Mr Ketankumar Gajjar

Professional statement

Mr Ketankumar Gajjar is a leading consultant gynaecological oncologist (gynaecological surgery) based in Nottingham who specialises in laparoscopic hysterectomy, fibroids and ovarian cysts alongside ovarian cancer, colposcopy and endometrial cancer. He privately practises at Park Hospital and Spire Nottingham Hospital, while his NHS base is Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. 

Mr Gajjar is highly qualified with MBBS, MD and MRCOG qualifications. After receiving his MD in obstetrics and gynaecology from MS University, Baroda, India, he received further training in the field in the East of England.  

He also received specialist training managing gynaecological cancers at Cambridge University Hospitals. Furthermore, he is trained in managing gynaecological conditions such as endometriosis, heavy menstrual bleeding and ovarian cysts as well as labial cysts and cervical pre-cancer. 
   
Mr Gajjar is certified by the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) in colposcopy. He has interests in performing complex keyhole surgery in the management of gynaecological cancers, and as well as managing cervical HPV, he offers diagnostic services such as hysteroscopy for women with menstrual problems such as post-menopausal and peri-menopausal bleeding.

Mr Gajjar, who is the honorary secretary at the British Gynaecological Cancer Society and was also the society's IT and social media subgroup chair from 2020 to 2023, is a respected academic. He has a keen interest in cancer research, and underwent a research MD at the University of Lancaster. Here he worked on iospectroscopy methods as a novel diagnostic tool in cancer and pre-cancer diagnostics.

Mr Gajjar has also had his research published in various peer-reviewed journals, while he is a member of several various organisations including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the British Gynaecological Cancer Society and the British Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology. He is also a member of the International Gynaecological Cancer Society.