Mr Andrew Brian Williams

Professional statement

Mr Andrew Brian Williams is a highly established consultant general and colorectal surgeon, with over 30 years of experience, based in London. He treats a whole host of ailments and performs a wide range of surgeries, possessing expert knowledge in anal fistula, proctology and fissures, alongside haemorrhoids, pelvic floor dysfunction, including constipation, obstructed defaecation, incontinence and OASI and inflammatory bowel disease.

Mr Williams studied medicine at the University of London, graduating in 1991 with a MBBS. Following this, he commenced surgical training at the South East region of London at Guy's and St Thomas'. He completed his training in the South East region and up until recently worked in the NHS at Guy’s and St Thomas’. He is also interested in research, completing a period of research at St Mark's culminating in a Master’s degree in 2002. Keeping his interest in research he has supervised a number of successful higher degrees and has over 100 peer-reviewed papers to his name.

Mr Williams also enjoys educating his peers, undertaking teaching on the pelvic floor, in particular, anal and pelvic floor ultrasound scanning. He has a special interest in inflammatory bowel disease, complex anal sepsis and pelvic floor disorders. He established the pelvic floor unit of St Thomas’ Hospital, which serves the whole of South East England for complex pelvic floor services, treating over 900 patients per year. This unit he extended to involve London Bridge Hospital so that his private patients could benefit from the same service.

He has set up a fully private multidisciplinary service and MDT for patients with complex multicompartment pelvic floor symptoms. This involves the full pelvic floor team, including Urogynaecology, Urology, Radiology, physiotherapy, nursing and dietetics. Mr Williams is a member of multiple medical associations, including the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland and the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, and Pelvic Floor Society (PFS). He is the past president of the PFS and has been heavily involved in the societies response to problems following the insertion of pelvic floor mesh. For this work he has recently been awarded the Geoff Oaks medal for “substantial contribution to Coloproctology in GB and Ireland.