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Mr Jayanthi is a Consultant Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgeon and specialises in General, Upper GI & Weight Loss Surgery. He specialises in keyhole surgery for hernias, gallstones, heartburn / reflux / hiatus hernia, cancer of oesophagus (gullet) and stomach and weight loss surgery. He also specialises in a number of novel endoscopic techniques to treat early cancer and pre-cancerous conditions. Mr Jayanthi is one of the leading Robotic Surgeons in the UK and performed the first robotic operation for oesophageal cancer in the UK.

He has expertise in the following areas:

• Weight Loss Surgery - Gastric Band, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Bypass & revision surgery
• Gallstones - Gallbladder surgery, Keyhole 'one-stop' for jaundice/pancreatitis from gallstones
• Hernia - Keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery
• Surgery for Reflux, heartburn & hiatus hernia. I provide this service independantly as well as part of RelfuxUK (www.relfuxuk.com)
• Endoscopy
• Robotic Surgery & Minimally Invasive operation for oesophageal cancer

Mr Jayanthi was admitted to one of the top medical schools of India, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute with high merit (achieving a score of 98.6% in A-Levels). He then moved to the United Kingdom for surgical training and obtained Membership & Fellowship of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He also gained a post-doctoral qualification from research undertaken at the University of Oxford.

He completed the All Wales Higher Surgical Training Programme and gained advanced experience undertaking focused fellowships at world-renowned centres of excellence. Mr Jayanthi was a Senior Laparoscopic Fellow at ICENI Centre, Colchester (for keyhole surgery). Following this, he spent a year at the St James University Hospital, Leeds (for cancer surgery). He then completed the much sought after Ethicon Bariatric Fellowship at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton (for weight loss surgery).

Mr Jayanthi has gained a number of awards including the prestigious David Dunn Travelling Scholarship for 2013 by ALSGBI. He travelled to Japan and India to visit some of the leading surgeons in the world and learnt a number of innovative techniques, which he practices while treating patients in the UK.

Mr Jayanthi loves long distance running and has completed two 10K races, both completed under an hour and simultaneously raising money for Macmillan. He plays Badminton, Squash and Cricket regularly. Mr Jayanthi loves road cycling and enjoys long distance rides. He completed Ride London 100 in 2022.

Mr Jayanthi is one of the lead surgeons in the charity ‘Out to Africa'. He travels to Zambia to teach/spread his passion for keyhole surgery to young and budding surgeons in Zambia.

Above all, Mr Jayanthi loves spending time with his family, especially his 14-year-old son, who loves running, swimming and plays hockey for the Essex county.