay first saw me with another surgeon who was looking at my case. He appeared to understand exactly what the problem was and what he needed to get done in terms of surgery to get me up and running again. I then briefly saw him just as I was being wheeled into the operating theatre and he reassured me that everything was going to be fine. Ha has a very confident style, which definitely helped me to become more comfortable before I was put to sleep.
Mr Sanjay Purkayastha
2015-05-15
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15th May 2015
After suffering many years of digestive problems and chest infections I was finally referred to St Mary Hospital where I was fortunate enough to be under the care of Sanjay Purkayastha . He listened to me, sent me for several test, also referred me to Dr Kon's Chest Clinic. When all results were finally in Mr Purkayastha said he could help me.
I was lucky enough not to to have to wait to long for my surgery...which was a Nissen fundoplication. I am now 3 weeks post op and feel I have been given a new lease of life!.
The care and understanding I received from Mr Purkayastha and his team was amazing, I can not thank him enough. He is not only a brilliant surgeon but also a very kind and caring man.
Mr Sanjay Purkayastha
2015-03-25
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25th March 2015
Excellent Dr who listen to my problems, explained the treatment very well and was always very understanding.
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Profile
Sanjay Purkayastha is a Consultant General Surgeon with a specialist interest in Bariatric & Upper GI Surgery. He is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer (associate professor) at Imperial College, London.
His research interests are varied and include surgical education especially digital mobile technologies, clinical research in bariatric and metabolic surgery, assessing the health of healthcare organizations, single port laparoscopic surgery and surgical evidence synthesis.
He has a busy general surgery practice both for elective (planned) surgery and emergencies which include working as a trauma surgeon in one on London's busiest Major Trauma Centres at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington, London. He was also one of the first surgeons in the UK to carry out robotic Bariatric surgery.
He has been the consistently highest volume surgeon at the Imperial Weight Centre which is a Tier 3 and Tier 4 service for weight loss management and surgery for obesity. He routinely carries out gastric bands, sleeve gastrectomies and gastric bypasses all laparoscopically (key hole surgery); as well as carrying out revisional bariatric surgery and providing second opinions for complex cases from other centres.
Mr. Purkayastha provides all his Bariatric data to the NBSR (National Bariatric Surgery Registry) as he is a believer of transparency of results and outcome/volume based surgery ensuring the safest and best results for patients.
Mr. Purkayastha is also collaborating with teams to introduce artificial intelligence and machine learning systems into the operating room environment to improve outcomes and was the first surgeon to do this live in the operating room in 2018.
His general surgery practice includes laparoscopic surgery for hernias of all kinds, gall bladder surgery and anti-reflux surgery (surgery for treatment of severe heartburn) as well as emergency surgery work outside trauma that includes management of conditions such as appendicitis, gallstones, pancreatitis, bowel obstruction, hernia emergencies and the management of many other conditions that present with abdominal pain.
His NHS practice is at St. Mary's Hospital, Praed Street, London and he also sees patients there privately on request in the Lindo Wing where Prince George was born in 2013 and Princess Charlotte born in 2015.
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