Mr Ricardo Camprodon

Professional statement

Mr Ricardo Camprodon is a respected Consultant General, Laparoscopic and Benign Upper GI Surgeon with over 25 years’ experience, practising in Birmingham and Dudley. Mr Camprodon’s knowledge spans multiple areas, and he specialises in gastroesophageal reflux disease, gallbladder and biliary stone disease, abdominal wall hernia surgery, weight loss surgery and gastroscopy.
 
Mr Camprodon qualified from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona with an LMS (equivalent to a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery) in 1994, followed by a master’s degree in surgical science (MSc). He then moved to the UK in 1998 to complete his surgical training.
 
His interests lie in benign upper GI diseases, bariatric and laparoscopic surgeries. In his career he has performed over 2500 general surgical operations, including 800 laparoscopic cholecystectomies and 100 anti-reflux procedures. He also performs over 800 gastroscopies a year.
 
Mr Camprodon is also dedicated to research and medical education. He pursued a multicentre, multinational research project in transplant immunology at Sheffield University, Kings College London and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, for which he was awarded two international prizes and, a Ph.D. in 2019.

He also has obtained a post-CCT fellowship in bariatric and antireflux Surgery. Mr Camprodon is a fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons and is currently involved in establishing the Black Country Bariatric Collaborative Group, which will focus on delivering a weight loss surgery service to the Black Country population without the need to outsorce.