General surgery
General surgeons deal with commonly performed operations such as hernias, bowel surgery, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, gallbladder removal and minor skin operations. They may also carry out gastroscopies and colonoscopies and perform keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery.
Mr David Deardon
Mr Deardon is a British-trained Consultant General Surgeon.
Languages |
| 🇬🇧 Native speaker |
| 🇪🇸 Fair |
Qualifications and memberships |
| BM (Bachelor of Medicine) Southampton University 1984 |
| FRCS (Fellow of both the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and England) 1989 |
| MD (Doctorate in Medicine) University of Manchester in the field of small bowel transplantation 1999. |
| GMC (General Medical Council, UK) registered specialist in General Surgery no. 2925974, 1997. |
| Colegio de Médicos de Málaga no. 29/2910072, 2008 |
Areas of special interest |
| General surgery – stomach complaints, gallstones, thyroid, haemorrhoids |
| Lumps and bumps |
| Gastroscopy and colonoscopy |
| Hernia repair |
| Weight-loss |
| Breast disease & cancer screening |
| Varicose veins |
Frequently performed operations |
| Gastroscopy / colonoscopy |
| Hernia repair – umbilical and inguinal |
| VNUS closure of varicose veins, various varicose veins treatments |
| Various haemorrhoid operations |
| Gastric balloon / gastric band |
| Thyroidectomy |
| Breast / bowel cancer |
| Removal of lumps and bumps |
Operates at |
| Ochoa Clinic, Marbella |
| High Care Hospital, Marbella |
| Vithas Xanit Hospital, Benalmadena |
Training and background
Mr Deardon trained as a general surgeon and transplant surgeon in Wessex (UK), Manchester (UK), Pittsburgh (USA), Edinburgh (UK) and Cleveland (USA).
He held consultant posts in Plymouth (Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor), Guys and St Thomas’s Hospitals London, Oxford Radcliffe (Honorary Tutor to Green College and involved in the initial development of the highly successful Oxford Pancreas and Non-heart beating kidney transplant programmes), the Western Infirmary, Glasgow (reintroduced the living related kidney transplant programme for the West of Scotland) and St Bernard’s Hospital Gibraltar (ran a busy general surgical practice and introduced laparoscopic surgery as well as a dedicated breast and colon cancer service). Established the Specialist Medical Clinic in Gibraltar in 2008 and has been in private practice in Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol since this time.
Publications
Over 20 published scientific papers in peer reviewed journals
Presented and co-authored a number of scientific presentations at international congresses in Japan, Europe, India, USA and the UK.
Dr Carlos Molina
Dr Molina is a British-trained general and bowel surgeon.
Languages |
| 🇬🇧 Fluent |
| 🇪🇸 Native speaker |
Qualifications and memberships |
| FRCS Ed. (Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) 1996 |
| ASGBI (The Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland) |
| ACS (The Spanish Association of Surgeons) |
| SECO (The Spanish Society of Obesity Surgery) |
| IFSO (The International Federation for Surgery of Obesity) |
| GMC (The General Medical Council, U.K.) No. 352084 |
| The College of Physicians of the Province of Malaga No. 2906238 |
Areas of special interest |
| Minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopic and endoscopic surgery |
| Obesity surgery |
Frequently performed operations |
| Intra-gastric balloon, adjustable gastric band, gastric sleeve and gastric plication. |
| Laparoscopic surgery |
| Cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal) |
| Hiatus hernia repair |
| Bowel surgery |
| Groin hernias |
| Gastroscopy and colonoscopy |
Training and background
He studied Medicine at the Medical Universities of Córdoba and Málaga and graduated as a Licensee in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Málaga in 1990.
After his medical qualification he moved to the United Kingdom to complete his training as a surgeon becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1996.
He has written numerous scientific papers and has a Master degree in Techniques in Health Research at the University of Southampton 1999.
In 2000 he was honoured with the prestigious National Award of the United Kingdom Medical Inventor of the Year for an invention related to the prevention of intra-abdominal adhesions.
