General surgery • Gall bladder surgery • Hernia surgery • Colorectal surgery • Colorectal cancer • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy • Endocrine surgery • Thyroid surgery • Thyroid cancer • Parathyroid surgery • Road traffic accident injuries • Medical negligence & accidents • Endoscopy, minimal access & laparoscopic surgery

Medico-legal work for plaintiff & defendant (and also independent reports for NHS Trust & Coroners) in the areas of: • Gastroenterology • Gastrointestinal endoscopy • Inflammatory bowel disease • Ulcerative colitis • Crohn's disease • Clinical nutrition All correspondence to: London Independent Hospital, Beaumont Square, London, E1 4NL.

Subspecialist interests: • Surgical management of pancreatic, liver, gallbladder & biliary tree disease • Emergency general surgery • Daycase surgery • Procedures: • Laparoscopic & open liver, pancreatic & biliary surgery (benign & malignant disease) • Laparoscopic & open cholecystectomy, bile duct exploration, management of bile duct injuries, splenectomy, hernia surgery, minor operations, e.g. skin lesions • Trained in endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)

Clinical negligence (gastroenterology and general medicine) • Personal injury - gastrointestinal trauma and nutritional complications • Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and nutrition disorders • Endoscopy and colonoscopy (procedure-related injury or complication cases) • Diagnostic and management standards in acute gastrointestinal medicine All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite 6177a, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2EW.

Gastroenterology • Endoscopy • Nutritional support • Intestinal failure & enterocutaneous fistulae • Nutritional failure

I am an experienced general/gastrointestinal surgeon. I have completed 40 years on the emergency rota and can provide opinions in any area relating to emergency general surgery. I am a specialist upper GI surgeon and my particular interest is surgery of the stomach, oesophagus and gall bladder, including malignant disease. I am an experienced endoscopist including a very large practice in therapeutic upper GI endoscopy (stenting, dilatation, ablation, endoscopic mucosal resection). I have provided over 300 expert reports in cases of alleged clinical negligence since 1995....

General surgery procedures (e.g. appendectomy, cholecystectomy) • Abdominal surgery (e.g. hernia repair, bowel resection) • Breast surgery (e.g. lumpectomy, mastectomy) • Endoscopy procedures (e.g. gastroscopy, colonoscopy) • Trauma & emergency surgery • Surgical oncology (e.g. cancer resection, lymph node dissection) • Laparoscopic & minimally invasive surgery • Wound care & management • Surgical complications All correspondence to: British Medical Experts, 60 Tottenham Court Road, Suite&

I am able to provide independent expert opinion in the following areas: • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy complications (including bile duct injury) • Emergency general surgery and acute abdomen management • Delayed diagnosis and clinical decision-making • Consent in elective and emergency surgery • Post-operative complications (leak, sepsis, bleeding) • Upper GI cancer pathways and peri-operative care • Endoscopy-related complications

All aspects of the management and provision of upper gastro-intestinal surgery and disease, including: • Oesophageal and gastric (stomach) cancer • Antireflux surgery, including LINX and other novel/new devices • Achalasia • GIST • Peptic ulcer • Perforation, including iatrogenic injuries to oesophagus and stomach • Benign biliary disease (gallstones/cholecystectomy) • Endoscopy • Bariatric surgery, bypass, sleeve, gastric band • General surgery and abdominal trauma

Dr Mahesh has a clinical interest in dyspepsia (gastric and duodenal ulcer, reflux), Barrett's oesophagus, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), chronic abdominal pain, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Crohn's and colitis, gastrointestinal cancer, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy, and malnutrition, including complex gastrointestinal issues, obesity and malabsorption.