Dr Vinay Sehgal Consultant Profile
Dr Vinay Sehgal is a Consultant Gastroenterologist and Interventional Endoscopist at University College London Hospital. Dr Sehgal completed his specialist training in Gastroenterology in the prestigious North East London rotation, during which time he completed his PhD at University College London where he developed a novel tumour model of oesophageal cancer used in crucial mechanistic, imaging and pre-clinical studies. Dr Sehgal has been awarded numerous awards for his cutting edge and landmark research in this field.Dr Sehgal has a specialist interest in the early detection and treatment of gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD). Dr Sehgal offers a wide range of minimally invasive endoscopic treatments for GORD including the STRETTA procedure. Dr Sehgal is also only one of two specialists in the UK who offer endoscopic hiatus hernia repair using the trans-oral incisionless fundoplication (TIF) procedure as minimally invasive alterative to surgery with excellent outcomes to date.Dr Sehgal also has a super-specialist interest in pre-cancerous conditions of the digestive tract including Barrett’s Oesophagus and Squamous Cell Carcinoma. Dr Sehgal has helped pioneer and is senior co-author of numerous landmark studies for treatments of early oesophageal cancer including endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), radiofrequency ablation (RFA).Dr Sehgal also looks after and treats patients with more advanced oesophageal and gastric cancer in whom he offers laser therapy and stent placement to improve symptoms and quality of life.
Dr Sehgal offers a wide range of treatments for non-cancerous conditions of the foregut including endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) and intragastric balloon placement to help with weight loss and obesity-related complications. He also has a specialist interest in advanced endoscopic therapy for benign disorders of the foregut including the POEM procedure for achalasia and oesophageal dilatation for eosinophilic oesophagitis (EoE).In addition to his super-specialist and world-leading expertise in foregut diseases, Dr Sehgal also performs colonoscopy during which he commonly removes pre-cancerous polyps and helps diagnose and treat inflammatory conditions of the bowel.