Mr Shashi Irukulla

About Mr Shashi Irukulla

Mr Shashi Irukulla is an extensively skilled consultant general and bariatric surgeon with advanced expertise in endoscopy, laparoscopy and bariatric surgery. Mr Irukulla offers the full range of weight loss surgery procedures to patients suffering from obesity. This includes gastric band, gastric balloon, gastric bypass and gastric sleeve surgery. Additionally, he provides complex revisional bariatric surgery, which includes the conversion of a gastric band to gastric bypass or sleeve gastrectomy. To date, he has helped over 500 people lose weight with bariatric weight loss surgery. He is also an expert in treating issues of the gallbladder and offers cholecystectomy (gallstone removal), along with surgery for hernia repair, abdominal pain and acid reflux. Many of his procedures are performed with laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery, a minimally invasive procedure. In fact, he has performed over 2000 laparoscopic surgeries. Mr Irukulla was responsible for setting up successful new services for the Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, including oesophageal manometry and pH monitoring services. He is also a higher surgical trainee lead at the trust, as well as a national faculty member of the Advanced Life Trauma Support Course and Critically Ill Surgical Patient Care courses.