Meet the Trainees
Ellie Atkins - ST7
I have an interest in complex limb salvage, both endovascular and open. I have taken 2 years out during ST7 to write my thesis on the referral process for CLTI. I spent a year of my training in Australia learning endovascular skills. I like long distance running and drinking wine.
Top tip - ‘Using the Notes app so your revision notes can be easily searched from your phone when on call, in clinic or in MDT’
Hannah Burton - ST5
I've finally come back to my roots when moving to the East of England Deanery. I've trained all over the UK and been lucky to work abroad for a short period. I'm currently doing ST5 at Bedford hospital and I am EofE Training Representative. If anyone has any concerns or suggestions I would be happy to listen and support this. When not on the job you'll probably find me on a hockey pitch - my other passion.
Elafra Nour – ST4
Trainee Representative
Alfie Butt - ST4 
I was born and raised near Southwold, Suffolk, before heading to Birmingham for University. I then completed my Core training in Plymouth before returning back to East Anglia for my Specialty years. I enjoy cycling, tennis, sailing and Adnams.
Elsamoual Mohammed - ST4
Isaac Jabang - ST3
Vascular trainee East of England. I’m a global explorer and a great advocate of climate change and health equalities. I find my purpose in health service delivery as my service to humanity
I utilise various resources and materials that help in different content however I find the ESVS guidelines app very handy and useful when looking at the current up-to-date recommendations on different vascular topics.
Mohammed Jibreel Suliman Mohammed - ST3
Amiya Ahsan - ST3
Bangladeshi expatriate
Food, fact, comedy, coffee, music —- That’s me!!
Henry Bergman - Clinical Research Fellow Vascular Surgery - ST3 
PhD clinical research fellow in Vascular surgery at Imperial College London and Computer Science and AI Masters Student at the University of York. Interested in using artificial intelligence to enhance perioperative risk prediction in Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischaemia.
Amr Abushawaly – ST3
Meet the Trainers
Basildon Hospital (Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust)
Vijay Ghadvi
Shiva Dindyal
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon
Vascular Education, Renal Access and Diabetic Foot Lead and Trust Surgical Research Lead
Member of the Vascular Surgery Specialist Advisory Committee (SAC), South West of England Deanery Liaison representative and representative on the Major Trauma Training Interface Group (TIG) and GMC CCT Co-Chair
British Society of Endovascular Therapy (BSET) Committee member
JCST Vascular Surgery FRCS part one exam question writing panel and committee senior member
Health Education England Deputy Foundation School Director for the East of England Deanery Essex, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Foundation School East Quadrant
Honorary Senior Lecturer Anglia Ruskin University
Ankur Thapar
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
I am a peripheral and aortic endovascular and open surgery trainer, with Fellowship in Adelaide. I run the National FRCS revision course and won Silver Scalpel 2023.
Thomas Browne
Muzaffar Anwar
Sandeep Patel
Ali Kordzadeh
Manfred Ramirez
Ioannis Prionidis
Bedford Hospital (Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Leslie Fiengo
Bedfordshire NHS Trust
Vascular and Endovascular surgeon with a special interest in Lower Limb surgery, Diabetic Foot, Deep Venous surgery and Pelvic/Vaginal varicosities.
Nadim Noor
Arindam Chaudhuri
Tapan Mehta
Simon Ray-Chaudhuri
Vassilios Zymvragoudakis
John Kuriakose
Vassilios Psarros
Cambridge – Addenbrooke’s Hospital (Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Chandana Wijewardena
Clinical Lead for Vascular Surgery
Manj Gohel
Addenbrooke's Hospital (Cambridge University Hospitals)
Major interest in venous disease (deep and superficial venous interventions, including infra and supra diaphragmatic deep vein stenting). Also involved in complex open aortic programme.
Tristan Lane 
Cambridge Vascular Unit, Cambridge University Hsoptials NHS Foundation Trust
Qualified at Imperial College London, trained in London at Charing Cross, St Mary’s, Northwick Park, St George’s and the Royal London.
Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London with PhD in Venous Disease.
Active researcher and Council Member of Royal Society of Medicine Venous Forum and Vascular Society Venous SIG.
Special interests in superficial and deep venous disease, perioperative optimisation and electronic health records.
Andrew Busuttil
After completing specialist training in London I have chosen the East of England, particularly Cambridge, to settle down in. I consider myself to be a general vascular surgeon and enjoy all aspects of what we do. I am particularly keen on improving patients’ cardio-vascular risk profiles and am working with colleagues in primary care to achieve this.
My main role within the trust and the region is to encourage doctors to speak up against bad practice and bad behaviour and I am running a number of initiatives to enable trainees (and non-trainees) to speak up anonymously. Working in vascular surgery can be one of the most fulfilling careers and my aim is to make training and working within our region one of the best by creating a safe environment for everyone.
I am also the person to contact should you have any concerns you want to raise.
Ali Navi
Cambridge University Hospitals
I am a consultant vascular surgeon at Addenbrooke's hospital. I completed my training in vascular and endovascular surgery in the eastern region.
Jonathan Boyle
Nadeem Mughal
Seamus Harrison
Diane Hildebrand
Paul Hayes
Simon Kreckler
Kevin Varty
Colchester (East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust)
Sohail Choksy
Training Programme Director
Adam Howard
Bianca Vriens
Ijaz Ahmad
Sidhartha Sinha
Antonios Vitalis
Mahmoud Hassan
Locum appointed consultant
Hyrin Gnanaretnam
Locum appointed consultant
Norwich (Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust)
Rob Brightwell
Special clinical interests: Minimally-invasive treatment of varicose veins, deep venous reconstruction, carotid artery disease, endovascular repair of aortic aneurysm
Research interests: Multiple international presentations and publications on subjects including simulation in vascular surgery, end-organ damage caused by vascular intervention, biomarkers for the detection of stroke, and surgical technology. Principle Investigator at NNUH for the UK LEAP study with the aim of improving the safety of patients undergoing aortic surgery
Current membership(s) of professional National and Regional bodies: Vascular Society of Great Britain & Ireland, European Society of Vascular Surgery, British Society of Endovascular Therapy – Founding member
GMC Number: 4717267
Professional profile: I graduated from the University of Southampton in 2000. I undertook my basic surgical training in East Anglia before moving to London. There I undertook research for my postgraduate Doctorate in Medicine from Imperial College London – my work sponsored by The Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Stroke Association. Thereafter I completed my higher surgical training at national and international centres of excellence, including The Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital in Queensland, Australia. I have been a Consultant at NNUH since 2012.
Personal profile: I am delighted to return of my native East Anglia with my wife and two children. Here I enjoy sailing, cycling, tending the garden, sports cars, and walking my delinquent Labrador and Jack Russell Terrier.
Philip Stather
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Philip Stather was appointed a consultant Vascular Surgeon at NNUH in 2020 and an Associate Professor at the University of East Anglia in 2022. After graduating from Leicester Medical School in 2007 he undertook Foundation and Core Surgical Training in East Midlands, followed by undertaking an MD at the University of Leicester. He was in the first cohort of Vascular Trainees in the East of England, and during his training founded the Vascular and Endovascular Research Network, the Dragon's Den session at VSASM, and was President of the Rouleaux Club.
His research includes clinical trials for venous ulcers, peripheral arterial disease and abdominal aortic aneurysms. He also undertake innovation work, developing the Walk-A-Cise mobile phone application to provide remote exercise therapy, clinical devices for venous ulceration, and runs the TeachMeSurgery website. Alongside this he is the NIHR CRN Surgical Specialty Lead, and collaborates on several basic science projects with colleagues across the Norwich research Park.
Felicity Meyer
Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital & Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trusts
I am a Consultant Vascular Surgeon with experience of all types of vascular disease. I work cross site in Norwich and King's Lynn, where I am also Deputy Medical Director. I am passionate about promoting fairness and diversity and am the Royal College of Surgeons of England Flexible Working Advisor and Deputy Chair of the Women in Surgery Forum. I am married with three grown up children.
Michael Delbridge
Darren Morrow
Philip Bennett
Wissam Al-Jundi
Matthew Armon
Assel Abuduruk
Stevenage – Lister Hospital (East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust)
Prof. Sadfasivam SELVAKUMAR
Senior vascular surgeon with a lot of experience. Very much involved in teaching as part of ASPIRE Course Faculty. I am Vascular SAC as member in JCST. Involved in FRCS Vas Exam from its origin and I am in the JCIE Board as member for vascular surgery. Also examiner for FEBVS and MRCS.
I am the Chair Elect for Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
Matthew Metcalfe
Consultant Vascular Surgeon since 2012.
I have an interest in endovascular surgery, and am the current lead for DM foot.
I am the director for the Hertfordshire NAAASP.
I am the Royal College Surgical Tutor, and chair of the Core Surgery Specialty Training Committee.
Mike Guest
Wayne Sapsford
Umar Sadat
Faisal Shaikh
Kersten Morgan Bates
Not to forget the wider Vascular MDT with IR, Vascular CNS, Podiatry Services, Theatre teams etc.