Abdul Sultan Email & Phone Number

Abdul Sultan is a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist with a special interest in Urogynaecology and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction at Croydon University Hospital and Honorary Reader at St George’s University of London. He did his post graduate training in the North Middlesex, Whipps Cross and finally at St George’s Hospital with Professor Stuart Stanton. His research at St Bartholomews/ Homerton and St Mark’s Hospital involved studying the effects of childbirth on the pelvic floor and anal sphincters. This led to a landmark paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine and to a Doctorate. His pioneering work highlighted the deficiencies in training of doctors and midwives in detecting and repairing injuries to the perineum and anal sphincter after childbirth.He has served on the Wellbeing Committee, the Scientific Advisory Committee (RCOG), scientific committee of the International Urogynecological Association.and was a founder member of the British Society of Urogynaecology. He is past President of the obstetrics and gynaecology section of the Royal Society of Medicine and is President elect of the Croydon Medical Society (2018-19)He is the co-director with Ranee Thakar of a tertiary referral urogynaecology Unit at Croydon University Hospital that is recognised for subspecialty training and has an active research programme. He has over 100 publications and has produced the first comprehensive textbook on perineal and anal sphincter trauma.The continence team was recently awarded the “The UK Continence Team of the year (2005)”. In addition, he was the Obstetrician and Gynaecologist to be awarded the prestigious overall UK Hospital Doctor of the Year award. Along with Ranee Thakar he runs the popular perineal repair courses at Croydon University Hospital.

Listed skills include Clinical Research, Clinical Trials, Healthcare, Medical Education, and 2 others.

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  Consultant Obstetrician And Gynaecologist

  Croydon Health Services Nhs Trust

  Aug 1996 - Present

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  University Of Kwazulu-Natal

  Medicine