Professor Rishi Singhal
NHS Consultant Bariatric Surgeon
MBBS, MRCS, FRCS, MD
GMC: 6029858
Abour Professor Singhal
Prof Rishi Singhal is Medical Director at Weight Loss Abroad, part of the Better Health Group. He is also a Consultant Surgeon in the West Midlands, operating out of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust in Birmingham.
He performs various laparoscopic and open general upper GI and bariatric surgical procedures including gastric banding, gastric bypass, gastric sleeve and anti-reflux surgery. He has a particular interest in revisional bariatric surgery.
Prof Singhal has now performed the largest number of revisional bariatric procedures in UK and probably the world. In 2022 Rishi was awarded Visiting Professor of Bariatric Surgery at the Birmingham City University
Memberships
- Consultant Bariatric & Upper GI Surgeon, in the Upper GI Unit at Heart of England, NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham
- Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham
- Reviewer for the British Journal of Surgery
- Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons
- British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society
Timeline & Qualifications
- Rishi Singhal Graduated in 1999
- Completed his CCT in General Surgery
- Undertook a national fellowship in Bariatric Surgery at the Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, one of the premier bariatric centres in the UK
- Experienced in benign Upper GI Surgery, Bariatric surgery and resectional surgery for oesophago-gastric cancers
- Published over 50 manuscripts and co-authored several book chapters. Invited as a faculty member to numerous international bariatric conferences. View publications
- Awarded numerous international and national prizes for clinical research
- Principal investigator for a randomised control trial comparing medical therapy vs bariatric surgery in patients with Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension. The outcome from this trial is expected to determine the best treatment for these patients
- Principal Investigator for the By band Sleeve trial at HEFT, an NIHR funded portfolio study that compares the outcomes between the 3 commonly performed bariatric procedures. It is the largest trial on bariatric surgery in the world
- Professor Singhal is leading an observational study looking into the impact of bariatric surgery on reduction of malignant transformation in obese patients with endometrial hyperplasia.
- Has ongoing research interests in the metabolic effects of bariatric surgery on patients with diabetes
- In 2022 Awarded Visiting Professor of Bariatric Surgery at Birmingham City University