Mr Abhilash Paily

Professional statement

Mr Abhilash Paily is a highly esteemed consultant general and colorectal surgeon at Oaks hospital, Colchester. He specialises in anal fistula, colonoscopy, colorectal and anal cancer, gallstones, hernias and colorectal pelvic floor disorder.

He graduated from Government Medical College Kottayam, India (Mahatma Gandhi University) in 1997 and went on to complete his postgraduate resident training in general surgery at the Government Medical College, Trivandrum, India (University of Kerala) from 1999 to 2003. In 2005, he relocated to the UK and served in fixed term training registrar positions in general surgery in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dumfermline, Plymouth, and Ipswich before joining the run-through Higher National Training Programme in the East of England deanery (Ipswich Hospital, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Southend University Hospital, and Colchester General Hospital). 

Between 2009 and 2011, he served as a Clinical Research Associate in GI physiology/pelvic floor, conducting investigations on neurogenic bowel dysfunction in spinal cord injuries under the supervision of the distinguished neuro-gastroenterologist Professor Anton Emmanuel at University College London.

Additionally, he currently holds the position of General Surgery Clinical Lead at Colchester General Hospital.