
Contact the Hospital About Mr Michael Saunders
Mr Michael Saunders
BSc, MS, FRCS
Consultant General, Laparoscopic & Colorectal Surgeon
Year Qualified
1993
Clinical Interests
- Hernias
- Gallstones
- Rectal bleeding including haemorrhoids
- Change in bowel habit – constipation and or diarhhoea
- Abdominal pain
- Pilonidal sinus
- Laparoscopic (key hole) surgery
- Day case surgery
- Gastroscopy and colonoscopy
Specialising In
General Surgery
Professional Profile
Mr Saunders is a Consultant General Surgeon who is proficient at laparoscopic surgery for gall stone disease, hernia repair and bowel conditions including cancer. He has undertaken research into post-operative pain following laparoscopic surgery.
Mr Saunders qualified from University College London in 1993 and was accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1997. He was appointed as a Consultant General Surgeon at Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals in 2008. He currently works for The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Personal Profile
Mr Michael Saunders lives in Welwyn Garden City with his wife and two children. Proficient at DIY, and avid rugby supporter and coaches junior rugby at a local club.
Keen motorsport enthusiast and drives an electric car.
Research Interests
Post operative pain Day case laparoscopic (key hole) surgery Education and teaching Efficiency and productivity
Professional Memberships
British Medical Association, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, British Association of Day Surgery, Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland, Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons
NHS Base
- Barnet & Chase Farm Hospitals
- The Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust