Miss Jihène El Kafsi

Qualifications

MA cantab, MBBS, FRCS

GMC number: 6149140

Practising since: 2016

Specialties

General Surgery, Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery

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About

Ms El Kafsi is a Consultant Upper GI Bariatric Surgeon at Nuffield Health Oxford, The Manor Hospital, and is available to see patients with a variety of conditions including obesity, gallstones, acid reflux, and hernias. 

Ms El Kafsi undertook her surgical training in Oxford, having qualified from Cambridge University and UCL. She completed two post-CCT fellowships in Upper GI and weight loss surgery at UCLH and New Zealand. 

Ms El Kafsi has a specialist interest in weight loss surgery and has performed over 150 gastric bypasses and sleeve gastrectomies since CCT.  She became a consultant in bariatric surgery at Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust in 2020.

Ms El Kafsi also has a specialist interest in hiatal hernia, reflux and achalasia surgery. She was appointed to Frimley Health NHS FT in 2019 and has since set up a GI Physiology service in Heatherwood Hospital (Ascot) to investigate reflux and oesophageal motility conditions. She also performs the Bravo procedure.

She sits on various Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh committees, as well as Upper GI associations (AUGIS/BBUGSS) Councils with an interest in education. She has organised, directed and delivered webinars, courses and talks on UGI and weight loss surgery nationally.

Special interests

  • Reflux surgery
  • Bariatric surgery
  • Gallbladder surgery
  • Oesophageal motility.

Other interests

  • Oesophageal Physiology
  • BRAVO procedure

Languages spoken

English, French, Arabic

Treatments and tests offered by Miss Jihène El Kafsi at Nuffield Health

  • Gastroscopy (or gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy)
  • Diagnostic endoscopy
  • Hernia repair
  • Weight loss surgery
  • Reflux surgery (fundoplication)
  • Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder removal)

Locations Miss Jihène El Kafsi works with

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    Beech Road, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7RP

    01865 307777
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Research

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=kafsi+j

Memberships

  • MDDUS

Other posts held

  • Frimley Health NHS trust - Upper GI Surgeon, Ashford and St Peters Bariatric surgeon

Insurers Miss Jihène El Kafsi works with

Miss Jihène El Kafsi works with the following private medical insurance providers:

  • AIG Direct
  • Allianz
  • Aviva Health
  • AXA Health
  • Bupa
  • Cigna
  • Cigna International
  • Vitality Health (Pru Health)
  • WPA