Mr Abhi Sharma

Abhi Sharma is a General and Colorectal Surgeon at the University Hospital of South Manchester which he began in July 2012. Sharma completed his medical training in Pune India at the BJ Medical College and David Sassoon Hospital. He then did a three-year general surgical residency training in SMS College and Hospital in Jaipur, India.

In 2001 Sharma moved to Yorkshire and underwent basic surgical training in Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.

He then did basic sciences and clinical research under Professor John Monson and Professor Lesley Walker, which culminated in an MD in 2005. Then Sharma started his specialist registrar training in the Yorkshire Deanery.

He trained in Leeds, Hull and Sheffield among other hospitals in Yorkshire. He also went for a three month pelvic floor and
proctology fellowship to Mannheim, Germany and worked with Professor Alex Herold.

After obtaining CCT and completing specialist registrar training in June 2011, he went to Rochester, NY, USA for a colorectal fellowship to further his experience in colorectal surgery.

He started working in UHSM in July 2012. His interests include pelvic floor surgery, laparoscopic and minimally invasive colorectal surgery including surgery for cancer and inflammatory bowel disease and advanced endoscopy and transanal microsurgical techniques. He has also been extensively involved in research during his career and has over 50 peer reviewed journal publications.

surgery for inflammatory bowel disease, ileoanal pouch surgery, surgery for crohn's disease, surgery for ulcerative colitis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic hernia repair, surgery for anal fistula, surgery for haemorrhoids, surgery for diverticular disease, pelvic floor surgery, surgery for rectal prolapse, surgery for rectocele, bowel cancer surgery, colonoscopy, pilonidal sinus surgery, surgery for incisional hernia, surgery for inguinal hernia, surgery for umbilical hernia, sphincter repair surgery, surgery for early rectal cancer, surgery for anal fissure, surgery for small bowel tumours,

surgery for inflammatory bowel disease, ileoanal pouch surgery, surgery for crohn's disease, surgery for ulcerative colitis, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, laparoscopic hernia repair, surgery for anal fistula, surgery for haemorrhoids, surgery for diverticular disease, pelvic floor surgery, surgery for rectal prolapse, surgery for rectocele, bowel cancer surgery, colonoscopy, pilonidal sinus surgery, surgery for incisional hernia, surgery for inguinal hernia, surgery for umbilical hernia, sphincter repair surgery, surgery for early rectal cancer, surgery for anal fissure, surgery for small bowel tumours,