Mr Colin Hart
MB CHB MD (RES) FRCS
Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon
Mr Colin Hart is a leading general, colorectal, and emergency consultant surgeon based in London, who specialises in keyhole and open surgical procedures, complex abdominal wall reconstructions, hernia surgery, colorectal cancer, diverticular disease, adhesions and inflammatory bowel disease.
In addition to diseases of the large and small intestines, he is also an expert in the management of benign perianal diseases such as fissures, haemorrhoids, prolapse and fistulas. Mr Hart currently sees patients at the Royal Free Hospital Private Patients' Unit and the Cleveland Clinic London.
Mr Hart qualified from the University of Leicester in 1998 and completed his training in London and the East Midlands. He received his MD from University College, London in 2012 and was then awarded the prestigious Pan-London Colorectal Fellowship in the following year. Mr Hart later joined Royal Free Hospital, where he is the Service Lead for general and emergency surgery. He leads the Royal Free Hospital and North Central London Abdominal Wall Reconstruction service.
Further to his highly sought surgery practice, Mr Hart is a lecturer for undergraduate students at University College London and at the Royal Free Hospital campus. He is the author of various publications in peer-reviewed journals and regularly teaches for the Royal College of Surgeons.
Website
Hospital Locations
Royal Free Hospital
Year qualified
1998
Country of qualification
United Kingdom
Languages spoken
English
Specialities
- Colorectal Surgery
- Emergency Surgery
- General Surgery
Memberships
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
- Association of Coloproctologists of Great Britain and Ireland
- Medical Defence Union
Registration and licensing
GMC:4513607
Procedures offered
- Colorectal surgery
- Emergency surgery
- Hernia surgery
- Keyhole surgery
Clinical interests
- Anorectal disorders including pilonidal disease, anorectal abscesses, fissures, fistulas
- Appendicitis
- Bowel disease
- Colorectal surgery
- Diverticular disease
- Emergency surgery
- Hernias
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Keyhole surgery
- Pelvic Floor disorders including haemorrhoids
- Skin lesions and ingrowing toe nails
- Sudden abdominal pain
Research interests
- Hernias
- The role of antioxidants in cancer
- Stem cells in ischaemia
- Teaching and training