Somnath Palit
Clinical Research Fellow

Somnath has completed his under graduate training from India. After completing his house officer year he moved to the UK to pursue surgical training. He has completed his basic surgical training from Wales and has obtained his MRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. He is currently working as a clinical research fellow at Queen Mary prior to entering higher surgical training. Somnath has interest in lower GI disorders and wants to pursue a career in colorectal surgery.

Project: Development of dynamic integrated proctography

Functional defecation disorder is an important cause of constipation, which is widely prevalent in the society and extremely distressing for the patient. Our understanding of this disorder is limited by lack of gold standard investigations. At present patients require a battery of tests in order to diagnose the condition. Somnath is interested in developing an integrated test for diagnosis of functional defecation disorder, akin to urodynamic testing used by urologists for diagnosis of bladder outlet obstruction.