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Mr Andrew Harris

Consultant General Surgeon, GMC No. 6100720

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Consultation Fees

Initial Face-To-Face Consultation

£200

Follow Up Consultation

£100

Additional Fees

Administration Fee - Kingsbridge Belfast & North West

A £35.00 admin fee is charged in addition to the Consultation Fee

Our Locations

We see patients across the Kingsbridge sites, all with high standards of care.

You’ll receive the same consistent, personalised support throughout.

Services I Offer

General Surgery

Hernia Repair

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

Endoscopy

Endoscopy

Oncology

Gastrointestinal Cancers

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Andrew Harris’s Profile

Mr Andrew Harris ia a Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, based primarily in the Belfast City Hospital. He also performs Emergency General Surgery in the Royal Victoria Hospital and Day Case Surgery in the Mater Infirmorum.

Mr Harris specialises in surgery for oesophageal and gastric Cancer, reflux, hiatal hernias, gallstones and inguinal hernias.

His advanced specialist Upper GI surgical training started in Northern Ireland, however this took him to world renowned centres for Bariatric (weight loss) and hiatal hernia surgery in Liverpool, UK and Pretoria, South Africa.

Practising at

Kingsbridge Private Hospital Belfast

Current NHS Posts

Consultant General and Oesophagogastric Surgeon at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.

Personal profile

Mr Harris balances work and family life alongside his passion for cycling, skiing and rugby. He is a regular follower of Ulster Rugby.

Qualifications

Certificate in Quality and Safety,

Institute for Healthcare Improvement (2017)

MB ChB University of Birmingham Medical School 2004
MSc Surgery University of Hull 2011
GMC Specialist Register for General Surgery since 2017

Additional Training

Fellowship in Bariatric Surgery

Countess of Chester Hospital, Chester, UK and Aintree University Hospital, Liverpool, UK 2015-2016

JAG Certified UGI Endoscopist 2014

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

FRCSEd Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh 2015
Member of the Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
Member of the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgeons Society
Member of the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons

Publications

Wong, CS, Harris A, Kennedy R, Houghton OP, Carey PD. (2018)

A rare case of retroperitoneal synovial sarcoma. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Open; 9(4) 1–4 doi: 10.1177/2054270418760437

McCain S, McCain S, Harris A, McCalliion K. (2014)

Recycling of jejunal effluent to enable enteral nutrition in short bowel syndrome. British Medical Journal Case Reports, 3 May 2014 doi:10.1136/bcr-2014-204394

Naqvi M, Ward ST, Dowswell G, DonnellyJ on behalf of the SWIFT group collaborators.

The influence of key clinical practices on the knowledge of first year doctors about the patients under their care. International Journal of Clinical Practice 2013;67(2): 181-188

Harris A, McKevitt G, Neill A. Images in Surgery: Rectus Sheath Haematoma. BJS 2012:99(6)
McBrearty A, Harris A, Gidwani A. Transverse-Sigmoid Colon Knot: a rare cause of bowel obstruction. Ulster Med J 2011;80(2):107-110
McCain RS, Harris AR, McCallion K, Campbell WJ, Kirk SJ (2010)

The barrier method as a new tool to assist in career selection: covert observational study. BMJ 341: c6968 (PMID 21159762)

Harris A., Bowley D., Stannard A., Kurrimboccus S., Karandikar S. (2009)

Socioeconomic deprivation adversely affects survival of patients with rectal cancer. BJS 96: 763-768 (PMID 19526619)

Harris A., Muttalib M. (2008) Enterobius infestation in suspected appendicitis. Postgrad Med J 84(997):614 (PMID 19103822)
Davies E., Harris A., Keane D., Porter K., Manji M. (2006) The use of regional anaesthesia in patients at risk of acute compartment syndrome. Injury 37: 128-133. (PMID 16256115)
Sharma D., Harris A. Management of ankle sprains. GP Update November 2006

Treatments and areas of interest

  • Laparoscopy (‘keyhole surgery’)
  • Laparoscopic Gallbladder and Hernia Surgery
  • Investigation of abdominal pain
  • Surgery for Gastric and oesophageal Cancer
  • Hiatal hernia surgery
  • Surgery for Reflux and Swallowing Difficulties
  • Weightloss (Bariatric) surgery
  • Removal of skin lumps and bumps
  • Vasectomy (Male Sterilisation)

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