Consultant Team

Mr Douglas Whitelaw

FRCS, MBChB

Obesity Service Clinical Lead. Consultant Pancreatobiliary and laparoscopic surgery since 2004, specialising in robotic bariatric surgery, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and ERCP

Mr Vigyan Jain

MS, FRCS

Consultant Surgeon specialising in Upper GI (oesophago-gastric), bariatric and laparoscopic surgery since 1996. Mr Jain set up the bariatric unit here at Luton in 2001 which now caters for a wide area across the East of England

Mr Periyathambi Jambulingam

MS, FRCS

Clinical Director for Upper GI, Consultant General Surgeon Lead for Oesophago Gastric Cancers – specialising in laparoscopic Upper GI surgery, bariatric, hernia repair and therapeutic endoscopy. Trust Foundation Programme Director. Member of AUGIS & BOMSS

Mr Omer Al-Taan

MD, FRCS

Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery

Mr Aruna Munasinghe

PhD, FRCS

Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery

Mr Farhan Rashid

MD, FRCS

Consultant General Surgeon specialising in Upper GI surgery (oesophago-gastric cancer), Bariatric and Laparoscopic Surgery

Mr Tanveer Adil Md

PhD, MS, DNB, ChM, FMAS, FEBS, FRCS

Consultant General Surgeon with interest in Upper GI and Bariatric Surgery, specialising in primary and revisional bariatric surgery. Special interest in the use of artificial intelligence in General Surgery (Robotic Surgery) to improve patient care and outcomes and Surgical Research.

Mr Alan Askari

PhD, FRCS

Consultant General Surgeon with a special interest in Pancreatobiliary and Bariatric Surgery

Dr Anjali Zalin

MB BS, BMedSci, FRCP, SCE (Diabetes and Endocrinology), PhD

Consultant Physician and specialist in Bariatrics, Diabetes, and Endocrinology