Mr Prashant Sharma

Prashant Sharma is a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon and Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Otago.

He obtained his Fellowship in General Surgery in 2012 in Christchurch, New Zealand.  Following this he undertook subspeciality training in Colorectal Surgery through the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ).  He did his fellowship at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide, South Australia, and at Western Hospital in Melbourne.

Prashant is a specialist in Laparoscopic (Keyhole) Abdominal surgery and has a special interest in Trans-Anal Minimally Invasive procedures (TAMIS).  This includes an interest in performing Rectal Resection Transanally (TaTME – Trans-anal TME).

He also has an interest in Laparoscopic Hernia surgery and anorectal conditions including Fistula, Abscesses, and Hemorrhoids).  He is currently engaged in a Masters Programme with research in Diverticular Disease and Diverticulitis.

1. Laparoscopic Keyhole Abdominal Surgery

• Colorectal Surgery
  • Cancer
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Diverticular Disease
• Hernia
  • Inguinal
  • Abdominal
• Gallbladder

2. Transanal Minimally Invasive Surgery

• TAMIS (Trans-Anal Minimally Invasive Surgery)
• TaTME (Trans-Anal Total Mesorectal Excision)
• Haemorrhoidal Artery Ligation

3. Anal Conditions

• Haemorrhoids, Fistula, Fissure

4. Endoscopy

• Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy

5. Other General Surgical Conditions

• Pilonidal Disease
• Pelvic Floor Disorders and Prolapse

• Pre Fellowship Training Christchurch Hospital
• Post Fellowship Training
• Christchurch Hospital
• Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
• Western General Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Positions and Memberships

• Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon, Christchurch Hospital
• Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon, Southern Cross Hospital
• Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon, St George’s Hospital
• Senior Lecturer, University of Otago Medical School
• Fellow Royal Australasian College Of Surgeons
• New Zealand Medical Association
• Member Royal Australasian College of Surgeons section of Colon and Rectal surgery
• Member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand

11 January 2006

General Surgery