Dr. Sandip Kumar a/l Mahendra Kumar

MBChB (Honours) (Manchester), MRCS (Edinburgh) MSurg (Malaya), FICS (Gen Surgery & Colorectal)

General Surgical Procedures
• Repair of abdominal wall hernias including laparoscopic repair of inguinal and incisional hernia. • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy including intraoperative cholangiogram • Subtotal and Partial Gastrectomy • Splenectomy for acute and elective conditions • Surgery for perforated or bleeding peptic ulcer disease • Bowel resection for benign and malignant disease • Mastectomy and Breast conserving surgery • Thyroid Surgery for benign and malignant disease • Surgery for varicose veins

Colorectal and Anal Procedures
•Removal of colon: i.e. Colectomies for benign and malignant disease. •Anterior resection including low rectal tumour as well as abdominal perineal resection (APR) for cancers of rectum •Formation of stomas •Surgical bypass procedures for inoperable tumour

Perianal Procedures
•Haemorrhoids surgery including Stapled Haemorrhoidopexy, Laser Haemorrhoidoplasty, Radiofrequency ablation haemorrhoidoplasty and conventional Haemorrhoidectomy. •Surgery for anal fissure including instillation of Botox Injection and lateral sphincterotomy •Ligation of Intersphincteric Fistula Tract (LIFT) and various definitive procedure including fistulectomy and fistulotomy for fistulotomy for fistula in Ano •Perianal skin tags •Rectopexy

Laparoscopic Procedures
•Diagnostic Laparoscopic procedures •Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy •Laparoscopic Small Bowel resection •Laparoscopic appendicectomy •Laparoscopic Colectomies •Laparoscopic anterior resection •Laparoscopic Abdominal Perineal resection

Endoscopy Procedures
•Diagnostic upper gastrointestinal and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy •Endoscopic polypectomies •Endoscopic insertion of stent for obstructed colon or upper rectum tumour •Therapeutic endoscopy for bleeding peptic ulcer disease as well as lower Gastro intestinal

Dr Sandip Kumar graduated from University of Manchester in 2000 with MBChB (Honours). He served as an intern before completing his basic surgical training in North West of England and obtaining his membership of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2003. Subsequently, he returned to Malaysia after a stint as colorectal clinical research fellow in University of Manchester under the guidance of Professor James Hill and served as surgical registrar in Hospital Seberang Jaya, Penang for three years. He then undertook his training in University of Malaya before graduating with Masters of Surgery in 2010.

He went on to serve as a General Surgeon at Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah, Muar, Johor before his appointment as Senior Lecturer within the Department of Surgery of University Malaya in 2011. He subsequently enrolled in the National Colorectal Fellowship. Dr Sandip Kumar trained in the Colorectal Units of University Malaya and University Kebangsaan Malaysia. He completed his Senior Clinical Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the prestigious Cambridge University NHS Trust where he had the opportunity to train under eight colorectal surgeons in the field of laparoscopic (keyhole) colorectal surgery and inflammatory bowel disease. He has also obtained training in Laparoscopic Surgery in General Surgery and Advanced Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgery at IRCAD. He was then awarded the Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery by the Malaysian Colorectal Surgery Training Board. He is a member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI), member of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP), member of the Malaysian Society of Colorectal Surgeons (MSCRS) and member of Academy of Medicine of Malaysia.