Mr Amir Darakhshan

 Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• London Bridge Hospital (present)
• Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital (present)
• 108 Harley Street (present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Surgical management of ulcerative colitis
• Crohn’s disease
• Laparoscopic and open groin (inguinal, femoral)
• Ventral and incisional repairs
• Rectal evacuatory dysfunction
• Faecal incontinence
• Sacral nerve stimulation
• STARR procedure
• Posterior and ventral rectopexy
• Enterocoele repairs
• Bowel dysmotility
• Rectal bleed
• Anal fissures
• Haemorrhoids
• Pilonidal sinus disease
• Colonoscopy
• Cancers
• Anal fistula
• Minimally invasive management of anal fistulating (VAAFT) and pilonidal sinus disease (EPSiT)
• Laparoscopic bowel resections

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 Positions in public associations

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 Teaching posts

• Surgical Simulation Lead at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

 Education

• Doctor of Medicine, Royal London Hospital (2008)
• Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

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 Publications and conferences

• van Dellen, J et al. “Intrinsic predictors of prolonged length of stay in a colorectal enhanced recovery pathway: a prospective cohort study and multivariate analysis.” Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 21,9 (2019): 1079-1089.
• Samaan, Mark A et al. “Current Practices in Ileal Pouch Surveillance for Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Multinational, Retrospective Cohort Study.” Journal of Crohn's & colitis vol. 13,6 (2019): 735-743.
• Ip, Hugh et al. “Let air out of the bowel to allow more air in the lungs: surgical treatment of weaning failure.” Thorax vol. 72,12 (2017): 1169-1170.
• Patel, Kamal V et al. “Patient optimization for surgery relating to Crohn's disease.” Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology vol. 13,12 (2016): 707-719.
• Ahmed, Kamran et al. “Postpartum spontaneous colonic perforation due to antiphospholipid syndrome.” World journal of gastroenterology vol. 15,4 (2009): 502-5.
• Darakhshan, Amir et al. “Correlates and outcomes of tumor adherence in resected colonic and rectal cancers.” Annals of surgery vol. 247,4 (2008): 650-8.
• Saunders, J R et al. “The Colorectal Development Unit: impact on functional outcome for the electrically stimulated gracilis neoanal sphincter.” Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland vol. 8,1 (2006): 46-55.
• Darakhshan, A A, and N S Williams. “Recent innovations in the management of fecal incontinence.” Seminars in pediatric surgery vol. 11,2 (2002): 83-90.
• Konsten, J et al. “Comparison of epineural or intramuscular nerve electrodes for stimulated graciloplasty.” Diseases of the colon and rectum vol. 44,4 (2001): 581-6.

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 Prizes and awards

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 Professional membership

• Fellowship of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons
• Member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland