Consultant Hernia and Gallbladder Surgeon
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Oliver Allenby-Smith: Consultant Hernia and Gallbladder Surgeon in Dorset
Oliver Allenby-Smith is a Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon who sees private patients at BMI The Harbour Hospital in Poole, Dorset. He specialises in acid reflux surgery, gallstones, hernias and weight loss surgery such as gastric bands and gastric bypasses.
Training and experience
Following his medical degree in Southampton, Mr Allenby-Smith focused his career around upper gastrointestinal surgery. Training across the south coast specialist centres, he focussed on laparoscopic surgery for a range of conditions.
During his final year training in Southampton he further developed skills in the laparoscopic management of oesophageal cancer and bariatric (weight loss) surgery. He became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2010 and started as a Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon in Poole Hospital in 2011. After a couple of years he was appointed as Clerkship Director and Assistant Professor at St George’s University, Grenada.
Mr Allenby-Smith has set up a specialist clinic in Poole treating patients with acid reflux and heartburn. Often this may be treated with medications but he also offers a new day case treatment called Stretta. Other patients may benefit from fundoplication surgery to prevent their reflux.
Mr Allenby-Smith performs a range of treatments for Gall Stones from endoscopic treatment (ERCP) to laparoscopic surgery to remove the Gall Bladder (cholecystectomy). To see the range of surgery that he performs please access the PHIN website this provides independent information to help guide private patients.
Treatments
Mr Allenby-Smith is the only consultant in the South West to offer Stretta.
Further services he provides are:
- Cholecystectomy, laparoscopic
- Elective splenectomy
- Epigastric hernia repair
- Femoral hernia repair
- Gastric band surgery
- Hernia repair (TEP), laparoscopic
- Hernia repair, paraumbilical and umbilical
- Laparoscopic incisional hernia
- Nissen fundoplication (laparoscopic)
- Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
- Upper GI endoscopy (gastroscopy)
- Upper GI endoscopy and dilatation
Consultation fees
Consultation price: £250
Follow-up: £150
What patients say about Oliver Allenby-Smith
Thank you so much for putting a nervous patient at ease and for taking such good care of me, I really appreciate it.
by Mr G
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