Nadim Noor "“ AAA Screening

Nadim Noor Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon and is The Regional AAA Screening Programme Director. He plans to talk about Abdominal Aortic screening and hopefully arrange for some scans to be done on the night...?

Mr Nadim Noor

MBBS, PhD, FRCS

Consultant Vascular and General Surgeon

Mr Nadim Noor qualified from King Edward Medical College, Pakistan in 1985.  He was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Edinburgh) in 1992.  Following a period of scientific research, he received aPhD in surgery from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2000).  His higher surgical training took place at excellent university and general hospitals in Bristol, Merseyside and East Anglia, including Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge.  In April 2007 Bedford Hospital NHS trust appointed him as consultant vascular and general surgeon to extend the provision of existing services. 

In addition to providing general surgical services, Mr Noor specialises in diseases of the blood vessels, arteries and veins.  Both in general and in vascular operations, his main interest lies in providing minimally invasive or “keyhole” surgery, which allows faster recovery and avoids unsightly scars.  Mr Noor led the development of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) at Bedford Hospital and has performed a number of these procedures with excellent results.  Compared to conventional open surgery, the minimal access approach significantly reduces the risks associated with this operation.  Patients are able to eat and drink normally the day after the procedure and are usually allowed home after a couple of days. 

Mr Noor also offers cutting edge treatments for varicose veins, like radiofrequency ablation (VNUS) as well as conventional surgery.  These techniques can be undertaken without general anaesthetic and avoid unsightly cuts in the groin or behind the knee.  He also has expertise in laparoscopic or “keyhole” surgery, which he uses to remove gallbladders and to treat hernias of the abdominal wall.  For inguinal hernias (hernias in the groin) Mr Noor employs a technique of extraperitoneal repair  ‐  this method avoids entering the abdominal cavity, thus reducing the risks associated with conventional laparoscopic surgery