Mr Pritam Singh

Pritam Singh is an Oesophago-Gastric Surgeon at the Regional Oesophago-Gastric Unit, Royal Surrey County Hospital and the joint Upper Gastrointestinal Clinical Lead for the Surrey and Sussex Cancer Alliance. Pritam specialises in benign and malignant disorders of the oesophagus and stomach including robotic/laparoscopic hiatal hernia and anti-reflux surgery. His general surgical interests include laparoscopic and open abdominal wall hernia surgery, gallbladder surgery and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy.  Education and training Pritam Singh conducted his pre-clinical training in Medicine at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge where he was also awarded an intercalated degree in Neurosciences in 2002. He completed his clinical training at University College London in 2005 where he was awarded a certificate of Merit in his final examinations. During his Higher Surgical Training in the West Midlands Deanery, Pritam had the privilege of being trained in both radical open and minimally invasive surgery techniques across a range of disciplines including pancreatic and retroperitoneal sarcoma units before sub-specialising in benign and malignant Oesophago-Gastric surgery. He subsequently performed a specialist Oesophago-Gastric Fellowship at the high volume Trent Oesophago-Gastric Unit within Nottingham University Hospitals.  After completing his training, Pritam visited Takeshi Sano’s team at the Cancer Institute Hospital in Tokyo, Japan, where he learnt from their extensive experience in minimally invasive (both laparoscopic and robotic) gastric cancer surgery.

Pritam Singh specialises in the assessment, investigation and management of benign and malignant disorders of the oesophagus and stomach. His general surgical interests include minimally invasive and open abdominal wall hernia surgery and gallbladder surgery. General Surgery Operations Laparoscopic/open abdominal wall hernia repair – epigastric, umbilical, groin (inguinal and femoral) Laparoscopic gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) Specialist Oesophago-Gastric Operations Robotic/Laparoscopic anti-reflux surgery (fundoplication) Robotic/Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair Robotic/Laparoscopic cardiomyotomy for achalasia Laparoscopic/open/endoscopic feeding tube placement Endoscopy Upper Gastrointestinal Diagnostic Endoscopy Endoscopic Ultrasound Upper Gastrointestinal Interventional Endoscopy – stent placement, dilatation, feeding tube placement Other interests Pritam enjoys teaching and is regularly invited as faculty on a number of national training courses and at the Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit, Guildford. Pritam has worked with the Royal College of Surgeons of England (RCSEng) to develop an online learning module in minimally invasive surgery as part of the Postgraduate Certificate in Surgery and continues to work with the RSCEng teaching on the Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) and Care of the Critically ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) courses.