Mr Sanjaya Wijeyekoon

About

Mr. Wijeyekoon is a Colorectal and General Surgeon based at University Hospital’s Dorset. He trained at the Universities of Cambridge and London with qualifications and. research degrees from the University of Cambridge, St Bartholomew's and London School of Medicine and Dentistry, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the London School of Economics. In 1999 he was awarded a Department of Health Research Fellowship, based at the Clinical Effectiveness Unit of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He was the principal investigator for the United Kingdom National Liver Transplant Audit for over two years. He has represented the Royal of College of Surgeons of England in an expert advisory capacity with several national health regulatory organisations including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence.

Prior to taking up his appointment in Bournemouth in 2015, Mr. Wijeyekoon held Consultant positions for over four years starting at the Academic Surgical Unit of the Royal London Hospital and then Homerton University Hospital, London. He was part of the general surgical team that supported athletes and officials at the London 2012 Olympic and Para-Olympic Games. He was the Clinical Lead for the Homerton Ano-Genital Dysplasia Service (HANS) 2013-2014 and the designated colorectal surgeon for the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE) designated Homerton Endometriosis Centre.

His operative results are published by the Association of Coloproctology Great Britain and Ireland. He has a wide range of experience in the management of colorectal and anal cancer, endometriosis, inflammatory bowel and diverticular disease, coloproctological conditions (fissure, fistula and haemorrhoids), and general surgery. He is a JAG accredited endoscopist and trainer and an accredited high resolution anoscopist.

Mr. Wijeyekoon's particular specialist expertise is in the treatment of complex skin pre-cancer ( squamous dysplasia/ AIN3) including laser therapy. He is the Dorset lead for High Resolution Anoscopy and works closely with colleagues in Genito Urinary Medicine, HIV medicine, and Gynae Oncology. He also provides UK wide support and training for laser interventions in coloproctology (AIN3, complex fistula-in-ano, pilonidal disease, and haemorrhoids).

Procedures & Treatments

General Surgical conditions treated

• Laparoscopic Surgery
• Groin hernia
• Umbilical hernia
• Ventral hernia
• Incisional Ventral Hernia
• Abdominal wall reconstruction
• Adhesions
• Abdominal pain

Colorectal conditions

• Haemorrhoids (THD/HALO, laser, rubber banding, haemorrhoidectomy)
• Anal fissure - Botulinum Toxin, advancement flap
• Fistula-in-ano (laser, plugs, glue, surgery)
• Colorectal cancer
• Anal Cancer
• Diverticular Disease
• Endometriosis
• Colonoscopy
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy
• Proctalgia fugax
• Volvulus
• Bleeding
• Radiation proctitis
• Pelvic congestion syndrome

Skin conditions

• Moles; warts; skin tag removal
• Pilonidal sinus surgery - laser, local tissue flap
• GIPS High Resolution Anoscopy
• The management of AIN3
• Perineal squamous dysplasia including laser ablation pre-cancer

Laser Surgery

• Haemorrhoids, Fistula-in-ano, Pilonidal Sinus, AIN3

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