Mr K Marcus Reddy

Professor Marcus Reddy attained a BSc(Pharm) in 1989 and received his MBBS from St George’s Hospital Medical School in 1992. He became an FRCS(Eng) in 1997 and FRCS(Gen) in 2004. He trained in London and Australia where he gained an in-depth knowledge of GI surgery, liver transplantation, hepatobiliary surgery and laparoscopic surgery. Professor Reddy is fully accredited on the UK General Medical Council’s Specialist Register for general surgery with a nominated special interest in upper gastrointestinal and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery.

Professor Reddy is the clinical lead for General Surgery in St George’s and the Bariatric Surgeon in the department, offering a name of procedures including gastric band, laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass and endoscopic balloon placement. He developed the South Thames Bariatric Service at the hospital which performs procedures relating to bariatric and benign upper GI conditions. He is also a member of the committee overseeing the National Bariatric Surgery Database, a senior lecturer in surgery at St George’s, University of London and an active member at many prestigious associations.

• Haemorrhoidectomy
• Colonoscopy
• Local anaesthetic procedures - cyst, lipoma, biopsies

• GI disease e.g. gallstones and emergency surgery
• Open or laparoscopic TEP hernia technique
• Non-mesh hernia repairs
• Advanced laparoscopy - revision of previous bariatric or antireflux operations
• Anti-reflux (hiatus hernia repair, fundoplication)
• Laparoscopic bariatric surgery
• Specialist Upper GI procedures - eg cardiomyotomy
• Anti-reflux magnetic sphincter augmentation
• Radiofrequency management of reflux
• Intra-gastric balloons
• Gastric banding and band removal
• Gastric bypass
• Sleeve gastroectomy
• Revisional bariatric surgery
• Endoscopy - gastroscopy and colonoscopy.
• Haemorrhoids
• Gastro-oesophagal reflux disease