Richard Krysztopik

Richard Krysztopik currently works for Circle hospital in Bath. Circle is a social
enterprise that forms the largest partnership of healthcare professionals in Europe. The enterprise currently has over 2500 healthcare staff. The company is unusual as it is co-run and co-founded by clinicians. This empowers the staff who works for the company to put patients first in everything they do.

Richard Krysztopik is currently a Consultant Surgeon at the Royal Hospital
in Bath. Richard gained his first medical qualification in 1988 and then following
graduating from Manchester University, he gained an MD thesis in 1999. He then took part in surgical training in the South West and North West of the UK before going abroad to study in Louisville, USA and South Australia.

In 1992 Richard became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and then in 2000 was entered into the Specialist Register, in 2001 he was selected to be part of the RUH.

Richard currently works at the Royal United Hospital in Bath and has a wife and three children.

Richard’s special clinical interests include; endoscopy- using flexible cameras to examine the stomach, gastro-oesophageal surgery, including key hole surgery for hiatus hernia repair, Oesophageal and gastric cancer, and minimally invasive surgery.

Richard is currently part of several professional regional and national bodies including; Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons, Royal College of Surgeons of England, UGI Tumour Panel Group, British Medical Association, Association of Surgeon of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Association of Upper Gastro Intestinal Surgeons.