Mr Andrew Jenkinson is a consultant surgeon with a special interest in advanced laparoscopic, or keyhole, surgery. He works privately and also for the NHS, at the number one rated hospital in the UK, University College Hospital in Bloomsbury, Central London where he is part of an expert team leading advances in gastrointestinal (stomach and bowel) surgery.

Mr Jenkinson has had extensive training in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgical techniques in London, Europe and America. He has performed over 2,000 procedures to date. He currently carries out approximately 100 laparoscopic hernia operations and a similar number of gallbladder procedures per year. He has a specialist interest in the laparoscopic treatment of sports hernia (Gilmore’s groin).

His training in bariatric, or obesity, surgery conforms with criteria required by the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society. He
provides the full range of obesity surgery procedures, including gastric bypass, gastric band, sleeve gastrectomy and duodenal switch. He performs approximately 200 weight loss procedures per year. He has a reputation for performing extremely safe surgery with a very low complication rate and a zero mortality rate. He has been nominated as the lead clinician for quality and safety (governance) in surgery at UCH.

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