Mr Richard Lindley

Mr Lindley trained in Sheffield, Liverpool and Nottingham before coming to Sheffield in 2011.
He spent two years at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital researching a stem cell treatment for children with Hirschsprung’s disease and has also spent time as an observer at Cincinnatti Children’s Hospital in the USA learning techniques for treating children with anorectal malformations.

He provides surgical input to the hospital’s parenteral nutrition (artificial feeding) service and the continence team for children with severe constipation. He also runs a clinic-based service for babies with tongue ties and difficulty feeding.

Special interests

• upper GI surgery (including gastrostomies and reflux)
• lower GI surgery (including Hirschsprung’s disease, anorectal malformations and surgical treatments for constipation)
• laparoscopic surgery