Backed by more than 25 years of clinical practice experience, Dr Hemant Sharma is a qualified gastroenterologist based in Tunbridge Wells. At Kent Gastroenterology, he specialises in managing all forms of gastroenterological disorders, with a sub-specialist interest in both preventing and treating liver diseases. He also helps to diagnose and treat more common ailments such as abdominal pain, bloating, heartburn, and acid reflux. Contact Dr Sharma today to learn more.
About Dr Sharma
Dr Sharma is the clinical lead of the Gastroenterology department at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. Serving patients throughout Kent, he carries out his independent practice at the Wells Suite in Tunbridge Wells Hospital and also sees private patients at:
Nuffield Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Wells Suite, Tunbridge Wells Hospital
Wells Health, Fordcombe Hospital
Benenden Hospital, Cranbrook
Considered an expert in his field, he regularly sees patients who have been referred by peers and GPs, or self-referred, so they can benefit from his understanding of complex gastrointestinal disorders.
Experience
Formerly the Endoscopy lead at his previous NHS hospital, Dr Sharma led his team to achieve the highly coveted JAG certificate, the hallmark of excellence in gastrointestinal endoscopy services. He is the chair of the benign liver meeting at his hospital discussing and providing management plans for these complex cases to his peers and other teams.
Furthermore, he is an expert in performing endoscopies of all types, both upper and lower GI endoscopies (gastroscopy and colonoscopy) as well as endoscopies for gall stones i.e. ERCP. Dr Sharma has carried out more than 15,000 endoscopies and has started the service of endoscopic stenting of colorectal cancer in Kent.
Dr Sharma has published many articles in peer-reviewed medical journals and has also presented at national and international medical conferences. Read more about his published work below.
Diagnostic Utility of Single-User Peroral Cholangioscopy in Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Evangelos Kalaitzakis (1), Richard Sturgess (2), Harry Kaltsidis (3), Kofi Oppong (4), Venkata Lekharaju (2), Per Bergenzaun (1), Panagiotis Vlavianos (3), Hemant Sharma (5), David Westaby (3), George J Webster (5)
- Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology, October 2014, Vol. 49, No. 10 : Pages 1237-1244
Primary Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Case Series and Literature Review
- Sharma H, Bell I, Schofield J, Bird G
- Clinical Research in Hepatology and Gastroenterology, 2011 Jan; 35 (1): 55 – 9
Endoscopic Management of Post-Cholecystectomy Bile Leaks
- Sharma H, Bird G
- Frontline Gastroenterology 2011; 2: 230 - 233
Percutaneous Antegrade Colonic Stent Insertion Using a Proximal Trans-peritoneal Colopexy Technique.
- Kawa, B., Sharma, H., Ignotus, P. et al.
- Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 42, 787 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-018-2134-6
Multicenter cohort study of patients with buried bumper syndrome treated endoscopically with a novel, dedicated device.
- Costa D, Despott EJ, Lazaridis N, Woodward J, Kohout P, Rath T, Scovell L, Gee I, Hindryckx P, Forrest E, Hollywood C, Hearing S, Mohammed I, Coppo C, Koukias N, Cooney R, Sharma H, Zeino Z, Gooding I, Murino A.
- Gastrointest Endosc. 2021 Jun;93(6):1325-1332. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.11.009. Epub 2020 Nov 19. PMID: 33221321.
Below are a few of the abstracts of presentations Dr Sharma has made, including multiple clinical studies and case reports at national and international conferences.
British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) 2016 (Winner Of Best Abstract – National)
Improving the management of liver disease at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Hospital
BSG 2017
An unusual case of self-expanding duodenal stent fracture and migration
BSG 2013
Diagnostic utility of single user per-oral cholangioscopy for indeterminate biliary strictures in sclerosing cholangitis.
BSG 2010
H.Pylori: culture as opposed to serology.
BSG 2009
1 – Peritoneal mesothelioma in the 21st century.
2 – Endoscopic salvage of laparoscopic biliary leaks.
ECCO 2009 and DDW 2009 (European and American Meetings)
Retrospective study of outcomes of patients with Crohn’s disease treated with early immunosuppression.
BSG 2008
11-year audit of management of severe ulcerative colitis in a DGH.
European Federation of Internal Medicine – 2008
An unusual case of ascites – poster presentation at Rome, May 2008.
European Federation of Internal Medicine – Lisbon, May 2007
1 – Inferior vena caval hypoplasia and its vascular complications.
2 – (Poster) An unusual case of a stroke (inherited prothrombotic disorder).
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