Mr Kishore Pursnani
Mr Kishore Pursnani is a Consultant General Surgeon specialising in Upper GI Surgery in Lancashire
NHS base
Lancashire teaching Hospitals (Chorley)
GMC Number
3628405
Clinic Timetable
Sat 09:00 – 12:00 Thurs 08:30 – 12:30
Clinical interests
Upper gastro-intestinal surgery; Oesophageal cancer; Laparoscopic procedures ('keyhole surgery') Day case Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Hernia repair (all types); Laparoscopic antireflux surgery; Endoscopies (gastroscopy) Hernia; Galbladder surgery; Gallstones; Heartburn; Acid Reflux difficulty swallowing; Gastritis
Professional Memberships
BMA Association of Upper GI Surgeons (AUGIS)
Manchester Medical Society
Association of Surgeons of GB and Ireland
Hon Clinical Lecturer - University of Manchester Examiner for MRCS and FRCS PLAB (run by GMC)
Academic Background
Completed medical degree in Bombay. Trained in UK, predominantly in North West England. Three years undertaking clinical research in reflux disease, USA. Consultant Surgeon (subspecialist interest in UGI cancer) for Lancashire Teaching.
MBBS Bombay University 1986
FRCS (Gen Surg) Glasgow 2001
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2005-present)
Research Fellow Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia 1995
Research Fellow SUNY Health Science Centre, Syracuse, New York 1993
NHS base
Lancashire teaching Hospitals (Chorley)
GMC Number
3628405
Clinic Timetable
Sat 09:00 – 12:00 Thurs 08:30 – 12:30
Clinical interests
Upper gastro-intestinal surgery; Oesophageal cancer; Laparoscopic procedures ('keyhole surgery') Day case Laparoscopic cholecystectomy; Hernia repair (all types); Laparoscopic antireflux surgery; Endoscopies (gastroscopy) Hernia; Galbladder surgery; Gallstones; Heartburn; Acid Reflux difficulty swallowing; Gastritis
Professional Memberships
BMA Association of Upper GI Surgeons (AUGIS)
Manchester Medical Society
Association of Surgeons of GB and Ireland
Hon Clinical Lecturer - University of Manchester Examiner for MRCS and FRCS PLAB (run by GMC)
Academic Background
Completed medical degree in Bombay. Trained in UK, predominantly in North West England. Three years undertaking clinical research in reflux disease, USA. Consultant Surgeon (subspecialist interest in UGI cancer) for Lancashire Teaching.
MBBS Bombay University 1986
FRCS (Gen Surg) Glasgow 2001
Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2005-present)
Research Fellow Graduate Hospital, Philadelphia 1995
Research Fellow SUNY Health Science Centre, Syracuse, New York 1993
