Mr Gautam Mehra

Mr Gautam Mehra is a Consultant Gynaecologist specialising in all areas of Gynaecology and Gynaecological Oncology. He sees patients privately at The London Bridge Hospital, HCA at The Shard, Lister Hospial (chelsea) and Guy's &  St Thomas' Hospital.

He is the Clinical Lead for Gynaecological Oncology at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital, London - a leading tertiary referral centre and designated South East London Cancer Centre in London.

Mr Mehra graduated in 1996 from Mysore University and completed his gynaecology training in various London hospitals, including: Queen Charlotte's, St Bartholomew's, St George's and Chelsea & Hammersmith Hospitals. He also completed advanced training in complex gynaecological pelvic surgery, including laparoscopic surgery. In 2012, he was certified as a Specialist in Gynaecoological Oncology by  the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists after training at both Guy's and St Thomas' and The Kent Oncology Centre in Maidstone. He was first appointed at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital as a Consultant in 2014.

Mr Mehra leads the Robotic surgery in Gynaecology at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital (GSTT)  - a centre of excellence for robotic surgery in the United Kingdom . He started the robotic surgery programme at GSTT and is the first gynaecologist to be awarded a PhD in Robotics from King's College London (KCL) University. His research studied tumour detection using haptics to improve perception in robotic surgery.

Mr Mehra leads the department at GSTT offering services including Rapid-Access outpatient diagnostic clinics, Colposcopy and Cancer diagnosis/treatment. He works conjointly with a team of geneticist, psychologists and counsellors team managing patients diagnosed with BRCA mutation and Lynch syndrome, who are at higher risk of gynaecological cancers. He also has specialist experience in fertility preservation options for gynaecological cancers. Mr Mehra is a core member of the multidisciplinary cancer team (MDT) at GSTT and at London Bridge hospital.

Mr Mehra has extensive experience in surgical techniques including advanced laparoscopic and robotic surgery in gynaecology and gynaecological cancers. He excels in complex gynaecological complex including advanced endoetriosis and radical surgery for treating cancer.  He introduced novel techniques of sentinel lymph node detection in gynaecological cancers and fertility preserving treatments. He works closely with other Urological and Bowel surgical specialists when needed and receives referrals from other gynaecologists for complex cases.

He was the Principal Investigator for the Genome research project and is currently the Principal Investigator for PROTECTOR, a multicentric research trial at Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital.

Mr Mehra has published numerous papers on topics surrounding both gynaecology and gynaecological oncology in several international journals. He is also a co-author of a textbook on laparoscopic surgery.

Mr Mehra is a BSCCP accredited senior colposcopist and uses his expertise to advise on cervical smears and the treatment of abnormal cervical cells.

He holds memberships with several national and international medical societies including the following:

• American Association of Gynaecologic Laparoscopists
• British Gynaecological Cancer Society
• British & Irish Association of Robotic Surgeons
• British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
• Delhi Gynaecological Endoscopists society
• European Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy
• European Society of Gynaecological Oncologist
• Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecological Societies of India
• International Gynecologic Cancer Society

In 2012 Mr Mehra was awarded an International Fellowship by the Indian College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology and is currently the President of the London Chapter for the Federation of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists of India.

Alongside his clinical work, he trains senior consultants and trainees through live surgical training workshops and currently is part of the faculty on a number of national and international training courses in Gynaecology, Minimal Access Surgery and Gynaecological Oncology.