Mr James Kirkby-Bott
Qualifications
BSc, University College London (1997), MBBS, St George's Hospital Medical School (1998), FEBS (Endocrine), Lyon (2011)
GMC number: 4518619
Practising since: 1998
Specialties
General Surgery
Consultation times
- Mondays 13:00-20:00
- Wednesdays 08:00-12:00
- Overview
About
Mr James Kirkby-Bott is a consultant general surgeon based in Southampton. He specialises in endocrine surgery and is an expert in the management of hernias, gallbladder problems and endocrine diseases, He also set up one of the UK's leading acute surgery and trauma units in Southampton.
Mr Kirkby-Bott qualified at St George's Medical School and went on to train as an endocrine surgeon at the Hammersmith Hospital in London and was the International Endocrine Fellow in Lille, France where he spent 12 months carrying out research and operating alongside leading specialists. When awarded his Fellowship of the European Board of Surgery in Endocrine Surgery he was one of just four surgeons in the UK to be awarded this. Mr Kirkby-Bott founded the Wessex Endocrine Society, is a charity providing patient-centred training and education in surgical endocrinology across Wessex.
Mr Kirkby-Bott is the leading surgeon for the Hernia Clinic Hampshire, which specialises in local anaesthetic hernia repair for all ages and medical conditions.
Mr Kirkby-Bott is a Q member and specialist in Quality Improvement (QI) having been involved in numerous QI projects and regional lead for the Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (2015-2017) and The Wessex Emergency Surgery Network (2017-present). He is currently Consulting for the Academic Health Science Networks emergency laparotomy project. In 2018 he was appointed to a senior role in University Hospital Southampton as director for clinical outcomes.
Mr James Kirkby-Bott has been awarded the iWantGreatCare Certificate of Excellence in 2022, 2023 and 2024 for delivering outstanding care.
We gather and act on feedback from our patients to enable us to better advise future patients and to maintain the best service we can by hearing from our patients.
Other awards to his name include the Norman Tanner Prize medal, given by the
Royal Society of Medicine in 2008 and the Braun Aesclepius Prize in endocrine
surgery awarded in 2011. Mr Kirkby-Bott is equally committed to his research
and has several scientific papers on the role of vitamin D in parathyroid
surgery, as well as several book chapters and the first textbook dedicated to
Parathyroid disease, to his name.
Special interests
Local anaesthetic hernias, gallbladders, lipoma and endocrine issues.
Languages spoken
English, French
Treatments and tests offered by Mr James Kirkby-Bott at Nuffield Health
- Laparoscopic groin hernia repair
- Parathyroidectomy
- Appendicectomy
- Thyroid surgery (thyroidectomy)
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Laparoscopic incisional hernia repair
- Bilateral (inguinal) hernia repair
- Endocrine
- Hernia repair
- Excision of skin lesion
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal)
- Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder removal)
Locations Mr James Kirkby-Bott works with
Insurers Mr James Kirkby-Bott works with
Mr James Kirkby-Bott works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Bupa
- Westfield Health WPA
- Medical Care Direct
- PHC
- Universal Provident
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- Cigna
- Simplyhealth
- APRIL
- CS Healthcare
- ESMI
- Freedom Health
- Health-on-Line
- HealthFund
- InterGlobal
- Benenden Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- Alliance Healthcare
- Allianz
- Exeter Family Friendly
- WPA
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Healix
- Police Mutual
Declaration
Mr James Kirkby-Bott does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Mr James Kirkby-Bott does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Mr James Kirkby-Bott does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.