Mr Sanjay Chawathe

Mr Sanjay Chawathe is a Consultant Gynaecologist with specialist experience in urogynaecology and laparoscopic surgery. Mr Chawathe delivers private surgery and private treatment at Vale Healthcare - south Wales' leading private hospital and private clinics - for a full range of gynaecological conditions and provides treatments including laparoscopic hysterectomy (keyhole hysterectomy).  

After completing his undergraduate medical training at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, & Seth G. S. Medical School, Mr Chawathe qualified as a doctor in 1989.

He started training in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1989 and was awarded a diploma in obstetrics and gynaecology in 1991. Upon completing his residency program, he passed MD (O & G) and FCPS exams in 1992. He took his MRCOG examination in 1998 and completed a welsh deanery training program to achieve certificate of completion specialist training (CCST).

During his specialist training, he developed skills in laparoscopic surgery and urogynaecology. Subsequently, he was appointed as a Consultant Gynaecologist and Obstetrician with special interest in urogynaecology, at Prince Charles Hospital, Merthyr Tydfil in 2004, and more recently joined the team at Vale Healthcare as a private Consultant Gynaecologist serving Cardiff and all South Wales. 

Mr Chawathe is a general gynaecologist with a wide range of experience in gynaecological surgery. His clinical interests include female urinary Incontinence and vaginal prolapse surgery.

He conducts urodynamics assessment, stress urinary incontinence surgery including transvaginal tape (TVT) & trans-obturator tape (TOT) surgery. He also performs vaginal mesh repair surgery for advanced/recurrent vaginal prolapse. He is a trained laparoscopic surgeon and performs laparoscopic hysterectomies for benign gynaecological conditions along with other laparoscopic procedures such as treatment of endometriosis, adhesiolysis, laparoscopic salpingectomy (removal of fallopian tube) and oophorectomy (removal of ovary). 

Mr Chawathe is a member of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, British Medical Association, Medical Protection Society, British Society of Urogynaecology, UK Continence Society, and the British Society of Gynaecological Endoscopy.

• Find out more about the urogynaecology service at Vale Healthcare
• Find out more about the laparoscopic hysterectomy procedure available at Vale Healthcare
• More information on the Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic