Profile

Mr Gianluca Bonanomi is a senior Consultant Surgeon who specialises in general, upper gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery.He has a special expertise in minimally invasive keyhole surgery techniques including laparoscopic surgery for inguinal hernia, gallbladder disease, acid reflux, obesity and upper gastrointestinal conditions. He has been a Consultant Surgeon at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London since 2007.

Mr Gianluca Bonanomi completed his medical education and general surgery training at the University of Pisa in Italy and subsequently undertook further specialist surgical training in the United States, United Kingdom and France. Before moving to London, he completed a research fellowship in minimally invasive and robotic surgery and a clinical fellowship in advanced laparoscopic surgery and bariatrics at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in the USA where he was appointed as attending and assistant professor of surgery.

Mr Bonanomi has been the clinical lead for the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Service at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital where he received clinical excellence awards for his role and for working towards the establishment of a recognised multidisciplinary referral centre. He has achieved extensive experience in metabolic and bariatric surgery and offers all types of treatment including endoscopic intragastric balloon placement, laparoscopic gastric banding, gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and revisional procedures.

He will provide you with an informed, experienced and honest account of the options, risks and benefits of advanced laparoscopic surgery applied to common surgical conditions such as inguinal hernia, gallbladder stones, acid reflux, hiatus hernia, obesity and upper gastrointestinal diseases.

His research interests have included minimally invasive surgical techniques, robotics applications in surgery and the metabolic implications of obesity. He published more than 150 articles on peer reviewed journals, book chapters and conference abstracts.

Professional expertise

• General surgery
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy and gallbladder surgery
• Laparoscopic inguinal hernia surgery
• Laparoscopic anti-reflux and hiatus hernia surgery
• Abdominal hernias surgery
• Bariatric and metabolic surgery
• Complex revisional bariatric surgery
• Upper gastrointestinal surgery

Professional memberships

• Clinical Lead for General and Bariatric Surgery – Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Fellow Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS)
• General Medical Council (GMC)
• British Medical Association (BMA)
• Medical Protection Society (MPS)
• British Obesity Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
• International Federation Surgery Obesity (IFSO)
• Association Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (AUGIS)
• Former member of European Association Endoscopic Surgery (EAES)
• Former member of American Society Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)