Dr Sanjay Gupta graduated in Medicine (MBBS) from India in 1987. He completed his MD (Medicine) and Diplomate of National Board (Medicine) in India in 1990 and 1991 respectively. He was awarded MRCP (UK) in 1997. Dr Sanjay Gupta trained in Gastroenterology, initially as Research Registrar at Mayday University Hospital and then as a Specialist Registrar in the South West London rotation. His research was on surveillance in Barretts Oesophagus. He was awarded CCT in Gastroenterology and Internal Medicine in 2006, and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) in 2011.

Practice

After having worked as a locum Consultant at Mayday Hospital for two years, Dr Gupta was appointed as a substantive Consultant in May 2008. Dr Gupta was appointed as Training Lead for endoscopy later that year. The endoscopy unit at Mayday University Hospital was accredited by JAG and his role as training lead was commended. 

He has since relinquished that role. He has been actively involved in developing policies and protocols in Gastroenterology including developing shared care pathways between primary and secondary care. He was one of the Consultants in the Clostridium difficile management team that successfully reduced the infection rates at Mayday Hospital.

Dr Sanjay Gupta was part of the on-call rota for Medicine at Croydon University Hospital till 2020 and is on a rota covering gastroenterology patients and specialist gastroenterology referrals at the hospital. He was also the joint lead for the enteral nutrition team as part of Nutrition Support Team at Croydon Hospital. This was recognised by being short listed for the BMA Annual awards.

Dr Gupta has experience in managing various gastrointestinal and liver disorders. He is an accomplished endoscopist and performs upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures-both diagnostic and therapeutic. This includes ERCPs, oesophageal /pyloric dilatation and stenting, insertion of nasojejunal and nasogastric tubes, PEG insertion and polypectomies, BRAVO pH study and oesophageal manometry, wireless capsule endoscopies, flexible sigmoidoscopy, push enteroscopy.

Since relinquishing his role as training lead for endoscopy he took over as the lead for Upper GI and Hepatobiliary cancer and Acute Upper GI Bleed. He has since relinquished the latter role but continues to be the cancer lead since 2012. He was the joint lead for Cancer at Croydon University Hospital which he relinquished post Covid. He has been the lead for ERCP services for Croydon University Hospital for more than 10 years and has been leading the Barretts oesophagus services since 2016. 

Dr Gupta has also been involved in teaching and training of junior doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. He is an Educational Supervisor for a Specialist Registrar in Gastroenterology and also an Appraiser. He has also presented talks for patient groups and GPs. 

He has a number of publications to his credit including presentations at international conferences. He has presented abstracts at the British Society of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterology Association, American Society of Clinical Oncology and European Gastroenterology Conference. He is an author of more than 75 publications.

Patient Feedback

Dr Gupta has received excellent feedback and uses Doctify for patient feedback. He has also received positive feedback from PHIN-private practice official portal.

"I was quite anxious about the endoscopy, but Dr Gupta immediately put me at ease and made the entire process feel smooth and reassuring."

- Anonymised Patient, via Google

"Very easy and Dr Gupta explained everything very well."

- Anonymised Patient, via Google

"I am very pleased with the service and the staff including nurses at Shirley Oaks. Dr.Gupta is very good at keeping my nerves calm as he knows I am a worrier and very anxious person. So overall The best experience."

- Anonymised Patient, via Google

Doctify Reviews- doctify.com/dr-sanjay-gupta

PHIN Patient Feedback- phin.org.uk/dr-sanjay-gupta

Dr Gupta has an outpatient clinic at Shirley Oaks Hospital on Wednesday and Thursday evening and an endoscopy list on Wednesday morning. He can be contacted through his secretary Debbie Vogler via email - [email protected].

Disorders of the gastrointestinal system including;

• The liver
• The pancreas
• The bile duct

Upper gastro-intestinal system;

• Digestive disorders
• Acid related disorders
• Acid reflux
• Upper abdominal pain
• Vomiting
• Bleeding from upper GI tract
• Swallowing problems
• Gall bladder pain
• Abdominal bloating
• Barretts oesophagus
• Oesophageal narrowing or strictures

Small bowel disorders;

• Malabsorption
• Bleeding
• Bloating
• Gluten allergy (coeliac disease)
• Bloating
• Inflammation of small bowel

Lower GI Tract:

• Diarrhoea
• Bleeding from back passage (or both)
• Lower abdominal pain
• Passage of black stools
• Constipation

Hepatobiliary pancreatic;

• Jaundice or yellow eyes/skin
• Pancreatitis
• Various forms of liver inflammation including fatty liver disease
• Hepatitis
• Obstruction of bile duct

General symptoms;

• Weight loss
• Anaemia
• Abnormal blood tests
• Nutritional problems
• Irritable bowel syndrome like symptoms

Diseases investigated include;

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux
• Dyspepsia
• Barrett’s Oesophagus Crohns Disease
• Ulcerative Colitis
• Coeliac Disease
• Malabsorption
• Hepatitis (excluding viral hepatitis)
• Peptic Ulcer disease
• Chronic pancreatitis
• SIBO
• Fatty liver disease
• Cirrhosis liver
• Stone disease in the biliary tract
• Cancers of the Upper GI tract and hepato-pancreato-biliary tract

• Royal College of Physicians (London)
• British Society of Gastroenterology
• Medical Defence Union
• British Medical Association
• Association of Physicians of India