Majid Hashemi

Registration and Qualifications

MB
ChB
FRCS (Gen)

Synopsis

Mr Hashemi established and led one of the first specialist multidisciplinary obesity surgery clinics in the UK, the North London Obesity Surgery Service - NLOSS. This innovative comprehensive multidisciplinary service helped raise the profile of obesity surgery in London, and formed a template for the modern pathway driven care for patients with obesity.

Specialising in gastric and oesophageal cancer, laparoscopic surgery, obesity surgery and reflux disease Mr Hashemi has performed over 600 bariatric procedures and over 1000 laparoscopic procedures to date.

He has initiated and led advanced laparoscopic training workshops in the Middle East which included live demonstrations, lectures and seminars on laparoscopic techniques and reflux related pathology.

Mr Hashemi currently supervises a number of active research projects in this field with established collaborations with basic scientists and funded researchers. The early results of this research have been presented at international meetings and have resulted in a number of publications and citations. He is frequently invited to comment in the media on issues relating to obesity surgery and reflux disease.

Since qualifying from Manchester in 1988, Mr Hashemi has obtained the FRCS in 1993 and completed his specialist surgical training in London and Cambridge (Addenbrooke’s) and at other hospitals in Anglia. From 1997 – 1998 he spent 15 months working as an Oesophageal Fellow to Professor Tom Demeester at USC, Los Angeles, this led to his appointment as a consultant and Senior Lecturer in 2001.

Has worked for Surgicare since 2011.

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