Miss Katie Schwab

About

Katie qualified from Imperial College, London, with Honours in Medicine and Surgery and an extra Bachelor of Science degree in Pharmacology and Toxicology, in 2003. Undertaking her Higher Surgical Training in the London Deanery, South West Thames Region, she quickly became interested in Colorectal Surgery, Pelvic Floor surgery and Surgical Technology and its advances. She performed the UKs first clinical trial investigating the latest 3D keyhole-surgery technology as part of her MD research degree with the University of Surrey and the internationally renowned Minimal Access Therapy Training Unit, MATTU, Guildford. Katie’s research has been presented internationally and was awarded the acclaimed Gerhard Buess Award in 2016 at the European Association of Endoscopic Surgeons International Congress.

During her research years based at MATTU, Katie taught on many Surgical Courses in a variety of disciplines and is an Instructor for the Royal College of Surgeons, England, in Basic Surgical Skills, Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient and Laparoscopic Skills.

Katie completed a specialist fellowship in advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic surgery at Frimley Park Hospital, Surrey, before taking up her Consultant position at The Royal Bournemouth in 2018. Since appointment, Katie has gone on to pursue further Robotic Training in Strasbourg, to allow her to begin robotic surgery, established the Rectal Bleeding Service and helped in developing the Tertiary Pelvic Floor Service and MDT for Dorset.

Katie has a keen interest in Pelvic Floor pathologies and works closely with colleagues in a multidisciplinary setting to offer patients the best holistic care for their symptoms. She is currently the Lead for Colorectal Cancer at UHD and is a member of The Pelvic Floor Society as well as the Association of Coloproctologists of Great Britain and Ireland.

Katie offers surgical care for colorectal cancer patients, pelvic floor patients and all anorectal and colonic/gastrointestinal conditions as well as General Surgical Conditions like hernias and ‘lumps & bumps’.

Procedures & Treatments

General surgery:

Laparoscopic surgery, groin hernia, umbilical hernia, ventral hernia, abdominal wall reconstruction, adhesions and abdominal pain

Colorectal conditions:

Haemorrhoids, anal fissure, fistula-in-ano, colorectal cancer, anal cancer, diverticular disease, endometriosis, colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, proctalgia fugax, volvulus, bleeding, radiation proctitis, pelvic congestion syndrome