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Mr Abhilash Paily

Mr Abhilash Paily

Mr Abhilash Paily is a Consultant General and Colorectal Treatment surgeon in Colchester, Essex

Based At

Oaks Hospital

NHS base

Colchester General Hospital (East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation NHS Trust)

GMC Number

6106200

Clinical interests

Laparoscopic and open surgery Benign colorectal surgery Anal fistulae surgery Haemorrhoidectomies Anal fissures Botox injections Rectal prolapse surgery Diverticular disease surgery Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis) Malignant colorectal surgery Rectal cancer surgery Colon cancer surgery Benign general surgery Laparoscopic cholecystectomies Laparoscopic groin and abdominal wall hernia repairs Open groin and abdominal wall hernia repairs Abdominal Incisional hernia repairs Excision of lumps and bumps Endoscopy (diagnostic and therapeutic) Flexible sigmoidoscopy Colonoscopy Pelvic floor disease management Faecal incontinence Constipation including obstructive defecation Rectocoeles Internal rectal prolapses (intussusceptions)

Professional Memberships

General Medical Council Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow MDDUS

Academic Background

He qualified from Government Medical College Kottayam, India (Mahatma Gandhi University) in 1997 and completed postgraduate resident training in General Surgery at the Government Medical College, Trivandrum, India (University of Kerala) from 1999 to 2003. He came to the UK in 2005 and worked in fixed term training registrar posts in General Surgery in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dumfermline, Plymouth and Ipswich before entering run-through Higher Surgical Training Programme in the East of England deanery (Ipswich Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Southend University Hospital and Colchester General Hospital). He spent time in research as a Clinical Research Associate (2009 – 2011) in GI Physiology/pelvic floor undertaking studies on neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injuries under the supervision of renowned neuro-gastroenterologist Professor Anton Emmanuel at University College London. He was appointed as a consultant in early 2019. My practice includes laparoscopic colorectal cancer surgery, proctology (surgery for haemorrhoids, anal fissures and anal fistulae) and pelvic floor diseases in addition to general surgical conditions such as laparoscopic cholecystectomies, hernia repairs and emergency surgery and colonoscopy. He is committed to undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education. He is also the current General Surgery Clinical Lead at the Colchester General Hospital.

Based at

- Oaks Hospital