Mr Syed Hussain
Qualifications
MB BS, FRCS, FRCS (Engl), MS (London)
GMC number: 3242669
Specialties
General Surgery, Vascular Surgery
- Overview
About
Mr Syed Hussain is a highly experienced Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon. He received his core and higher surgical training within the prestigious Oxford Deanery, developing extensive expertise in both general and vascular surgery. He went on to undertake a two-year higher surgical research degree at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, focusing on lower limb blood flow and vascular biomechanics.
In recognition of the originality and clinical significance of his work on volumetric blood flow analysis at arterial bifurcations in the lower limb, Mr Hussain was awarded the prestigious Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1996.
Mr Hussain is a full-time Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon, offering comprehensive care across the full spectrum of vascular disease including arterial, venous, and endovascular interventions.
He plays an active role in surgical education, having led multiple vascular surgery training courses and regularly teaching on endovascular aneurysm repair techniques.
Mr Hussain has published widely, contributing over 100 peer-reviewed articles, case reports, book chapters and scientific papers, helping to advance clinical practice and research in vascular surgery.Mr Syed Tahir Hussain is a full time Consultant in General and Vascular Surgery. He was trained in the Oxford Deanery as a surgeon. He obtained a 2 year higher surgical degree at St.Bartholomew's Hospital in blood flow of the lower limb.
He was awarded Hunterian Professorship, Royal College of Surgeons, in 1996 for outstanding work in volumetric blood flow analysis of flow and bifurcation in the lower limb.
He was appointed in 2000 as a Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon at Northwick Park Hospital (North West London NHS Trust) Harrow.
He was born in London and graduated from the University of London (St. George’s Hospital) and undertook his surgical training at a number of Centres including St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, Norfolk & Norwich Hospital, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield and undertook his higher surgical training at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
He is also heavily involved in education and has been a Tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons for the past 10 years where he organises courses for junior doctors who are aiming to be the surgeons of the future. He has run many courses in vascular surgery and teaches on endovenous aneurysm.
He manages all aspects of vascular surgery which include arterial and venous disease. He is an expert in all the minimally invasive procedures including local anaesthetic laser vein and thermal vein ablation for varicose veins. He is an expert in injection sclerotherapy for thread veins and other aspects of venous disease.
He also treats all aspects of venous disease including aortic aneurysm, peripheral vascular disease and carotid disease for the prevention of stroke. He also undertakes all types of hernia repair.
He is recognised by all the major insurance companies.
Special interests
- Endovenous Varicose Vein Treatment & Surgery
- Carotid Artery Surgery, including Carotid Endarterectomy, and Aneurysm Repair
- Vascular Surgery, including treatment of Varicose Veins, Thread Veins, Claudication (leg pain on walking), and Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Hernia Surgery & Repair, including Inguinal Hernia (primary and recurrent), Umbilical Hernia (primary and recurrent), Epigastric Hernia, Femoral Hernia, and Incisional Hernia
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Syed Hussain at Nuffield Health
- Thread vein treatment (sclerotherapy)
- VenaSeal™Closure
- Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR)
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Varicose vein stripping
- Hernia repair
Locations Mr Syed Hussain works with
Related experience
Memberships
- General Medical Council, Medical Defence Union, Royal College of Surgeons, Vascular Society
Insurers Mr Syed Hussain works with
Mr Syed Hussain works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aetna
- Allianz
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- AXA - Global Healthcare
- Benenden Health
- Bupa
- Bupa Global
- Bupa On Demand
- Childsure
- Cigna
- Cigna International
- CS Healthcare
- ESMI
- Freedom Health
- Healix
- Healthcare RM
- HealthFund
- Health-on-Line
- InterGlobal
- Medical Care Direct
- PHC
- Police Mutual
- SecureHealth
- Simplyhealth
- Standard Life
- Universal Provident
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Westfield Health WPA
- WPA
- The Exeter