Mr Duraisamy Ravichandran MBBS, FRCS PhDMy main clinical interest is in breast cancer, thyroid disorders and hernia’s. My higher surgical training was in Wessex and East Anglia and I trained in breast and endocrine surgery at Norfolk & Norwich and Addenbrookes Teaching Hospitals. My PhD was in surgical oncology (Southampton University Surgical Unit). I was appointed as a Consultant Surgeon in 2001. Most of my elective work is with breast cancer, thyroid lumps including thyroid cancer, parathyroid disorders and hernias, and I also do emergency on-call for my NHS hospital for all general surgical emergencies.
I am an active clinical researcher in breast cancer with a large number of published papers in peer-reviewed journals and national and international presentations. I also train surgeons, teach medical students from UCL and am an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons as well as Final MBBS examiner. I am presently the lead clinician for breast cancer for the Mount Vernon Cancer Network.
I see patients with breast complaints, thyroid lumps, hernias and other lumps in my clinic. I offer open repair for umbilical, inguinal, femoral and incisional hernias. I also see patients with lymphadenopathy and other “lumps and bumps”.
Specialities:
Breast cancer
Benign breast problems
Thyroid Disease
Endocrine Surgery
Hernia Repair Surgery
Breast surgery
Special Clinical Interests:
Breast cancer, thyroid, parathyroid surgery and hernia surgery.
Mr Gurjar is a general surgeon with a specialist interest in open and laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
He qualified in medicine from St Mary’s Hospital, London and then completed basic surgical training in the King’s College surgical rotation. After a period of research at the Royal Free Hospital & University College, London, he gained specialist surgical training (colorectal surgery) in the South-East Thames region. He completed his training with a senior fellowship in Pelvic Floor surgery at John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
His practice is focused on elective bowel cancer surgery as well as on-call commitments for all general surgical emergencies. He is a fully trained general surgeon, and can offer expertise in open and laparoscopic (keyhole) bowel cancer surgery and surgery for inflammatory bowel disease (crohn’s disease & ulcerative colitis). He performs laparoscopic hernia repair (groin, abdominal, incisional) and deal with all aspects of coloproctology (piles, fissures & fistula). He is an accredited endoscopist (OGD, colonoscopy & polyp removal). Specialist training in pelvic floor dysfunction allows him to offer patients appropriate surgery for rectal prolapse and effective management of evacuatory disorders.
Miss Marion Obichere (Gen Surg) MBChB, FRCS (Eng), MD, FRCSMiss Obichere qualified from Sheffield University and completed a postgraduate degree of Doctor of Medicine at Nottingham University. After her Higher Surgical Training (HST) on the North West Thames London rota, she spent one year at St Mark’s Hospital, Harrow as a Resident Surgical Officer and subsequently as a Laparoscopic Fellow in Coloproctology before taking up her post as a Consultant General/Laparoscopic Colorectal Surgeon at the Luton & Dunstable Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Miss Obichere provides her patients with a complete service in general and colorectal surgery and has expertise in endoscopy and both conventional open surgery and laparoscopic colorectal procedures.
Specialities:
Minimal Access Surgery
Hernia Repair Surgery
Laparoscopic Surgery
Endoscopy
Coloproctology
Colonoscopy
Colorectal Surgery
Special clinical interests:
Coloproctology including laparoscopic colorectal surgery.
Mr Al-Taan, Consultant Bariatric and Upper GI SurgeonOmer is a trained bariatric and upper gastro-intestinal surgeon. He did his higher surgical training in the East Midlands in the University hospitals of Leicester followed by a focused bariatric fellowship in Musgrove Park hospital where he developed his skills becoming an independent bariatric surgeon.
He performs the full range of bariatric procedures (Gastric bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Band and Gastric Balloons) as well as revisional surgery. The bulk of his practice is based on key hole surgery. His NHS practice is based at Luton & Dunstable University Hospital which is one of the largest bariatric surgery centres in the UK. Together with weight loss surgery he regularly performs other operations like laparoscopic cholecystectomy (removal of the gall bladder), inguinal hernia repair, anti-reflux surgery as well as other types of abdominal hernias.
Clinical Director for Upper GI & Bariatric Surgery. Lead for Oesophago Gastric cancers. Consultant Surgeon – Upper GI & Bariatric Surgeon
Mr Jambulingam is a Consultant Surgeon at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital NHS Trust. He completed his higher surgical training in the West Midlands, at University Hospitals in North Staffordshire, Coventry & Warwickshire and Birmingham. He spent a year in the Liver Transplantation Unit at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, where he passed the intercollegiate specialty examination (FRCS) in 2004 and obtained the Certificate of completion of surgical training (CCST). He completed his post CCST fellowship in Oesophago Gastric and advanced laparoscopic surgery at University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust.
He is trained in oesophago gastric cancer resections, weight loss surgery, laparoscopic cholecystectomy, antireflux surgery, diaphragmatic hernia, inguinal & incisional hernia repair, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. His NHS practice reflects his subspecialty training in laparoscopic surgery. He delivers bariatric surgical services at the Obesity Centre for research at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital and enters his data regularly on the National Bariatric Surgery registry (NBSR). He attended bariatric training courses in Hull, Taunton, Bruges in Belgium, UPMC – Pittsburgh and Rotterdam. He is an experienced bariatric surgeon who performs insertion of intragastric balloons (Orbera), laparoscopic gastric banding, sleeve gastrectomy, roux en y gastric bypass and revisional bariatric surgery. He has performed more than 500 Bariatric procedures. He was an invited speaker for the Sleeve gastrectomy course at IFSO, Montreal 2014.
His special interest is oesophago-gastric surgery which includes the management of acid reflux disease in the form of laparoscopic hiatus hernia repair, fundoplication, paraoesophageal hernia repair and achalasia cardia. He has visited the Cancer Institute Hospital and the National Cancer centre in Tokyoand the Division of Thoracic and Foregut surgery at UPMC Pittsburgh on an AUGIS travelling Fellowship. He performs minimally invasive oesophagectomies (MIO) and gastrectomies for cancers and for excision of GIST tumors. He also performs laparoscopic inguinal hernia repairs extra-peritoneally (TEPP) which facilitates treatment of all groin hernias (including Spigelian hernias) and incisional hernias.
Specialities:
Abdominal surgery
Gastroenterology
Hepato-pancreatic-biliary
General Surgery
Surgical Oncology
Weight Loss Surgery
www.Jambulingam.com
Mr Firas Younis, Consultant Laparoscopic Colorectal and General SurgeonI am a general surgeon with interest in laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery. I have interests in colorectal oncology, inflammatory bowel disease, and pouch surgery. I have a certificate in completion of training in general and colorectal surgery from East Anglia/Cambridgeshire UK. I have been awarded the Intercollgiate Fellowship (FRCSI) in general surgery.
I have completed post CCT fellowship in laparoscopic and open colorectal surgery in North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand for 14 months. JAG Accredited in Endoscopy.
Mr Sagar is a general surgeon with a specialist interest in open and laparoscopic surgery.
Following his medicine qualification and masters in general surgery in India, he completed basic surgical training and membership examinations in UK. After a period of research at Royal Free Hospital and University College, London, he gained specialist surgical training (colorectal and general surgery) in the South-West Thames region. He completed his training with a senior fellowship in recurrent rectal cancer and pelvic floor surgery at St Thomas Hospital, London.
His practice mainly involves elective bowel surgery along with on call commitments for all general surgical emergencies. As a full trained surgeon, he offers expertise in open and laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery for bowel cancer and inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis). He also offers Single Port Laparoscopic (Single incision keyhole) surgery mainly for bowel cancer. Along with laparoscopic surgery for hernias (groin, abdominal, incisional), he also deals with all aspects of ano-proctology (piles, fissures, fistulas,etc) including HALO and THD. He also specialises in trans-anal minimally invasive surgery (TAMIS) for large rectal polyps and early rectal cancer. He is an accredited endoscopist (OGD, Colonoscopy and polyp removal). Specialist training in pelvic floor dysfunction allows him to offer patients effective management of evacuatory disorders and rectal prolapse.
Specialities:
Minimal Access Surgery
Bowel Cancer Surgery
Early Rectal Cancer Surgery
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gastrointestinal Surgery
Endoscopy
Colonoscopy
Hernia Repair Surgery
Special Clinical Interest:
Laparoscopic bowel cancer surgery – Single Port Surgery
Laparoscopic inflammatory bowel disease surgery
Laparoscopic hernia surgery
Trans-anal Minimally Invasive Surgery (TAMIS)
Upper GI endoscopy and Colonoscopy
Ano-proctology and pelvic floor disorders
Academic Interest and Medical Education:
Mr Sagar has been awarded MD from University College, London.
He has several publications in peer reviewed journals.
He is currently also involved actively in publications of his special interests.
He has been actively involved in teaching of junior doctors, medical students and nurses on a regular basis.
He spent four years as an honorary clinical teacher at University College, London.
Currently, he is an undergraduate specialty lead for Surgery at Luton and Dunstable Hospital.
Mr Farhan Rashid, DM, FRCS, Consultant Surgeon – Upper GI and Bariatric SurgeonSenior Clinical Lecturer (Hon) Imperial College London.
Trained at Midlands, East of England and Cambridge. Higher surgical training at Cambridge rotation. Trained at five regional oesophagogastric cancer units and two regional Bariatric units in UK.
Specialist interests are bariatric/metabolic surgery, anti-reflux/hiatus hernia surgery, laparoscopic hernia repair and oesophagogastric cancer surgery
Perform all oesophageal and gastric cancer operations at regional centre at Watford General hospital and full range of Bariatric Surgery at regional Bariatric unit at Luton and Dunstable University hospital.
Practice includes:
Benign (general surgery),
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy for gallstones
Laparoscopic Hernia repairs
Bariatric Surgery
Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
Laparoscopic Roux-en-y gastric bypass
Revisional Bariatric Surgery
Benign (Upper GI)
Laparoscopic Anti-reflux Surgery
Laparoscopic repair of giant para-oesophageal hernia
Upper GI cancers
Lap assisted Ivor Lewis Oesophagectomy
Laparoscopic/open Gastrectomy
Upper GI endoscopy
Higher research degree (DM) from University of Nottingham on “role of oestrogen receptors in oesophageal cancer”.
Over 20 peer-reviewed publications and authored 2 book chapters.
A Faculty member of Royal college of Surgeons of England for the Care of the Critically ill Surgical Patient (CCrISP) course.
Mr Aruna Munasinghe – Consultant General, Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon and Clinical Lead for Safety and Clinical Governance for Upper GI and Bariatric SurgeryMr Aruna Munasinghe graduated from Guy’s & St Thomas’s Hospital, London, and has trained in several flagship units throughout London, the South East, West Midlands and overseas. At the end of his training he undertook a Specialist Bariatric Fellowship at St George’s Hospital, London.
He is an enthusiast in all aspects of minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery and performs a wide range of procedures. Most of Mr Munasinghe’s work is related to Obesity Surgery, and he is experienced in both primary and revision (redo) procedures. He is pleased to offer the Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass, Mini Gastric Bypass, Sleeve Gastrectomy, Gastric Band and Gastric Balloon.
His other areas of surgical expertise are in surgery for gallstones (cholecystectomy), hernias and gastroesophageal reflux disease, as well as diagnostic Upper GI endoscopy.
Alan Askari (MB ChB MSc Dip PhD FRCS) – Consultant in Bariatric, Upper GI and General SurgeryAlan Askari is a Consultant Surgeon at the Cobham Clinic and Luton & Dunstable University Hospital, with expertise in keyhole surgery for obesity, acid reflux, gallstones, and complex abdominal wall hernias. He routinely performs laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, gastric bypass, gastric band removal, bile duct exploration, anti-reflux surgery, and hernia repairs.
He graduated from the University of Manchester and completed higher surgical training in the East of England Deanery, culminating in advanced training at Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrooke’s). He holds a PhD in Surgery and Cancer from Imperial College London and an MSc in Surgical Science & Practice from the University of Oxford. He is JAG-accredited for diagnostic upper GI endoscopy (OGD) and has performed over 3,000 procedures and completed a Royal College of Surgeons of England post CCT Fellowship in Bariatric Surgery.
Mr Askari has a strong academic background, with over 160 peer-reviewed publications, more than 300 national and international presentations, and 11 national prizes for academic surgical work. He has delivered over 50 webinars and teaching sessions worldwide, including patient education talks. His research interests include surgical innovation, big data, patient outcomes, service improvement, and artificial intelligence. He is an Honorary Research Fellow at both the University of Bedfordshire and the Dr Foster Unit at Imperial College London, and he has supervised MSc students at leading UK institutions.
A passionate educator, Mr Askari is Director of Corporate Engagement for The Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Society (TUGSS), leads its national FRCS revision course, and co-founded the Scrubbing In podcast and YouTube channel, supporting surgical trainees worldwide. He also regularly teaches and examines medical students and delivers simulation-based workshops at the University of Bedfordshire. Nationally, he plays an active role in shaping the future of surgery through his past and current service as a committee member of the boards of several key organisations, including the British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS), Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons (AUGIS), Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ASGBI) and Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT).
He currently chairs the Complex Bariatric MDT at Luton and is widely recognised for his approachable, patient-centred care and commitment to delivering safe, high-quality outcomes.
To make an appointment with Mr Askari please call The Cobham Clinic Reception Team on 01582 497433.
