Dr Kesavan Kandiah, Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Kesavan Kandiah
Consultant Gastroenterologist
Dr Kesavan Kandiah MBChB MRCP
Consultant Gastroenterologist
About Dr Kesavan Kandiah
GMC number: 6145425
Year qualified: 2006
Place of primary qualification: University of Manchester
Dr Kesavan Kandiah is a highly experienced consultant gastroenterologist who specialises in endoscopy. He sees private patients at the Parkside Hospital and serves as a consultant physician and gastroenterologist at St George's University Hospital NHS Trust. At St George's, he leads the Complex Polyp Multi-Disciplinary Team and performs advanced endoscopic resections of complex colonic polyps.
Dr Kandiah completed his medical training at the University of Manchester in 2006. He then undertook specialist training in gastroenterology in the North West London Deanery. In 2017, he completed an Advanced Endoscopy Research Fellowship at Queen Alexandra Hospital in Portsmouth, where he conducted research on advanced endoscopic detection and resection techniques. His research has been presented at national and international conferences, and he has published extensively on advanced endoscopy.
Dr Kandiah's main interests include advanced therapeutic endoscopy, particularly the resection of large and complex colonic polyps, and endoscopy training. He is the current Training Lead for Endoscopy at St George's, which is recognised as a National Endoscopy Training Centre. Additionally, he is an accredited endoscopist for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. In recognition of his work on the advanced resection of colonic polyps, he was awarded the Marsha Dreyer Award by the American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in 2016.
Dr Kandiah's expertise and dedication to the field of gastroenterology make him a leading specialist in advanced endoscopic procedures and training.
Areas of expertise
- Achalasia
- Acid reflux
- Barrett's oesophagus
- Bloating
- Bowel cancer screening
- Coeliac disease
- Colitis (ulcerative colitis)
- Colonoscopy
- Coloproctology
- Colorectal cancer
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhoea
- Dyspepsia (indigestion)
- Endoscopy (OGD)
- Functional bowel disease
- Gastric (stomach) ulcers
- Gastritis
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD)
- Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) or reflux
- Gastrointestinal bleeding
- Gastroscopy
- Gord (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
- Heart burn
- Hiatus hernia
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Iron deficiency anaemia
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Jaundice
- Liver function tests
- Nausea and vomiting
- Oesophageal cancer
- Oesophageal spasm
- Oesophagitis
- Rectal bleeding
- Reflux
- Sigmoidoscopy
- Stomach / abdominal pain
- Swollen stomach
- Upper gastrointestinal conditions (oesophagus & stomach)