Miss Silvia Carta
Qualifications
MBChB, BSc
GMC number: 7503731
Practising since: 2017
Specialties
Gynaecology
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About
Miss Silvia Carta is an esteemed consultant and a trusted specialist in all aspects of benign gynaecological care, with over 10 years of clinical experience. She is based in Wimbledon and Kingston upon Thames, and her areas of expertise include hysteroscopy and minor procedures for outpatients, ovarian masses, pelvic pain, endometriosis/adenomyosis, uterine fibroids, abnormal uterine bleeding and other period problems, infections, menopause, alongside minimal access surgery.
Miss Carta, who is also an expert in advanced ultrasound applied to gynaecology (2D,3D), privately practises at The New Victoria Hospital and MotherScan. Her NHS base is Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. She uses her advanced skills in outpatient diagnostics with the aim to minimise the need for more invasive procedures and admission to the hospital and shorten the time to diagnosis.
She is highly regarded for her friendly, professional and attentive manner, providing patient-centred advice and care that align with the latest published clinical evidence, and the standards of the most successful health systems worldwide.
After obtaining her MBChB in Medicine and Surgery in 2011, she completed her specialist training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Palermo, Italy. In the last 8 years in London, Miss Carta has undertaken further specialist training at some of the UK's leading centres of excellence including St Georges’ University Hospital and Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital. Working with world-renown specialists, she completed advanced RCOG qualifications in Benign gynaecological surgery, open, laparoscopic and hysteroscopic, Acute gynaecology and early pregnancy, Advanced labour ward practice, Specialist Ultrasound in gynaecology and early pregnancy. Miss Carta also holds a degree in biological science (BSc) from the University of Palermo.
She published her clinical research work in prestigious peer-reviewed journals and has presented and discussed her results at international congresses. She is an accredited supervisor for specialist trainees and medical students and has active staff training roles in her organisation.
Special interests
- Outpatient hysteroscopy
- Endometriosis/adenomyosis and pelvic pain
- Advanced Gynaecological pelvic ultrasound
- Ambulatory gynaecological procedures (e.g minor surgery under local anaesthetic, coil management, biopsy of vulva lesion)
- Period problems
- Abnormal uterine bleeding before and after menopause
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Ovarian masses/cysts
- Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
- Sexual transmitted infections (STI)
- Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)/Premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD)
- Contraception advice
- Management of uterine Fibroids
- Cancer prevention and screening
- Early pregnancy care and ultrasound <14 weeks
- Recurrent miscarriage
- Management of miscarriage
- Prolapse assessment and non-surgical management
- Cervical cancer screening (smear test/HPV)
- Woman health check
- Gynaecological surgery under general anaesthetic (hysteroscopy, laparoscopy, open surgery)
Languages spoken
English, Italian
Treatments and tests offered by Miss Silvia Carta at Nuffield Health
- Hysteroscopy
- Hormonal coil
- Abnormal smears
- Gynaecological biopsies
- Vulval lesion excision
- Smear test (cervical screening)
- Endometrial resection
- STD Screening
- Pelvic surgery
- Contraception
- Endometrial ablation
- Ovarian cystectomy
- Gynaecological ultrasound
- PMS clinic
Locations Miss Silvia Carta works with
Related experience
Memberships
- Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Associate (RCOG)
Other posts held
- Kingston Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ISUOG)
- British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy (BSGE)
- Italian Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ultrasound and Biophysical Methodologies (SIEOG)