Mr Michael Silva

Michael Silva is a highly experienced specialist surgeon with an interest in gallbladder surgery along with surgery for bile duct, liver and pancreatic disease including pancreatitis. Their practice covers all aspects of benign and malignant disease in this area.

They are a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. They had higher surgical training in the West Midlands Deanery with extended training in liver transplantation, hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgery at the Liver Unit, University Hospital Birmingham. In parallel, they completed a higher degree leading up to an MD from the University of Birmingham in 2007, studying the effects of ischemia and reperfusion injury to the liver during transplantation. In 2008, they were awarded the FRCS (General Surgery) and a certificate of completion of training (CCT) in 2009.

Michael Silva is lead for the supra-regional service offering total pancreatectomy and islet auto-transplantation (TPIAT) for a select group of patients with chronic pancreatitis. They are also founder and lead for the national database for Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasms (IPNB), a precursor condition leading to cholangiocarcinoma.