Mr Chetan Bhan, General and Colorectal Surgeon
Mr Chetan Bhan MBBS, MRCS, MSc, FRCS(Gen Surg)
General and Colorectal Surgeon


Areas of expertise
- Colorectal (bowel) cancer
- Diverticular disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Laparoscopic colorectal surgery
- Rectal disorders (e.g. haemorrhoids, fissures, fistulae)


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About Mr Chetan Bhan
GMC number: 4477923
Year qualified: 1998
Place of primary qualification: University of London
Mr Chetan Bhan serves as a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at the Whittington Hospital, where he is the Clinical Lead for the Department of Surgery. He is also responsible for training the next generation of surgeons in his position as Training Programme Director for surgical training in North Central and East London.
A general surgeon with specialisation in colorectal surgery, Mr Bhan has special expertise in minimally invasive surgery, also known as virtually scarless surgery, and single incision laparoscopic surgery (SILS). He developed the SILS colorectal service at the Whittington Hospital. His special interests include hernias, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), gallstones, diverticular disease, proctology and pelvic floor disorders, colorectal cancer and colonoscopy.
Mr Bhan qualified in medicine from Guy’s and St Thomas’ Medical School in 1998. His surgical training in London and the South East included research into lower gastrointestinal disorders and advanced colorectal training in complex surgery. After receiving an MSc in Surgery from the University of Kent in 2011, he completed a fellowship in advanced laparoscopic techniques in Sydney, Australia.
Areas of expertise
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal wall hernia
- Anterior resection
- Appendicectomy
- Colectomy & hemicolectomy
- Colonoscopy & polypectomy
- Colorectal (bowel) cancer
- Colostomy
- Constipation
- Crohns disease
- Diarrhoea
- Diverticular disease
- Faecal incontinence
- Fistula surgery & treatment
- Floor disorders
- Gallstones
- Haemorrhoids (banding & haemorrhoidectomy, rafaelo procedure)
- Hernias and lumps
- Ileostomy
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Inguinal hernia
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
- Laparoscopic surgery
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Oncology
- Paediatric surgery
- Parastomal hernia
- Pilonidal sinus repair
- Proctology
- Rectal bleeding
- Rectal disorders (e.g. Haemorrhoids, fissures, fistulae)
- Rectal resection
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Single incision laparoscopic surgery
- Ulcerative colitis
- Umbilical hernia
- Virtually scarless surgery
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