Mr Rajiv Lahiri
Qualifications
MBBS, MD(res), FRCS
GMC number: 6158607
Practising since: 2007
Specialties
General Surgery
Consultation times
- Alternate Monday AM
- Alternate Wednesday PM
- Overview
About
Mr Lahiri is a Consultant General & HPB Surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital, one of the largest tertiary HPB units in the UK. He specialises in open, laparoscopic and robotic gastrointestinal surgery with a particular interest & expertise in benign and malignant conditions of the pancreas, liver, gallbladder and bile ducts.
Raj qualified from St. George’s in 2007 and following core surgical training in Cambridge & Norwich, he undertook a period of research at Queen Mary University of London investigating innate immune pathways following major HPB surgery, which lead to the award of a doctorate of medicine (MD) thesis.
Raj completed his higher surgical training in the Kent, Surrey & Sussex deanery including specialist HPB training at the Royal Surrey. Raj consolidated his specialist training with liver transplantation at the Royal Free and a year of HPB and trauma surgery at the Alfred in Melbourne.
Raj regularly performs ‘salvage’ gallbladder surgery on patients that have been turned down for surgery elsewhere. He draws referrals from around the south east of England for this work.
He has a high volume practice in complex liver and pancreas cancer surgery and also regularly performs day case general surgery including hernia surgery and excision of skin lesions.
Special interests
Benign and malignant diseases of the liver, pancreas and biliary tract.
Other interests
- Neuroendocrine tumours
- Duodenal lesions
- Abdominal wall and groin hernias
- Appendicectomy
- Abdominal pain
- Second opinion
Personal interests
I enjoy playing tennis, cooking, rural walks and especially enjoy spending time with my wife and daughter.
Languages spoken
English
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Rajiv Lahiri at Nuffield Health
- Blood test
- Mole removal
- Appendicectomy
- Splenectomy
- Umbilical hernia repair
- Hernia repair
- Excision of skin lesion
- Liver function tests
- Cholecystectomy (Gallbladder removal)
- Skin surgery
- Liver resection
- X-ray
- Gastrointestinal tract
- Hernia unilateral
- Bile duct resection
- Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal)
Locations Mr Rajiv Lahiri works with
Related experience
Research
I previously researched ‘innate immune pathways’ in patients undergoing major HPB resection which culminated in my doctoral thesis from Queen Mary, University of London. This work led to multiple publications in prestigious surgical journals.
I am involved in the implementation of the HPB robotic surgery service at the Royal Surrey. This will facilitate more patients undergoing minimally invasive cancer surgery.
I am committed to quality improvement, most recently in initiating a pathway to standardise investigations for patients awaiting acute pancreatic surgery.
I regularly review scientific manuscripts for multiple surgical journals including HPB, the largest specialist HPB journal in the world.
Memberships
- IHPBA
- GMC
- RCS
Other posts held
- Consultant General and HPB Surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital
Declaration
Mr Rajiv Lahiri does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Mr Rajiv Lahiri does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Mr Rajiv Lahiri does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.