Mr Vittal Rao

 Professional experience

• More than 20 years of experience
• Consultant Laparoscopic, Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, Nuffield Health North Staffordshire Hospital, Newcastle-under-Lyme (2015-present)
• Consultant Laparoscopic, Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon, University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust (2013-present)

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 Sub-specialties

• Weight loss
• Bariatric surgery
• Hernias
• Laparoscopic surgery
• Reflux disease
• Gallstones
• Gallbladder surgery
• Abdominal pain
• Gastroscopy for diagnosis
• Umbilical hernia
• Paraumbilical hernia
• Inguinal hernia
• Femoral hernia
• Hiatus hernia
• Laparoscopic hernia repair
• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
• Achalasia
• Laparoscopic cholecystectomy

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 Positions in public associations

• Member of the Regional Surgical Advisor, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2021-present)
• Regional Surgical Advisor, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2021-present)
• He is a member of the Bariatric committee of The Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland

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 Teaching posts

• Honorary Clinical Lecturer at Keele University, Keele (2015-present)
• He has supervised the research projects of medical students and junior doctors leading to the submission of abstracts in national and international conferences.
• He started the Keele Surgical Society weekly surgical teaching for medical undergraduates.

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 Education

• Advanced Bariatric Surgery Workshop at Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden (2015)
• Fast Track Bariatric Course Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, The Netherlands (2015)
• CCT General Surgery Joint Committee of Higher Surgical Training (2012)
• FRCS General Surgery Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (2010)
• MD Academic Surgery University of Hull (2008)
• FRCS Surgery in General Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow (2001)
• FRCS Surgery in General Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh (2001)
• MS General Surgery Bangalore Medical College, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore, India (1999)
• MBBS T.D. Medical College, University of Kerala, India (1995)
• Member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

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 Publications and conferences

• He has given over 100 presentations in both national and international meetings.
• He has authored over 20 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

 Prizes and awards

• Awarded for improving patient care through innovation in 2017 for leading the bariatric department.
• Awarded Poster of Distinction in 2016 by the ASMBS (American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery).
• Nominated for the Excellent Teacher Award by Keele medical students for the years 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17.

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 Professional membership

• Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
• British Obesity & Metabolic Surgery Society (BOMSS)
• International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO)
• Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• British Medical Association
• National Register of University Certificated Expert Witnesses

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