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Ashish P Desai

Also known as: Desai AP

Royal London Hospital, Royal College of Surgeons of England

ORCID iD 0000-0002-1014-7626
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About

Mr Desai is a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon at Royal London Hospital & Honorary Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London. He was also the Honorary Secretary of the British Association of Paediatric Surgeons (BAPS).

After completing Paediatric Surgery training in India, Mr Desai worked as a Registrar at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and held Consultant positions at prestigious centres including Yorkhill Children’s Hospital, Glasgow and at Cardiff and Oxford. He then worked as a Consultant Paediatric Surgeon for 12 years at King's College Hospital, London and simultaneously established the Paediatric Surgery outreach service at Medway Maritime Hospital, Kent.

Named amongst UK's top 100 children's specialists by The Times magazine in 2012, Mr Desai is one of the UK's senior paediatric surgeons and specialises in using minimally invasive laparoscopic techniques to achieve scar-free surgeries in children.

In 2012, Mr Desai established the surgical weight loss centre for Adolescents. He is part of numerous national committees to address the growing issue of childhood obesity and is working towards establishing adolescent bariatric surgery standards in the country

Mr Desai has also published many scientific articles and papers on paediatric bariatrics and general paediatric surgery. He has been invited as speaker at international and national conferences. He also maintains a keen interest in medical education through the teaching and examination of undergraduate and post graduate students as well as educational supervisor for paediatric surgery

Employment

  • Royal London Hospital Consultant
    2020 - Present

Education

  • Royal College of Surgeons of England FRCS( Paed Surgery)
    2006 - Present

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