Mr Hemanshoo Thakkar areas of expertise:
Professional statement
Mr Hemanshoo Thakkar is a highly regarded, award-winning, consultant paediatric surgeon based in London. He treats a wide range of health conditions in children, specialising in paediatric laparoscopy, anorectal malformations, Hirschsprung’s disease, umbilical hernias, iguinal hernias and undescended testes.
Mr Thakkar qualified with a bachelor of medicine, bachelor of science (MBBS) in 2009 from King’s College London. Following this, he commenced basic and higher surgical training in London and South East Deanery. Upon completion of his medicine, he began to work as a locum consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
In his career to date, Mr Thakkar has received a whole host of awards for his paediatric work. In 2021, he was awarded the title of young consultant of the year from Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. He was also awarded the renowned Alex Simpson Smith Travelling Fellowship Award for child health research in 2019.
Mr Thakkar has also been awarded the title of global scholar in surgical leadership from the prestigious Harvard Medical School.
He is devoted to innovation, quality improvement and surgical leadership, as well as research within the medical field. He holds a special interest in research within areas such as necrotising enterocolitis and Hirschsprung’s disease.
Not only does he hold the role of educational lead in the department of paediatric surgery at the Evelina London Children's Hospital and work as an undergraduate tutor for second and third year medical students at King's College London, Mr Thakkar has also created evidence-based podcasts in paediatric surgery, bringing medical education to a wider audience.
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16/02/2024
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Mr Thakkar was thoroughly professional, kind too & the surgery was a swift success. We wouldn’t hesitate to recommend him to anyone.!
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15/02/2024
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11/12/2023
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Great doctor would recommend to every patient
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10/12/2023
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Wonderful and attentive doctor. He took the time to explain the procedure, answered all of our worrying parents' questions, went above and beyond our original enquiries. Was very easy to make a booking, easy to work with his team, and his follow up report was delivered swiftly.