Mr Abdul Sultan

Mr Abdul H. Sultan is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest in Urogynaecology and his NHS appointment is at Croydon University Hospital. He has been appointed to the position of Reader at St George’s University of London. His research and doctorate involved studying the effects of childbirth on the pelvic floor and anal sphincters. 

He is the co-recipient of the Hospital Doctor award for “The Continence Team of the year (2005)”. In addition, he was awarded the prestigious overall UK Hospital Doctor of the Year award. He has over 200 publications and has co-produced the first comprehensive textbook on perineal and anal sphincter trauma and has recently published a textbook on Pelvic Floor Disorders. He is the recipient of the 2021 Croydon Medical Society Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the past President of the Royal Society of Medicine (Obstetrics and Gynaecology) and past President of the Croydon Medical Society. Apart form general gynaecology, he is particularly passionate about the consequences of childbirth on the pelvic floor giving rise to bowel and bladder dysfunction, vaginal and uterine prolapse, pain during sexual intercourse and injuries to the perineum and anal sphincter.

He is skilled in transvaginal and pelvic floor/anal sphincter ultrasound and Urogynaecology. He provides medicolegal reports as an expert witness in this area. More details can be found in Gynaefocus.net

Clinical Interests

• Bowel, Bladder and Sexual dysfunction
• Urinary incontinence surgery (TVT, TOT, Colposuspension, Fascial slings, Bulkamid transurethral injections)
• Recurrent urinary Tract Infections
• Cystoscopy
• Insertion of a variety of pessaries for prolapse and incontinence
• Complex uterovaginal prolapse surgery
• Pelvic floor and perineal reconstruction
• Complex combined pelvic floor surgery with colorectal surgeon
• Vaginal reconstruction surgery
• Sacrocolpopexy
• Sacrospinous fixation of vaginal vault
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Endometriosis
• Myomectomy
• Heavy Menstrual Bleeding
• Pelvic pain investigations
• Transcervical resection of fibroids
• Endometrial ablation
• Ovarian cysts
• Abdominal and vaginal hysterectomy
• Transvaginal scans
• Endoanal scans and manometry

Professional Memberships

• British Medical Association
• International Continence Society
• International Association of Urogynaecology
• European Urogynecological Association
• British Society of Urogynaecology
• Royal Society of Medicine
• British Menopause Society
• Croydon Medical Society
• Society of Expert Witnesses