Consultant Vascular Surgeon – Dr Tawqeer Rashid
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MANCHESTER VARICOSE VEINS

You will be looked after throughout by a doctor specialising in vascular disorders with an expertise in diseases affecting veins. Any treatments from injection of thread veins to surgery will be done by a Consultant Vascular Specialist. We have extensive experience in all the different treatment options currently available. Therefore at every stage you will be fully informed of your options and advised appropriately. We will match our expertise with your treatment hopes and goals whether it is simple reassurance to a course of treatments. During his training he has learnt from a number of leading specialists in the field of venous disease. In the early stages open surgery was still the technique of choice so a lot of experience was gained in these approaches. Towards the end of his training he learnt Endovenous Laser Therapy at Leeds General Infirmary which was one of the early pioneers in assessing and promoting the revolution in endovenous ablation in the UK. In Adelaide, he then learnt the newer ClariVein tumescence-free technique of mechanico-chemical treatment of varicose veins at the Flinders Medical Centre which did some of the early analysis and promoted this new approach in Australia. Tawqeer is competent in keyhole and open surgical approaches to venous problems and is happy to discuss with you what best suits your needs whether it is injection sclerotherapy for thread veins or something more complex.

BIOGRAPHY

Tawqeer Rashid is a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon based at the Manchester Royal Infirmary.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Tawqeer grew up in West Yorkshire and attended the Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield. He was awarded a Sixth Form Scholarship and was both a Charities and Senior Prefect. He went onto study Medical Sciences at St. John’s College, Cambridge including one year at the Judge Institute of Management doing Management Studies. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cambridge’s School of Clinical Medicine. His basic surgical training was based out of the prestigious Hammersmith Hospital Royal Postgraduate Medical School after which he completed a PhD in the field of Vascular Tissue Engineering at University College London. After his PhD, Tawqeer decided with a young family that the time was right to return to West Yorkshire where he did his Higher Surgical Training. During this period he was appointed the first National Institute of Health Research Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery. His final year of training was a Fellowship in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery in Adelaide, Australia where he learnt a range of endovascular skills.

VEIN EXPERTISE

During his training he has learnt from a number of leading specialists in the field of venous disease. In the early stages open surgery was still the technique of choice so a lot of experience was gained in these approaches. Towards the end of his training he learnt Endovenous Laser Therapy at Leeds General Infirmary which was one of the early pioneers in assessing and promoting the revolution in endovenous ablation in the UK. In Adelaide he then learnt the newer ClariVein tumescence-free technique of mechanico-chemical treatment of varicose veins at the Flinders Medical Centre which did some of the early analysis and promoted this new approach in Australia.Tawqeer is competent in keyhole and open surgical approaches to venous problems and is happy to discuss with you what best suits your needs whether it is injection sclerotherapy for thread veins or something more complex.

VEIN RESEARCH

Tawqeer has led and been involved with a number of research projects within the field of venous disease. Recently this has focussed on endovenous treatments but has also included work on prevention of deep vein thrombosis and also consent for varicose veins. The references for this work are enclosed below. Spark JI, Sandison S, Rashid ST. Mechanochemical tumescence-free endovenous ablation: initial outcomes Vascular Conference 2012. Melbourne, Australia: 20-23 October 2012 Rashid ST, Sandison S, Spark JI. Deep Venous Incompetence significantly reduces the efficacy of Endovenous Treatment of Superficial Venous Incompetence. Vascular Conference 2012. Melbourne, Australia: 20-23 October 2012 Rashid ST, Thursz MR, Razvi NA, Voller R, Orchard T, Rashid ST, Shlebak AA. Venous Thromboprophylaxis in UK Medical Inpatients: Original Article. Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine 2005; 98 (11): 507-12 Clayton GS, Rashid ST, Chong PFS, Greenhalgh RM, Davies AH. Improving Informed Consent Before Varicose Vein Surgery. Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh Audit Symposium. Edinburgh,UK: March 2000

OTHER CLINICAL AND RESEARCH INTERESTS

Tawqeer has interests in both clinical and basic sciences. From a clinical standpoint he has a focus on minimally-invasive techniques such as percutaneous aneurysm repair and endoscopic vein harvest for bypass surgery. He works with Professor Andrew Boulton and Dr. Frank Bowling on Diabetic Foot Ulcers and also has a PhD student looking at vascular disease and stem cell function in patients with Foot Ulcers. For more details please check out the websites below:
  • Manchester Vascular (Under Development)
  • Limb salvage (Under Development)
  • Other Interests (Under Development)
Tawqeer has spent a lot of time over the years in the voluntary and charity sector on a host of projects from youth work to community radio stations. He currently spends most of his spare time as a free taxi service to his three young children but also enjoys playing 5-a-side football and leisure cycling.
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