Mr Piero Nastro

Professional statement

Mr Piero Nastro is an extremely well-regarded, highly skilled general and colorectal surgeon who specialises in performing laparoscopic surgery and endoscopies, colorectal surgery, and complex abdominal wall surgery, and possesses a high level of expertise in conditions such as colorectal cancer, haemorrhoids, fistula, rectal bleeding, and abdominal wall hernias, amongst many others.

In 2015, he was appointed as a consultant surgeon at Darent Valley NHS Hospital and Queen Mary NHS Hospital. He currently holds a number of posts in private hospitals including The Blackheath Hospital, The Nuffield Health at St Bartholomew's Hospital and The Private Clinic of Harley Street in London. He moved from Italy to the UK in 2002 to pursue further higher surgical training, and in 2003, he completed a fellowship in colorectal surgery at the University of Hull.

In 2014, he completed his higher surgical training in General and Colorectal Surgery in London/South East England undertaking a post-training Fellowship in Colorectal Surgery at the esteemed St Mark’s Hospital in London. With over 20 years of post-graduate training, Mr Nastro has gained extensive experience in most fields of general surgery, but most specifically, in his special interest of laparoscopic surgery, colorectal surgery, advanced proctology and complex abdominal wall hernias.

An JAG accredited endoscopist, Mr Nastro has a keen interest in innovative techniques for colorectal, minimally invasive surgery, complex hernia surgery and proctology. Impressively, Mr Nastro boasts the ability and expertise when it comes to performing the Rafaelo® procedure as an effective minimally invasive treatment option for the treatment of internal haemorrhoids.

Thus far in his career, he has published an extensive amount of peer-reviewed articles some of them on high impact factor journals such as the British Journal of Surgery, Archieve of Surgery and Technique in Coloproctology. You can some of his articles here on ResearchGate.  Mr Nastro has also published over 70 abstracts on the abstract book of several international and national meetings such as the Association of Coloproctology of GB&I (ACPGBI), the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP), The Association of Surgeons of GB&I (ASGBI) and The Italian Society of Colorectal Surgery (SICCR).

Mr Nastro is also the representative of the Association of Coloproctology of GB&I (South East Chapter), Surgical Area Coordinator of the Italian Medical Society of Great Britain, Surgical College Tutor (Royal College of Surgeons) and undergraduate surgical lead (Kings College University and Kent and Medway Medical School) at Darent Valley Hospital.