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About Miss Annabel Shaw
Personal Profile
Miss Annabel Shaw is a Colorectal and General Surgical Consultant, with a special interest in laparoscopic (keyhole) for diseases of the bowel, including cancers of the colon and rectum.
Training
Miss Shaw qualified from St. George’s Hospital Medical School, and completed higher surgical training in South West London. She obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in 2018.
Practice
Miss Shaw was appointed as a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon in 2022 at Croydon University Hospital. She set up the Polyp MDT at Croydon University Hospital, which has now been integrated into the regular Colorectal Cancer MDT, which she co-leads. She has a strong interest in teaching and training, and is the Endoscopy Training Lead at Croydon University Hospital.
She also provides treatment for benign conditions such as diverticular disease, anorectal conditions including haemorrhoids, anal fistula, anal abscesses and anal fissure. She performs multiple surgical options for treatment of haemorrhoids, anal fistulas and Botox for anal fissures, as well as providing outpatient and non-operative management for such conditions.
Miss Shaw has a strong passion for endoscopic procedures, and is a JAG-accredited advanced endoscopy practitioner, performing colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and OGD (upper gastrointestinal tract endoscopy). She carries out advanced techniques for endoscopic removal of large polyps of the bowel (EMR / ESD). She also performs transanal excision of early rectal cancers (TEM), another minimally invasive and organ-preserving option for the management of early rectal cancers.
Research
She has completed research into the diagnosis and management of early colorectal cancer, and founded the multicentre PRESERVE trial, which aims to improve identification of early rectal cancers suitable for organ-preserving local excision.
Her research fellowship was completed at Croydon University Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital.
Miss Shaw has presented at multiple national and international conferences, which she regularly attends to ensure to keep up to date with ongoing research and developments in her specialist field.
Personal life
In her spare time, she enjoys cycling, music, watching rugby and being outside with her husband and son.
Patient Feedback
"One of the best private hospitals around. Been treated with dignity, staff were very friendly and caring. Hospital very tidy, basically spotless. Dr Annabel Shaw is a shining star, Thank you very much."
- Anonymised Patient, via Google
"Amazing team in the endoscopy unit, very professional and friendly staff. Everything felt really well organised and I am especially grateful to Dr Shaw. Thank you!!"
- Anonymised Patient, via Google
"I had a colonoscopy and it was an awesome experience. I was really nervous and stressed about the procedure, but I was reassured and made to feel welcomed and comfortable. I want to thank Brigid, Toni, Ethel, Godfrey with special thanks to Norah, Naami and Dr Annabel Shaw. It was all very swift and an overall pleasant experience!! I would give 10 stars if I could!"
- Anonymised patient, via Google
Clinical Interests
General Surgery:
- Appendicitis
- Bowel obstruction and perforation
- Skin lesions-lipoma (other than Head & Neck area)
- Inguinal hernia
- Umbilical hernia
Colorectal Surgery:
- Colonoscopy
- Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (OGD)
- Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
- Endoscopic removal of polyps of the bowel
- Trans-anal excision of early rectal cancers and large polyps (TEMS)
- Colon and rectal cancer
- Laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery for bowel cancer
- Diverticular disease
- Treatment for haemorrhoids, anal fistula and anal fissure
- Polyps
- Polypectomy
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhoea
- Constipation
- Bloating
- Digestive disorders
- Anal pain
- Rectal bleeding
- Blood in stools
- Gut health
- Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
- Anaemia
- Bowel Cancer
- Anal warts
- Dyspepsia/Indigestion
- Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease (GORD)/Acid refluxFIT test
- FOB (Faecal occult Blood) test
- THD
- Haemorrhoid surgery
- BOTOX for anal fissure
- Fistula surgery
- Fistula plug / gel
- Anal fissure
- Anal fistula
- Itchy bottom
- Lipoma
Professional Memberships
- General Medical Council (GMC)
- Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (ACPGBI)
- European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP)
- Medical Defense Union (MDU)
- British Medical Association (BMA)
- WINS (Women in Surgery)
