Professor Bijendra Patel

MBBS, MS
Professor of Surgery (Laparoscopy and Surgery Skills)
Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh
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Teaching Focus

I am a leading expert in establishing higher education degrees for acquiring operative surgical skills by simulation. I pioneered the Masters course in Surgical Skills and Sciences at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London and have set up a “Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation Centre” for training surgeons.

Key Publications

Hereditary diffuse gastric cancer: updated consensus guidelines for clinical management and directions for future research. J Med Genet (2010) 47: 436-444. PMID: 20591882

Emergency Room surgical workload in an inner city UK teaching hospital. World Journal of Emergency Surgery (2008) 3:19. PMID: 18513422

Procedural Performance in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: An Assessment & Self-Appraisal Tool. American  Journal of Surgery (2008) 196(3):450-5. PMID: 18585680

Simulation and surgical training. International Journal of Clinical Practice (2007) 61(12):2120-5. PMID: 17949430

Other Activities
  • Laparoscopy surgery tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Themes/Keywords
Barrett's/Oesophageal
Other Activities
  • Laparoscopy surgery tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
Recent Publications

Perioperative outcomes between laparoscopic versus open versus robotic partial nephrectomy: Current Review. Wong R, Patel B, Biyani CS Urologia Journal (2023) (10) 3915603231211975

Systematic review and meta-analysis of cost-effectiveness of minimally invasive versus open pancreatic resections Lee S, Varghese C, Fung M et al. Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery (2023) 408(10) 306

Accuracy of diagnostic tests in cardiac injury after blunt chest trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis Kyriazidis IP, Jakob DA, Vargas JAH et al. World Journal of Emergency Surgery 18(10) 36

Robotic versus open pancreaticoduodenectomy, comparing therapeutic indexes; a systematic review Mantzavinou A, Uppara M, Chan J et al. International Journal of Surgery (2022) 101(10) 106633

The effect of verbal feedback, video feedback, and self-assessment on laparoscopic intracorporeal suturing skills in novices: a randomized trial Halim J, Jelley J, Zhang N et al. Surgical Endoscopy (2021) 35(10) 3787-3795

Design of a Proficiency-Based Skills Training Curriculum for Our Newly Validated 3-Dimensional (3D) Laparoscopic Models, Using MISTELS Merali N, Iosif E, Morawala AJ et al. Journal of Investigative Surgery (2021) 34(10) 194-204

Acquiring basic and advanced laparoscopic skills in novices using two-dimensional (2D), three-dimensional (3D) and ultra-high definition (4K) vision systems: A randomized control study Abdelrahman M, Belramman A, Salem R et al. International Journal of Surgery (2018) 53(10) 333-338

Femorofemoral Crossover Bypass Graft Has Excellent Patency When Performed with EVAR for AAA with UIOD Akingboye AA, Patel B, Cross FW Southern Medical Journal (2018) 111(10) 56-63

Unplanned medical visit and readmission within 30 days following day case surgery Eltweri AM, Islam S, Patel B BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY (2015) 102(11) 27-28
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The effect of varying doses of caffeine on laparoscopic skill performance in novices Quan V, Elbakbak W, Gavrila A et al. BRITISH JOURNAL OF SURGERY (2014) 101(11) 34-34
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Biography

I am a leading expert in establishing higher education degrees for acquiring operative surgical skills by simulation. I pioneered the Masters course in Surgical Skills and Sciences at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London and have set up a "Virtual Reality Surgical Simulation Centre" for training surgeons. The course employs novel techniques in the education of surgeons, using computer simulations to enhance surgical skills. I am also on the faculty at the Royal College of Surgeons for teaching laparoscopy skills.

My main academic interests are in:

  • Surgical education in acquiring operative skills by simulation
  • Developing curriculum for acquiring surgical skills by simulation

My main clinical interests are in:

  • Surgery for benign and malignant diseases of the oesophagus and stomach
  • Laparoscopic and bariatric surgery
  • SILS - Single Incision Surgery
  • General and gastrointestinal surgery

Profile

I joined the Queen Mary College and Barts and The London NHS Trust in August 2004 as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery. I graduated from University of Bombay, India, in 1992 and have obtained the higher specialist training in Laparoscopic and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery in the UK  from 1994 to 2004. I am a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

In my current consultant post at Barts and the Royal London Hospital, I provide the regional gastro-oesophageal cancer service for Inner East London.

I am also the Course Director for the Masters (MSc) in Laparoscopic Surgery & Surgical Skills at Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London. As a director I am involved in the delivery, quality assurance, and quality enhancement of this course.