Mr Colin Elton, Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon

Mr Colin Elton

Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon

Mr Colin Elton MS FRCS FRCS (GEN SURG.)

Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon

MS FRCS FRCS (GEN SURG.)

Mr Colin Elton

Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon MS FRCS FRCS (GEN SURG.)

MS FRCS FRCS (GEN SURG.)

Areas of expertise

  • Gastroscopy
  • Hernia repair (keyhole)
  • Bowel cancer
  • General surgery
  • Skin lesion removal (warts, moles and skin tags)

Recommendations for Mr Elton

These recommendations are for information purposes only. Doctors providing recommendations do so in good faith and are not responsible for clinical outcomes.

Recommended by:

  • byDr Justin Luke Timothy Peter, GP

    Local GP friendly specialist.experienced and patient centred

  • byDr Thivyan Thiruudaian, GP

    General and colorectal surgeon, good clinical care

  • byDr Adwoa Agyewaa Dufu, GP

    Approachable and good clinical care

  • byDr Nikesh Dattani, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Amit Majevadia, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Philippa Ruth Kaye, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Ruth Whitby, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Semiya Omur Aziz, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Simone Josee Marie Kohll, GP

    Good communicator!

  • byDr Dean Creer, Consultant General and Respiratory Physician

    Mr Colin Elton is very friendly, very timely and is someone I trust to make good clinical decisions.

  • byDr Akeel Alisa, Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist

    I have witnessed Mr Colin Elton's abilities and I would highly recommend him.

  • byDr Daniel Krell, Consultant Oncologist

    Recommended general surgeon

  • by Dr Patrick McGowan, Pain Medicine Specialist

    Mr Colin Elton is someone I share patients with to sort out post-surgical pains and I've heard good feedback from the patients. He's a recommended specialist.

  • byDr Justin Luke Timothy Peter, GP

    Local GP friendly specialist.experienced and patient centred

  • byDr Thivyan Thiruudaian, GP

    General and colorectal surgeon, good clinical care

  • byDr Adwoa Agyewaa Dufu, GP

    Approachable and good clinical care

  • byDr Nikesh Dattani, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Amit Majevadia, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Philippa Ruth Kaye, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Ruth Whitby, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Semiya Omur Aziz, GP

    Recommended general surgeon

  • byDr Simone Josee Marie Kohll, GP

    Good communicator!

  • byDr Dean Creer, Consultant General and Respiratory Physician

    Mr Colin Elton is very friendly, very timely and is someone I trust to make good clinical decisions.

  • byDr Akeel Alisa, Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist

    I have witnessed Mr Colin Elton's abilities and I would highly recommend him.

  • byDr Daniel Krell, Consultant Oncologist

    Recommended general surgeon

  • by Dr Patrick McGowan, Pain Medicine Specialist

    Mr Colin Elton is someone I share patients with to sort out post-surgical pains and I've heard good feedback from the patients. He's a recommended specialist.

  • Address

    • The Wellington Hospital Elstree Waterfront

      The Waterfront Business Park, Beaufort House, Elstree Road , Elstree, WD6 3BS

    • The Wellington Hospital

      Wellington Place, St John's Wood, London, NW8 9LE

    • Video Consultation

      Virtual

    About Mr Colin Elton

    GMC number: 3315279

    Year qualified: 1989

    Place of primary qualification: University of London

    Mr Colin Elton is a respected consultant general, colorectal, and laparoscopic surgeon working at Barnet Hospital and Edgware Community Hospital. He has expanded his colorectal practice to perform laparoscopic and robotic resections for colorectal cancer and rectal prolapse, introducing newer haemorrhoid procedures such as haemorrhoidal artery ligation (HALO). He also runs courses in London, teaching this procedure to other consultants. His other clinical work centres around hernia repairs, and he regularly performs laparoscopic repairs on adults and children.

    Mr Elton has worked with NHS Barnet to set up a one-stop colorectal service based at Barnet Hospital and is the clinical lead for endoscopy at Barnet and Chase Farm NHS Trust. Although his surgical workload provides a busy schedule, he is also committed to training. He has recently organised an innovative teaching programme for surgical registrars to learn hernia repairs and laparoscopic cholecystectomy and has organised courses for students and junior doctors.

    Mr Elton's areas of expertise include colorectal surgery, laparoscopic surgery, robotic surgery, hernia repairs, and endoscopy. He treats conditions such as colorectal cancer, rectal prolapse, and haemorrhoids. Appointed in his current role in 2005, he continues to contribute significantly to both patient care and medical education.

    Areas of expertise

    • Abdominal wall reconstruction
    • Abdominoperineal resection
    • Abscess incision and drainage
    • Appendicectomy
    • Bowel cancer screening
    • Bowel surgery (colectomy)
    • Colon cancer screening
    • Colonic stent
    • Colonoscopy
    • Coloproctology
    • Colorectal surgery
    • Colostomy surgery
    • Cytoreductive surgery
    • Endoscopy (OGD)
    • Excision of sebaceous cysts
    • Gallstone surgery
    • Gastroscopy
    • General surgery
    • Heated intra-peritoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)
    • Hernia repair (keyhole)
    • Ileostomy surgery
    • Incisional hernia repair
    • Inguinal hernia repair
    • Laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery
    • Laparoscopic gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy)
    • Laparoscopy
    • Lipoma removal
    • Open gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy)
    • Open hernia repair
    • Peritoneal surgery
    • Pilonidal sinus excision
    • Rectal biopsy
    • Removal of rectum and colon (proctocolectomy)
    • Robotic surgery
    • Sigmoidoscopy
    • Skin lesion removal (warts, moles and skin tags)
    • Splenectomy
    • Transanal endoscopic microsurgery (TEM)
    • Umbilical hernia repair

    Professional memberships

    Royal College of Surgeons
    Clinical Robotic Surgery Association
    General Medical Council
    Association of Coloproctology GB and Ireland

    Articles by Mr Colin Elton

    Predictive factors for successful colonic stenting in acute large-bowel obstruction: a 15-year cohort analysis

    The multidisciplinary management of gastrointestinal cancer. multimodal treatment of rectal cancer

    Lower gastrointestinal adverse effects of nsaids: an extreme example of a common problem

    Strangulated inguinal hernia presenting as haemoperitoneum

    An unusual cause of lower gastrointestinal haemorrhage