Qualifications
- MBBS 1977
- MS General Surgery (India) 1981;
- FRCS Edinburgh 1983;
- FRCS Edinburgh (Urology) 1994
Specialist areas
- All areas of general urology
- Robotic surgery
Contact details
PA: Kirsty Milligan
Tel: 01254 734447
Email: kirsty.milligan@elht.nhs.uk
Background
Mr Shyam Matanhelia is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.
Following completion of Specialist training, he was appointed as a Consultant Urological Surgeon at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS FT in 1994. He moved to his post as Consultant Urological Surgeon in 2017.
Teaching and Training
- Mentoring Urological Surgeons in Lancaster and Blackburn in Laparoscopic Surgery.
- Conducting International Laparoscopy Skills Training Workshop in:
o Lagos, Nigeria (2011),
o Szczecin, Poland ( 2012),
o Perugia, Italy (2013),
o Dhulikhel, Nepal (2013 and 2014),
o Kolkata, India ( 2015)
- Systematic approach to Laparoscopic Skills: Developed basic and advance training programs for trainees, consultants and nurses to develop necessary skills and safe laparoscopic procedures.
- Conducting video linked live operating session and skills workshops for trainees, medical students and colleagues.
Research interests
Prostate cancer
Bladder cancer
Professional membership
European Association of Urologists
British Association of Urological Surgeons