Mr Francesco Di Maggio

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Mr Francesco Di Maggio is a Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon practising in London, with an NHS consultant post at Croydon University Hospital.
He specialises in minimally invasive surgery across the full breadth of general and upper gastrointestinal surgery, with particular expertise in gallstone disease, hernia repair, gastro-oesophageal reflux, and hiatal and paraoesophageal hernia.

His surgical practice is predominantly minimally invasive, covering laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstone disease, inguinal, femoral, umbilical and incisional hernia repair, laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery (including fundoplication and revision procedures), and the management of complex hiatal and large paraoesophageal hernias. He also performs soft tissue and minor surgical procedures.

Mr Di Maggio qualified with honours from the University of Milan-Bicocca in 2006 and completed his general surgery training at the University of Parma in 2014. His doctoral thesis on pancreatic cancer was subsequently published in Pancreatology. He holds a Master's Degree in Surgery of Humanitarian Emergencies (2017), gained in part through fieldwork with Médecins Sans Frontières in Sub-Saharan Africa, reflecting a commitment to surgical practice beyond conventional settings.

Between 2018 and 2021, he undertook advanced fellowship training in upper GI surgery at St Thomas' Hospital, London, one of the UK's foremost oesophago-gastric units. He has maintained long-standing research collaborations with Barts Cancer Institute, King's College London, and Imperial College London, contributing to high-impact publications and presenting at national and international conferences.

He is a member of the International Society for Diseases of the Oesophagus, the European Foregut Society, the British Medical Association, and the Italian Medical Association of Great Britain.

What I can help with:

Patients are seen for a wide range of symptoms and conditions, including gallstone-related pain and biliary complications, abdominal and groin hernias, heartburn, regurgitation, difficulty swallowing, chest discomfort of oesophageal origin, and symptomatic hiatal or paraoesophageal hernia. Each consultation includes a thorough assessment of surgical and non-surgical options, with management tailored to the individual's symptoms, anatomy, and investigation findings.