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Mr Shashank Gurjar
2021-01-30
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30th January 2021
I am Totally satisfied with the treatment I received from Mr Gurjar. His Bedside manners was excellent. He chose the right surgical procedure for my condition and it was carried out with expert competence. Following surgery, I am completely relieved of all the agonising symptoms I had prior to surgery. I can recommend Mr Gurjar to anyone planning colorectal surgery.
Mr Shashank Gurjar
2021-01-27
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27th January 2021
Treatment was excellent, Doctor Shashank is highly experience and truly professional surgeon, despite of his busy engagement, at every stage he clarified what he is going to do and what are implications, very impressed by his communication skills too.
Mr Shashank Gurjar
2021-01-21
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21st January 2021
Friendly and approachable. Good after care by surgeon and his personal assistant who always responded quickly
Mr Shashank Gurjar
2021-01-13
Person
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13th January 2021
Mr Gurjar explained the procedure very well and put me totally at ease.
The initial consultation, procedure and follow up consultation went very well and I would be more than happy to have further surgery carried out by Mr Gurjar.
Mr Shashank Gurjar
2020-12-22
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22nd December 2020
Mr Gurjar instilled me with confidence from the beginning. He engaged me in my care and did not patronise. He left the choice of whether to have surgery in my hands and was not prescriptive in his manner. He did not make me feel like ‘a patient’ but as a fellow human being and I appreciated this. The bowel surgery itself took much longer than he anticipated as he found other issues in the process. He dealt with these as far as he safely could yet managed to keep the surgery keyhole and avoided a stoma. In my opinion, he went above and beyond to try to avoid a stoma and to address issues that were causing me problems effectively. The time and effort he put into the surgery has already changed my life for the better and I will be forever grateful to him.
Works at
- One Hatfield Hospital, Hatfield
- Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Luton
- Spire Harpenden Hospital, Hertfordshire
- The Clementine Churchill Hospital - part of Circle Health Group, Middlesex
- Bishops Wood Hospital - part of Circle Health Group, Middlesex
- One Stop Doctors, Hemel Hempstead
- Spire Bushey Hospital, Hertfordshire
Specialises in
- General surgery
Profile
Mr Shanks Gurjar was appointed as a Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal & General Surgeon at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital in January 2012. He has a specialist interest in laparoscopic (keyhole) gastrointestinal surgery for bowel cancer (colon and rectum), inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis) and surgical treatment of diverticular disease, and rectal prolapse. He also offers expertise in laparoscopic groin hernia surgery (inguinal, femoral) and incisional hernia repair.
He offers treatment for all common coloproctology conditions including haemorrhoids (THD and Rafaelo), anal fistula surgery, pilonidal sinus, and anal fissures. He is an accredited endoscopist with expertise in colonoscopy and polypectomy.
Shanks graduated from St Marys Hospital, London in 1997, then trained as a surgeon in the South-East Thames region, before completing a fellowship in pelvic floor surgery at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
He has a strong academic interest in clinical surgery and has published extensively across the field of colorectal & general surgery in various papers in peer-reviewed journals. He is currently an examiner for the General Medical Council and actively trains young surgeons in laparoscopic keyhole surgery.
Shanks strives to ensure all his patients have a high quality, evidence-based approach to their care. He holds practising privileges at a number of hospitals in North London and Hertfordshire.