External resources
Current NHS consultant posts held
- Consultant Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon - University Hospital of North Midlands, Stoke-on-Trent, UK since 2013
- Hon.Clinical Lecturer - Keele University
Research interests
- Weight loss surgery
- Gall bladder surgery
Personal interests
I enjoy listening to music, reading books and travelling.
Awards received
- Awarded for improving patient care through innovation - Trust award night in 2017 for leading the bariatric department
- Poster of Distinction - ASMBS, New Orleans, 2016
(Additional) Languages spoken
- English
- Native or bilingual
- Hindi
- Native or bilingual
- Malayalam
- Native or bilingual
- Tamil
- Conversational
- Urdu
- Conversational
- Kannada
- Conversational
Publications
Original research articles
• F Mahmood, AJ Sharples, A Rotundo, N Balaji, VSR Rao. Factors predicting length of stay following bariatric surgery: Retrospective review of a single UK tertiary centre experience. Obesity Surgery 2018; 28: 1924-1930.
• VSR Rao, M Peter, R Sarkar, E Salim, PK Jain. Outcome in terms of percentage excess body weight loss (%EBWL) after weight loss surgery - Experience of a large volume centre. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2017; 11 (2), 253-255. doi10.1016/j.orcp.2017.02.004. PMID: 28385559
• Megson M, Macano CAW, Davies S, Zafar Z, Nyasavajjala SM, VSR Rao. Not another Complaint! Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive system 2017; 7:491. doi: 10.4172/2161-069X.1000491
• VSR Rao, MMY Yeung, J Cooke, E Salim, PK Jain. Comparison of circumferential resection margin clearance criteria with survival after surgery for cancer of esophagus. Journal of Surgical Oncology 2012; 105(8): 745-749.
PMID: 22161989
• F Rayan, VSR Rao, S Purushothamdas, C Mukundan, SO Shafqat. Common extensor origin release in recalcitrant lateral epicondylitis – role justified?. Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2010; 5: 31.
• NS Balaji, CP Macklin, S Fawole, AS Aster, VSR Rao, PJ Moore, SM Ahmad. The ‘modified triple staple’ technique for anastamosis after low anterior resection. The Surgeon 2007: 5(4); 199-201. PMID: 17849953
• VSR Rao, JKA Jameel, TK Mahapatra, PL McManus, JN Fox, PJ Drew. Surgery Is Associated with Lower Morbidity and Longer Survival in Elderly Breast Cancer Patients over 80. The Breast Journal 2007:13(4); 368-373. PMID: 17593041
• VSR Rao, N Ahmad, A Al-Mukhtar, S Stojkovic, P J Moore, S M Ahmad. Comparison of rigid vs flexible sigmoidoscopy in detection of significant anorectal lesions. Colorectal Disease 2005: 7; 61-64.
• VSR Rao, A Al-Mukhtar, F Rayan, S Stojkovic, P J Moore, S M Ahmad. Endoscopic laser ablation of advanced rectal carcinoma – a DGH experience. Colorectal Disease 2005: 7; 58-60.
Courses offered to GPs
• GP talk, Nuffield - ‘From a caterpillar to a butterfly - Role of bariatric surgery’ - 20/02/2018
• Lecture at A Midlands Regional ABCD Meeting, Wolverhampton. ‘Diabesity - Is bariatric surgery the best answer?’ - 01/02/2018
• GP talk, Nuffield - ‘Heartburn - when to consider surgery?’ - 13/06/2017
• GP talk, Nuffield - ‘Hernias - when to consider surgical intervention?’ - 05/04/2017
