External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant General Surgeon;
Newham University Hospital;
Barts Health NHS trust.
Research interests
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy; Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis
Personal interests
Gallstones; Acute Pancreatitis; Hernia Surgery; Rectal Bleeding; Haemorrhoids; Anal Canal Fissures; Pilonidal Sinus.
Awards received
Fujinon Travel and Educational Fellowship Grant recipient - ASCS International Scientific Congress 2007, Singapore. ’Prognosis of Colorectal Cancer according to the number of lymph nodes analysed.’Amit Sinha, Terence Hollingworth, Adrian Savage.
Midland Gastroenterological Society Travel Grant -’Do All patients with recent acute gallstone pancreatitis need CBD assessment?’ Amit Sinha, Firaz Arnaut, Neil Fisher - 9th ISDS at Yokohama, Japan: Dec 8-11 2004.
Languages spoken
English, Hindi, Urdu.
Publications
Pneumoperitoneum associated with pneumopericardium and pneumomediastinum following blunt chest trauma O. Anderson, A. Yaakub and A. Sinha. Injury Extra, Volume 38, Issue 12, December 2007, Pages 439-441
Amyand’s Hernia – Snapshots in Surgery. Amit Sinha. Br J Surg 2007;94:247
Rupture of pseudocyst of the spleen during cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Amit Sinha, Sayed A.W. Ahmed, Javeed Khan. Injury Extra, Volume 37, Issue 9, September 2006, Pages 338-340
Cold agglutinin related acrocyanosis and paroxysmal haemolysis.
Sinha A, Richardson G, Patel RT. Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg 2005;30(5):563-5.
Haemolytic uraemic syndrome following acute pancreatitis.
A Sinha, R Rai. JOP. J Pancreas 2005; 6(4);365-368
Prognosis of colorectal cancer in relation to the number of lymph nodes analysed.
K Futaba, A Sinha, C E Richardson, A P Savage
Colorecctal Disease, 10 (Suppl. 1) 19
Do All Patients with Recent Acute Gallstone Pancreatitis Need CBD Assessment? Amit Sinha, Firaz Arnaut, Neil Fisher. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery; Vol. 8, No.7S 2004; 377A-378A
Audit of patient satisfaction following cholecystectomy
A Sinha, A P Savage.2005 Surgeon 3: 3; S118
Diverticulitis of a true caecal diverticulum - Clinical pictures. SINHA, Amit*. Russells Hall Hospital, Department of Surgery, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS trust. Journal Clinical Anatomy. Volume 18 issue 8 Pages 618-645.
Letters:
Randomized clinical trial of open versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the treatment of acute cholecystitis. Br J Surg 2005; 92: 44-49. Rai R, Sinha A, Rai S.
Management of gall stone pancreatitis. Sinha A, Savage AP. Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2005;87(6):488-9.
Courses offered to GPs
Gallstones and Gallbladder Polyps - GP Forum, Newham University Hospital.
Gallstones and Gallbladder Polyps - GP Seminar, Holly House Hospital.
Anal Canal Clinic and Gallbladder Clinic - GP Study Day - Spire Roding Hospital.
