Mr Sushil Maslekar

Mr Sushil Maslekar is an award-winning consultant general, colorectal and laparoscopic surgeon based at St James’s University Hospital, with a private practice at the Spire Hospital Leeds and the Thorpe Park Clinic. His main clinical interests include laparoscopic and minimally-invasive surgery (keyhole surgery and robotic surgery) for Colorectal Cancer, pelvic floor surgery (including management of faecal incontinence and constipation), advanced minimal discomfort colonoscopy and transanal microsurgical techniques for rectal polyps and cancers.

Mr Maslekar offers modern treatments for haemorrhoids including radiofrequency ablation (Rafaelo procedure) and Doppler guided treatment (HALO/THD). He has also built a national reputation for his specialist interest in pelvic floor disorders, and when conservative measures have been exhausted, he provides treatments for bowel incontinence (Sacral Nerve Stimulation- SNS/AXONICS, Sphincter Reconstruction, Magnetic anal sphincter), prolapse repair (Ventral mesh rectopexy) and chronic constipation. Lastly, Mr Maslekar has a keen interest in hernias, especially keyhole (laparoscopic) repair, and treats inguinal, incisional, umbilical, femoral and all other ventral hernia.

Mr Maslekar's postgraduate training was undertaken in Yorkshire including Leeds, Sheffield and other hospitals. He undertook clinical research under Professor John Monson and Professor Graeme S Duthie culminating in an MD in 2006. He was awarded the British Journal of Surgery John Farndon Prize in 2006 for his work. After a brief period of advanced fellowship in Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark, he took up a Consultant post at Leeds Teaching Hospitals, where he leads the pelvic floor and colorectal cancer service.

Mr Maslekar has been extensively involved in research during his career and has over 25 peer-reviewed journal publications (see below). He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Leeds and an examiner for the MRCS examination at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.