Mr Christopher Chan, Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon

Mr Christopher Chan

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon

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Mr Christopher Chan BSc (Hons) PhD FRCS(Gen Surg)

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon

BSc (Hons) PhD FRCS(Gen Surg)

Mr Christopher Chan

Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon BSc (Hons) PhD FRCS(Gen Surg)

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BSc (Hons) PhD FRCS(Gen Surg)

Areas of expertise

  • Colorectal surgery
  • Bowel cancer
  • Gastroscopy
  • Crohn's disease
  • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

Recommendations for Mr Chan

These recommendations are for information purposes only. Doctors providing recommendations do so in good faith and are not responsible for clinical outcomes.

Recommended by:

  • byMr Raef Faris, Gynaecology and Fertility Specialist

    Mr Christopher Chan is very good at determining when to operate and not to operate and I would recommend him as a colorectal surgeon.

  • byDr Mary McCormack, Consultant Clinical Oncologist

    Mr Chris Chan is readily available and very personable. He’s just an excellent surgeon.

  • by Mr Sanjaya Wijeyekoon, General Surgical, Colorectal & Aesthetic treatments

    Mr Christopher Chan is a competent individual in his area of expertise. He's very patient centered. He's very pleasant and nice to work with. I wouldn't hesitate seeing him myself as a patient. This is the probably the best recommendation I can give. One can expect a very thorough, holistic service from Mr Chan. I've had personal experience and hence the reason for the recommendation.

  • by Prof. Alister Hart, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

    Has the perfect combination of brains and technical ability

  • by Mr Chetan Bhan, General and Colorectal Surgeon

    Recommended Colorectal Surgeon

  • byMr Raef Faris, Gynaecology and Fertility Specialist

    Mr Christopher Chan is very good at determining when to operate and not to operate and I would recommend him as a colorectal surgeon.

  • byDr Mary McCormack, Consultant Clinical Oncologist

    Mr Chris Chan is readily available and very personable. He’s just an excellent surgeon.

  • by Mr Sanjaya Wijeyekoon, General Surgical, Colorectal & Aesthetic treatments

    Mr Christopher Chan is a competent individual in his area of expertise. He's very patient centered. He's very pleasant and nice to work with. I wouldn't hesitate seeing him myself as a patient. This is the probably the best recommendation I can give. One can expect a very thorough, holistic service from Mr Chan. I've had personal experience and hence the reason for the recommendation.

  • by Prof. Alister Hart, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

    Has the perfect combination of brains and technical ability

  • by Mr Chetan Bhan, General and Colorectal Surgeon

    Recommended Colorectal Surgeon

  • Address

  • The Royal London Hospital For Integrated Medicine (NHS)

    60 Great Ormond Street, London, Greater London, WC1N 3HR

  • St Bartholomew's Hospital (NHS)

    West Smithfield, London, Greater London, EC1A 7BE

  • Barts Health NHS Trust

    Trust headquarters, Executive Offices, Ground Floor, Pathology and Pharmacy Building, London, Greater London, E1 2ES

  • About Mr Christopher Chan

    GMC number: 3563027

    Year qualified: 1991

    Place of primary qualification: University of London

    Mr Christopher Chan is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Barts Health Trust and a senior lecturer at Queen Mary University London. He has special expertise in complex colorectal diseases, including colorectal cancer, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, enterocutaneous fistula, complex anal fistula, anorectal and pelvic floor problems (incontinence, evacuatory difficulty, constipation) and pelvic floor reconstruction.

    Mr Chan graduated from the United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London in 1991 and took up surgical training programmes in Cambridge and London. He was awarded an MRC Clinical fellowship for research into pelvic floor dysfunction which resulted in a PhD. He pursued further sub-specialist colorectal training fellowships in Sydney, Paris and at St Mark's Hospital, Harrow.

    Mr Chan is actively involved in training at all levels including MBBS, MRCS, Intercollegiate FRCS and Royal College of Surgeons of England and is an invited speaker at global conferences.

    Areas of expertise

    • Abdominal wall reconstruction for incisional hernia
    • Anal fistula
    • Bowel cancer
    • Colonoscopy
    • Colorectal cancer
    • Colorectal surgery
    • Crohn's disease
    • Gastroscopy
    • Haemorrhoids
    • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
    • Intestinal failure (enterocutaneous fistula)
    • Laparoscopic surgery
    • Neruomodulation of abdominal viscera
    • Pelvic floor problems (incontinence, evacuatory difficulty, constipation)
    • Primary and recurrent colorectal surgery
    • Reconstruction together with laparoscopic surgery
    • Rectal fistula
    • Robotic surgery
    • Ulcerative colitis
    • Ultra-low sphincter saving cancer surgery

    Professional memberships

    Association of Coloproctology GB and Ireland
    Association of Surgeons GB and Ireland
    Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons GB and Ireland
    Royal College of Surgeons of England

    Articles by Mr Christopher Chan

    Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) in females with faecal incontinence

    Anterior resection syndrome

    Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of neuromodulation in the treatment of faecal incontinence

    Diagnostic precision of nanoparticle-enhanced MRI for lymph-node metastases

    In Crohn's disease fibrosis-reduced expression of the miR-29 family enhances collagen expression in intestinal fibroblasts

    Risk factors for symptomatic anastomotic postoperative recurrence following ileo-colic resection in Crohn's disease

    Rectal augmentation: short- and mid-term evaluation of a novel procedure for severe fecal urgency with associated incontinenc

    Anterior perineal plane for ultralow anterior resection of the rectum (the APPEAR Technique)

    Percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for the treatment of urge fecal incontinence

    Efficacy of sacral nerve stimulation for the treatment of fecal incontinence

    Short-term outcome following percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation for faecal incontinence