Dr Vivek Chhaya

Gastroenterologist in West Sussex & London

MBBS B.Sc MD MRCP MRCP

GMC: 6128137

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Dr Vivek Chhaya is a leading consultant gastroenterologist and general physician based in London and Worthing. He sees patients at the BMI Goring Hall Hospital, Spire St Anthony's Hospital, and is also a substantive consultant at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust where he offers expertise in all forms of advanced endoscopy and gastrointestinal disorders. Dr Chhaya's clinical interests include dyspepsia and reflux, IBS and alternations in bowel habits, Crohn's and colitis, GI cancers, pancreatic and liver disorders.

Dr Chhaya has access to a JAG accredited endoscopy unit, where he carries out investigations for bowel conditions using techniques such as gastroscopy or colonoscopy. He's fully accredited in diagnostic and colonoscopy and therapeutic upper GI endoscopy. He performs advanced endoscopy in the form of oesophageal and enteral stenting, EUS and biopsy, ERCP and biliary stenting, and the removal of polyps.

Dr Chhaya completed his undergraduate training at St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine at the University of London in 2005 whilst also attaining first-class honours in Biomedical Engineering. He completed general medical training and went on to gain membership to The Royal College of Physicians. Dr Chhaya undertook specialist training in gastroenterology in the South Thames region. Dr Chhaya has worked at some of London's most prestigious institutions such as The Royal London Hospital, The Royal Marsden Hospital and St Batholomew's Hospital.

He gained his higher degree at St George's Hospital Medical School at the University of London, and he was awarded an MD in 2016. Dr Chhaya currently sits on the specialist training committee for gastroenterology in Sussex, Kent and Surrey. He is currently a substantive consultant with expertise in gastrointestinal disorders and advanced endoscopy. He's helped transform the IBD service in his NHS post and has a supervisory role in medical education.

He has an active role in medical education, supervising junior doctors and gastroenterology trainees. Dr Chhaya regularly teaches on the JAG accredited endoscopy course. He's the cancer lead at the Worthing Hospital for oesophageal, gastric, pancreatic and biliary cancers. Dr Chhaya is an active researcher and has had over 20 articles in international peer-reviewed gastroenterology journals and has also taken part in various conferences worldwide.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍6128137

Professional experience

• More than 15 years of experience
• Consultant Gastroenterologist and General Physician, BMI Goring Hall Hospital (present)
• Consultant Gastroenterologist and General Physician, Spire St Anthony's Hospital (present)
• Consultant Gastroenterologist and General Physician, Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (present)

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Sub-specialties

• Dyspepsia and reflux
• IBS and variations in bowel habit
• Gastrointestinal cancers
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Crohn’s disease
• Colitis
• Endoscopy
• OGD
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Colonoscopy
• ERCP
• Oesophageal and enteral stenting
• Endoscopic ultrasound
• Colon cancer
• Functional bowel disorders
• Ulcerative colitis
• Microscopic colitis
• Chronic liver disease
• Pancreatobiliary disease

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Education

• MD (Res) St George's University London (2016)
• MBBS, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospital (2011)
• MRCP, Royal College Physicians (2009)
• MBBS, St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospital (2005)
• B.Sc, University of London (2004)

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Publications and conferences

• Alexakis C, Saxena S, Chhaya V, Cecil E, Majeed A, Pollok R (2018) Smoking status at diagnosis and subsequent smoking cessation: Associations with corticosteroid use and intestinal resection in Crohn’s disease. Am J Gastroenterol 113(11):1689-1700 PMID: 30323269
• Chhaya V, Saxena S, Cecil E, Subramanian V, Curcin V, Majeed A, Pollok R (2016) Steroid dependency and trends in prescribing for inflammatory bowel disease: a 20-year national population-based study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 44(5): 842-94. PMID: 27375210
• Chhaya V, Saxena S, Cecil E, Subramanian V, Curcin V, Majeed A, Pollok R (2016) Emerging trends and risk factors for perianal surgery in Crohn’s disease: a 20-year national population-based study. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 28(8):890-5. PMID: 27128719
• Chhaya V, Saxena S, Cecil E, Subramanian V, Curcin V, Majeed A, Pollok R (2015) The impact of timing and duration of thiopurine treatment on first perianal surgery in Crohn’s disease: UK population-based study 1995-2009. Inflamm Bowel Dis 21(2):385-91. PMID: 25569740
• Chhaya V, Saxena S, Cecil E, Chatu S, Subramanian V, Curcin V, Majeed A, Pollok R (2015) The impact of timing and duration of thiopurine treatment on colectomy in ulcerative colitis: A national population-based study of incident cases between 1989 – 2009. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 41(1):87-98. PMID: 25382737
• Chhaya V, Alexakis C, Gupta S (2014) Gastroenterology training in a district general hospital: A registrar’s perspective. Gastroenterology Today 24:6-9
• Chhaya V, Pollok R (2013) The impact of thiopurines on surgical outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease: do they make a difference? F1000 Prime reports. 5:50. PMID: 24273651
• Chhaya V, Gupta S. (2012) A farmer with fever and right upper quadrant pain. BMJ Jun 1;344:e3426. PMID: 22661721
• Chhaya V, Gupta S, Anaout A. (2011) Mucormycosis causing giant gastric ulcers. Endoscopy. Sep 43:Suppl 2 UCTN:E289-90. PMID: 21915831

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Prizes and awards

• Poster of Distinction Award – “The use of 5-ASA in inflammatory bowel disease: National population based study”, DDF 2015
• Poster of Distinction Award – “Predictors of colectomy and the impact of thiopurines on the risk of colectomy in Ulcerative Colitis – A national UK based population based study”, BSG 2014
• Young Researcher Award – “Increasing colectomy rates in the UK”, St George’s Teaching day 2014

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Professional membership

• Royal College of Physicians
• British Society of Gastroenterology

Languages spoken

English
Gujarati
Hindi