Mr Ashish Kelkar

Professional statement

Mr Ashish Kelkar is a mightily experienced and highly regarded consultant general and colorectal surgeon who specialises in colorectal cancer, rectal bleeding, haemorrhoids, hernias and hernia surgery, anal fissures, and gallbladder surgery. He is currently practising at the Woodlands Hospital in Kettering. 

Mr Kelkar, who also possesses expertise in inflammatory bowel disease, rectal prolapse surgery, and pelvic floor function, successfully completed an MBBS in medicine at the Seth GS Medical College and King Edward Memorial Hospital in Mumbai in 1991, and shortly afterwards followed this up by obtaining a masters in surgery from the King Edward Memorial Hospital in 1995. 

Mr Kelkar is also an expert when it comes to performing both laparoscopic surgery and open cholecystectomies. He is a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and has published an extensive amount of peer-reviewed articles in well-established medical journals, with a particular focus on colorectal cancer and lymph node retrieval in colorectal cancer patients.