Mr Nikhil Pawa, Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon
Mr Nikhil Pawa
Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon
Mr Nikhil Pawa MD LLM MSc MD(Res) FRCS
Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon
Mr Nikhil Pawa
Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon MD LLM MSc MD(Res) FRCS
Areas of expertise
- Colorectal cancer
- Minimal access surgery (keyhole surgery)
- Bowel cancer/rectal cancer
- Diverticular disease
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
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About Mr Nikhil Pawa
GMC number: 6054092
Year qualified: 2002
Place of primary qualification: Charles University Prague
Mr Nikhil Pawa is a Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon with Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Mr Pawa is currently pursuing a research project that aims to identify a chronological analysis of the compliance of various ethnic minorities with the NHS bowel cancer screening programme in London. The primary output will be to develop a service report that could be the basis of further qualitative studies, with the assistance of patient involvement, to further understand the beliefs, attitudes and understanding towards bowel cancer screening of various ethnic minorities, to tailor further specific health promotion strategies at various levels.
Areas of expertise
- Abdominal pain
- Abdominal wall reconstruction
- Abdominoperineal resection
- Anal abscess
- Anal fissure
- Anal fistula surgery
- Anal laser surgery
- Appendicectomy
- Appendicitis
- Blood in stool (rectal bleeding)
- Bowel cancer/rectal cancer
- Bowel diversion surgery
- Bowel incontinence
- Bowel obstruction
- Bowel surgery (colectomy)
- Cholecystectomy
- Chronic diarrhoea
- Colitis (ulcerative colitis)
- Colon cancer
- Colonoscopy
- Coloproctology
- Colorectal cancer surgery
- Constipation
- Crohn's disease
- Diarrhoea
- Diverticular disease
- Diverticulitis
- Endoscopy
- Epigastric hernia
- Excision of lymph nodes
- Faecal incontinence
- Femoral hernia
- Fistula
- Gallbladder surgery
- Gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Gastroscopy
- General surgery
- Haemorrhoid surgery
- Hernia
- Hernia repair (inguinal, umbilical, incisional)
- Incisional hernia
- Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
- Inguinal hernia
- Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
- Itchy bottom
- J-pouch surgery
- Laparoscopy
- Laxatives
- Lipoma removal
- Minimal access surgery (keyhole surgery)
- Open hernia repair
- Pelvic floor reconstructive surgery
- Piles (haemorrhoids)
- Pilonidal disease (epsit)
- Pilonidal sinus
- Pilonidal sinus disorders
- Polypectomy
- Proctology
- Rectal prolapse
- Rectal surgery
- Rectocele
- Rectosigmoidoscopy
- Removal of rectum and colon (proctocolectomy)
- Robotic surgery
- Sarcoma
- Skin lesion removal (warts, moles and skin tags)
- Skin lesions
- Soft tissue lesions
- Soft tissue sarcoma surgery
- Surgical oncology
- Tarlov cyst
- Umbilical hernia
Frequently asked questions
What are the common symptoms that your patients tend to present with?
The commonest symptoms would be rectal bleeding or swellings or lumps in that area or discharge. Alternatively, with bowel-related symptoms, there are changes in bowel habits or patients present with abdominal pain. Some patients present with soft tissue abnormalities such as swellings or lumps in the groin region or in the abdominal wall and/or other soft tissue abnormalities. Some patients also present with ingrown hairs and discharge.
What are the treatments that you're able to offer your patients?
I perform open and minimally invasive surgery in both general and colorectal surgery. Minimally invasive surgeries for colorectal conditions such as colorectal cancer, diverticular disease or inflammatory bowel disease have a much better overall recovery with less pain and earlier return to function.
I also provide endoscopic management of Pilonidal sinus treatment, which shows a much lower requirement for post-operative pain relief and earlier return to work without any wounds that require any attention in the community or district nurses.
I also provide the usual general surgical procedures such as hernia repairs and also complex incisional hernia repairs using mesh and other techniques.
What are your areas of sub-specialist interest?
I've got an interest in colorectal cancer and the various techniques for its management. I've got an interest in Pilonidal sinus disease and the minimally invasive techniques for the management of this disease.
My research interests are in the bowel cancer screening program and the compliance according to socioeconomic status as well as among minorities and how we can utilise newer efforts of health promotion to try and improve compliance.
Professional memberships
Articles by Mr Nikhil Pawa
A systematic review to assess resection margin status after abdominoperineal excision and pelvic exenteration for rectal cancer