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Richard O'Hara

Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon

Richard O'Hara

Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon

About Richard O'Hara

Professional Profile

Mr O’Hara is a substantive General and Colorectal Consultant Surgeon at Milton Keynes University Hospital as well as working here at Saxon Clinic. He is also JAG accredited upper and lower GI endoscopist.

Mr O’Hara qualified in 1991 at the University of Nottingham Medical School and completed his Higher Surgical Training in the Oxford Deanery. He obtained a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree at Hull University Teaching Hospital. His research into Colorectal Cancer Immunology was awarded the Piedmont Prize at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Buckingham Medical School. He is an examiner for the MRCS examinations for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and is an Intercollegiate Examiner for the FRCS, the Senior Exams for Surgeons.

Mr O’Hara has worked for over 20 years as a Consultant Surgeon, having been appointed as a General and Colorectal Surgeon at Milton Keynes University Hospital in 2003. He has held posts as the Clinical Director, Colorectal Cancer lead and Cancer lead for the Trust. He has also been on the Board of the School of Surgery for the Oxford Deanery,

Mr O’Hara has a wealth of experience across the whole spectrum of General surgical conditions and has a specialist interest in benign colorectal conditions such as haemorrhoids, anal fissures and anal fistulae, as well as colorectal cancer and endoscopy.  He is trained in minimally invasive (laparoscopic) and robotic surgery.

Mr O’Hara sees private self-funding and insured patients at The Saxon Clinic.

You can book an appointment with Mr O’Hara via this webpage or by calling the hospital at the number at the top of the page.

Clinical Interests

  • Benign Colorectal and anal diseases

  • Colorectal cancer/ Coloproctology

  • Pilonidal sinus disease

  • Open inguinal and abdominal wall hernia’s.

  • Upper and lower gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Professional Memberships

  • Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (FRCS Ed)
  • Member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland

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Languages spoken

English

GMC number

3555802
A General Medical Council (GMC) number is a unique ID that shows a specialist is officially registered and approved to practice medicine in the UK.

Qualifications

BMedSci, B.M, B.S, M.D; FRCS Ed (Gen Surg)

Professional memberships

Mr O’Hara is a substantive General and Colorectal Consultant Surgeon at Milton Keynes University Hospital as well as working here at Saxon Clinic. He is also JAG accredited upper and lower GI endoscopist.

Mr O’Hara qualified in 1991 at the University of Nottingham Medical School and completed his Higher Surgical Training in the Oxford Deanery. He obtained a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree at Hull University Teaching Hospital. His research into Colorectal Cancer Immunology was awarded the Piedmont Prize at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Buckingham Medical School. He is an examiner for the MRCS examinations for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and is an Intercollegiate Examiner for the FRCS, the Senior Exams for Surgeons.

Mr O’Hara has worked for over 20 years as a Consultant Surgeon, having been appointed as a General and Colorectal Surgeon at Milton Keynes University Hospital in 2003. He has held posts as the Clinical Director, Colorectal Cancer lead and Cancer lead for the Trust. He has also been on the Board of the School of Surgery for the Oxford Deanery,

Mr O’Hara has a wealth of experience across the whole spectrum of General surgical conditions and has a specialist interest in benign colorectal conditions such as haemorrhoids, anal fissures and anal fistulae, as well as colorectal cancer and endoscopy.  He is trained in minimally invasive (laparoscopic) and robotic surgery.

Mr O’Hara sees private self-funding and insured patients at The Saxon Clinic.

You can book an appointment with Mr O’Hara via this webpage or by calling the hospital at the number at the top of the page.


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