Mr Dhiren Nehra

Mr Dhiren Nehra is an experienced Consultant Surgeon based at Epsom & St Helier University Hospitals since 1999. He specialises in Laparoscopic and Gastrointestinal Surgery and has developed his own surgical technique for mini-incision inguinal hernia repair and incisional hernia repair (which can be performed under local anaesthetic). He has also been accredited to carry out the new anti-reflux magnetic titanium ring LINX implant procedure in the UK.

Mr Nehra graduated in 1983 in Bombay with a Masters in General Surgery, and then underwent higher training in Wales specialising in Upper GI Surgery and culminating in FRCS (Gen Surg) with Mphil Thesis on 'Bile Reflux in Barrett's Oesophagus'. He has also received training at the University Hospital California, USA under the renowned Professor Tom DeMeester, as well as at the National Cancer Hospital in Japan. More recently, he undertook a sabbatical year working in New Zealand.

Mr Nehra is dedicated to education and research and he has served as a London Deanery Surgical Tutor for many years. He has conducted trainings all over the world including India, Malawi and Romania. As the cancer specialist for South West Thames upper GI cancer network, his research work was carried out in the USA and specialised in reflux, biliary and hernia surgery. He has extensive publications on reflux disease and oesophageal diseases in peer-reviewed and academic journals.