Skip to main content

Prof Michael Saunders

Consultant General Surgeon

MB BS, BSc(Hons), MSc(Surgical Science), Dip Lap Surg, FRCSEd(Gen.Surg)

Practises at: The Cavell Hospital, The Kings Oak Hospital

Mr-Michael-Saunders-General-Surgery

Personal Profile

Prof Saunders qualified from University College London in 1993 and was accredited  by the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1997. He was appointed as a Consultant General Surgeon at Barnet Hospital in 2008 moving to Chase Farm in 2010.

Professor Saunders is a Colorectal Surgeon who is proficient at laparoscopic surgery for gall stone disease, hernia repair and bowel cancer. He has undertaken research into post operative pain following laparoscopic surgery.

Prof Saunders is a keen advocate for the use of day surgery has published many articles on this topic. He is a member of the British Association of Day Surgey and is the Surgical Lead for the Day Surgery Unit at Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals.

Clinical Interests

• Abdominal Pain
• Change in bowel habit
• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Rectal Bleeding
• Fistula surgery
• Pilonidal Sinus treatment
• Minor Surgery & skin lesions
• Haemorrhoids -Banding, Injections, Rafaelo Procedure
• Endoscopy - Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
• Bowel Surgery Hernias - Inguinal, Femoral, Umbilical, Incisional - Open or Laparoscopic (keyhole)

Professional Memberships

Professional Memberships

  • Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland
  • Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons
  • British Association of Day Surgery
  • British Medical Association
  • European Association for Endoscopic Surgery
  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeon in Edinburgh

Michael Saunders offers consultations for the following treatments

Ways to pay

Accessing private healthcare
Accessing private healthcare
i