About Kent Gastroenterology
Kent Gastroenterology offers consultations for all aspects of gastroenterology. Based in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, qualified gastroenterologist Dr Hemant Sharma offers an empathetic approach to your concerns, using all of his knowledge and experience to ensure you receive the best possible care. Get in touch today for more information.
Expertise and Experience
Dr Sharma has carried out more than 5000 procedures to date and has set pathways for the management of complex cases in discussion with colleagues in multidisciplinary meetings both locally and at London Bridge Hospital and King’s College Hospital. Considered an expert in his field, he regularly sees patients who have been referred by peers, so that they can benefit from his understanding of complex gastrointestinal disorders.
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Publications
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
- Kawa, B., Sharma, H., Ignotus, P. et al. Percutaneous Antegrade Colonic Stent Insertion Using a Proximal Trans-peritoneal Colopexy Technique. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 42, 787 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-018-2134-6
- 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. Multicenter cohort study of patients with buried bumper syndrome treated endoscopically with a novel, dedicated device. Gastrointest Endosc. 2021 Jun;93(6):1325-1332. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2020.11.009. Epub 2020 Nov 19. PMID: 33221321.
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Abstracts
BSIR December 2020 (National Interventional Meeting)
- Colonic/small bowel stenting for colonic malignancies involving the ileocaecal junction
Bhavin Kawa, H Sharma, James Turbett, Thomas Brookes, Elle Lambert, James Adam, Sarah Kemp, Claire Elwood, Charles Wetton, C Wright, Paul Ignotus, Aidan Shaw - Fluoroscopy Time and Clinical Outcomes in Combined Use of Fluoroscopy and Endoscopy in the Insertion of Self-Expanding Metallic Colonic Stents
Bhavin Kawa, Hemant Sharma, James Turbett, Thomas Brookes, Elle Lambert, James Adam, Sarah Kemp, Claire Elwood, Charles Wetton, Chris Wright, Paul Ignotus, Aidan Shaw
CIRSE September 2020 (International Interventional Meeting)
Fluoroscopy time and clinical outcomes in combined use of fluoroscopy and endoscopy in the insertion of self-expanding metallic colonic stents
B Kawa, H Sharma, E Lambert, C Wright, M Hill, P Ignotus, A Shaw - Colonic/small bowel stenting for colonic malignancies involving the ileocaecal junction