Mr Elijah Ablorsu

Mr Elijah Ablorsu is a Consultant Transplant and General Surgeon at Vale Healthcare, South Wales' leading private clinic and private hospital for genral surgery and transplant surgery. Mr Ablorsu has a special interest in advanced laparoscopic surgery (key-hole surgery) and single incision laparoscopic surgery. He is also based at University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, south Wales.

Mr Ablorsu graduated from Komenius University in Slovakia, gaining a MD degree in 1999; where he also started his postgraduate surgical training. During his training he developed a special interest in liver, biliary and pancreatic surgery, pancreas and kidney transplantation.

Before moving to Cardiff, Mr Ablorsu completed his specialist training in General and Upper GI Surgery, Elijah held a Fellowship in Liver and Pancreatic Surgery at Hammersmith Hospital in London; a Transplant Fellowship in Manchester; and a Fellowship in Liver and Transplant Surgery in Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a Fellow of the European Board of Surgery.

Alongside transplantation, Mr Ablorsu has established excellent practice in advanced laparoscopic surgery (key-hole surgery). His specialist interest in the field is laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery for gallbladder and bile duct stones, laparoscopy for complex groin hernias and abdominal wall and laparoscopic removal of kidneys for Living Donor Transplantation. He also performs single incision laparoscopic surgery, which achieves better cosmetic effects and less pain.

Elijah regularly presents his work in national and international forums, and regularly publishes in peer reviewed surgical journals.

Specialist interests include:

• Gallstone disease
• Laparoscopic (key-hole) and open surgery for gallstones and bile duct stones
• Complex hernia management
• Laparoscopic (key-hole) and conventional surgery for inguinal, abdominal wall and incisional hernias
• Single incision laparoscopic (key-hole) surgery for gallstones and hernias

Mr Mark Davies

Mr Mark Davies is a Consultant Colorectal Surgeon at Vale Healthcare, who specialises in the management of a wide range of malignant and benign colorectal conditions, but specifically diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy, minimally invasive surgery, faecal incontinence and inflammatory bowel disease.

Mr Davies qualified from The London Hospital Medical College in 1995, and was awarded a Master of Surgery by the University of London, for a thesis into the development and progression of colorectal cancer. He completed his training in general and colorectal surgery in London, Cardiff and Swansea and undertook a prestigious fellowship in complex pelvic surgery at The Christie Hospital in Manchester.

Mr Davies was appointed as an NHS consultant in Swansea in 2007, and undertakes elective general surgical procedures including laparoscopic cholecystectomy and hernia repair and the management of general surgical emergencies.

He is senior clinical tutor in surgery at Swansea University, regularly reviews for the British Journal of Surgery and is a member of the court of examiners of The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mr. Davies is committed to delivering the highest standards of care from a patient’s very first consultation right through to their aftercare. He believes that patient safety and patient choice are paramount and provides a professional and personal service for all his patients.

Membership of Professional Bodies include: Royal College of Surgeons of England, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, and Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland.
 

Mr Xavier Escofet

Mr. Xavier Escofet is a Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeon who runs private consultant General Surgery clinics at Vale Healthcare's Cardiff Bay Clinic in south Wales. Born in Barcelona (Spain) in 1966, he graduated in 1991 and two years later moved to UK where he completed his specialist training as a General, Upper GI and Laparoscopic surgeon.

Xavier obtained the Welsh Surgical Society’s Traveling Fellowship Award and completed a Fellowship in Advanced Gastric Cancer Management at The National Cancer Center in Tokyo (Japan). He then started his consultancy working at University Hospital of Wales (Cardiff) and recently joined Cwm Taf Local Health Board where his practice is located both at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital (Llantrisant) and Prince Charles Hospital (Merthyr Tydfil).

Mr Escofet's main interest is minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopic or keyhole surgery) to treat a wide variety of conditions. He also performs both upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy which offers an open access endoscopy service in addition to specialist consultation for upper GI disorders.

His main clinical practice includes the diagnosis and treatment of conditions such as indigestion, heartburn, dyspepsia, dysphagia (discomfort when swallowing), abdominal pain, anaemia, rectal bleeding and the majority of gastroenterological complaints.

Mr. Escofet specialises in:

• Endoscopy and Interventional Endoscopic GI procedures 
• Laparoscopy Removal of Gallbladder (cholecystectomy) and for gallstones and bile duct stones 
• Gastro - Oesophageal Reflux Disease: Laparoscopic antireflux surgery (Funduplication) and benign oesophageal conditions 
• Hiatus Hernia 
• General Laparoscopic Procedures 
• Groin and abdominal wall hernia 
• Oesophageal and Gastric Cancer / Tumours

His professional memberships include the Association of Upper GI Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Welsh Surgical Society.

Vale Healthcare - south Wales' premier private hospital and private clinics in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan - is delighted to offer Mr Escofet's breadth of experience and expertise in the treatment of all gastrointestinal conditions in our state of the art private clinic in Cardiff's award winning Cardiff Bay area.

Mr Mike Foster

Mr Mike Foster is a General Surgeon who runs private clinics from the Vale Hospital, near Cardiff - South Wales premier private hospital.

Alongside his prectice as a private general surgery consultant at Vale Healthcare, Mr Foster's NHS practice is based at the Royal Glamorgan Hospital, Llantrisant, south Wales.

Mr Foster has a specialist expertise in Colorectal Surgery and Paediatric Surgery.

Mr Kelvin Gomez

Kelvin Gomez is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon with a special interest in non-surgical breast augmentation and body sculpting. He is currently one of very few  surgeons in the United Kingdom, trained in using MACROLANE® to re-create breast contours and sculpt a new desirable body shape.

He graduated from the University of Cardiff, South Wales, UK, and trained on the All-Wales Higher Surgical Programme, before undertaking a Fellowship at the Welsh Burns and Plastics Surgery Unit in Morriston, South Wales. His post-graduate doctorate was undertaken at the Cardiff Academic Breast Unit and involved research into molecular markers and their early detection in breast cancer patients. Along with his original papers, he also presented data on behalf of the ALMANAC Trialists Group at both national and international meetings during his period of research.

Kelvin's general surgical interests include Breast Cancer Surgery, Therapeutic Mammoplasty, Breast Reductions, and Nipple Reconstructions. Special cosmetic interests include Non-Surgical Breast Augmentation, Breast and Body Sculpting, Male Chest and Calf Enhancement and Facial Fillers.

Born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Kelvin was educated in Malaysia, Australia and the United Kingdom, and had a very cosmopolitan upbringing, but it is in Cardiff, and specifically Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan that he has finally laid down some roots. He is employed by the Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust and is based in Nevill Hall Hospital, Abergavenny.

Mr Sumit Goyal

Sumit Goyal is a private Consultant Breast Surgeon at Vale Healthcare, South Wales' premier private clinics and private hospital for the treatment of breast conditions including breast cancer in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.

Sumit's breast care clinics are primarily from the Cardiff Bay Clinic in south Wales. Mr Goyal has a special interest in all aspects of Breast Diseases including oncoplastic breast surgery. Sumit trained in Cardiff Breast Unit and was appointed a Consultant in Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust in 2003 and is currently the Lead Clinician for Cardiff Breast Services in South Wales..

Sumit is committed to provide the highest level of care in breast diseases and manages over 100 breast cancers every year. In addition to his NHS work, he is a part of the Breast Screening programme of Wales. He keeps abreast with the latest technological developments in the treatment of breast disease and has been a part of major international trials in breast cancer. He can offer surgical treatment for benign and malignant breast conditions, reconstructive breast surgery and sentinel node biopsy. In fact he is a tutor on the New Start Programme, the Department of Health national training programme for sentinel node biopsy. Sumit is also a honorary lecturer in Cardiff Medical School and is involved in teaching students, nurses and young surgeons.

Sumit works in close association with Dr Philippa Young, Consultant Radiologist with a special interest in breast radiology and provides a Rapid Access Breast Clinic for rapid and accurate assessment and diagnosis of breast problems as a one stop clinic in a multi-disciplinary set-up. 

Mr Dean Harris

Mr Dean Harris is a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon at Vale Healthcare. Mr Harris's NHS work is based at Singleton Hospital in Swansea, and he is also an honorary lecturer.

Dean offers a full range of colorectal and general surgery procedures including laparoscopic (keyhole) colorectal surgery and colonoscopy. His interests are in proctology (fistulae, haemorrhoids), pelvic floor disorders (including internal and external rectal prolapse) and management of incontinence.

Dean qualified from UWCM (Cardiff) in 1997 and has obtained a broad training in general surgery and coloproctology as a specialist registrar in Wales. Much of his colorectal training has been in Singleton Hospital, both as a registrar in 2007 and as an Ethicon Endosurgery Laparoscopic Colorectal Fellow in 2010.

Dean was a colorectal fellow at St Mark’s Hospital in London and at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada where he received advanced colorectal training. He has developed special interests in pelvic exenteration for advanced pelvic malignancy, ileoanal pouch formation for ulcerative colitis and familial adenomatous polyposis, and laparoscopic colorectal surgery.

Dean undertook a full time MD in Cardiff studying the biology of peritoneal inflammation and adhesions. He has active research interests in the management of locally advanced rectal cancer through Swansea University.

Mr Timothy J Havard

Tim Havard is a private Consultant General Surgeon at Vale Healthcare - the leading private clinics and private hospital in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales. Tim specialises in the assessment and management of Upper GI conditions.

Tim Havard has been a Consultant General Surgeon in the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in South Wales since 1999. Born in Cardiff into a very medical family (father, mother, grandfather and uncle) he displayed a lamentable lack of imagination in becoming the third generation to train at the Welsh National School of Medicine, qualifying in 1988. His postgraduate surgical training was completed in South Wales and Southampton. In 1999 he obtained an MD after a period of research into the bacteria Helicobacter Pylori.

General Surgery

Since his appointment he has developed a busy practice in emergency and elective General Surgery. This has included the investigation of abdominal pain, dyspepsia (indigestion) and rectal bleeding. This involves regular sessions in diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy. He routinely performs the surgical treatment of a wide range of elective conditions including gallstones, groin and abdominal hernias, haemorrhoids and benign and malignant skin lesions.

Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery

Within the broad remit of General Surgery Tim has particular expertise in cancer of the oesophagus and stomach cancer having treated over 630 patients with the condition. Of these 45% of the patients came from within the catchment area of the Royal Glamorgan and 55% of the cases were referred from elsewhere. This disease remains particularly challenging to treat and is the only common cancer that is currently increasing in incidence.

Laparoscopic Surgery

A further particular interest is the treatment of benign Upper GI conditions such as gallstones and reflux (heartburn) by laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery. Gallstones are a particularly frequent cause of abdominal pain and Tim does approximately 100 Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy (removal of the gallbladder) operations per year.

Tim is committed to undergraduate and postgraduate training. He is an Honorary Clinical Tutor in the University of Cardiff Medical School and Regional Co-ordinator for Higher Surgical Training in South East Wales. He sits on the all Wales steering group for Upper GI cancer and has been the Honorary Secretary of the Welsh Surgical Society since 2004.

Mr Umesh Khot

Mr Khot is a Consultant General Surgeon who specialises in Colorectal Surgery. Mr Khot is based in Swansea, and lives in Cardiff, and offers private clinics through Vale Healthcare across south Wales. Mr Khot practices all aspects of general surgery and has a special interest in surgery for intestinal disorders, both cancer and non-cancer. He is also an accredited colonoscopist.

Mr Umesh Khot trained in Bombay, India. Qualifying in 1989, he started postgraduate surgical training followed by three years as Lecturer in Surgery, University of Bombay. In the UK, he continued higher surgical training in London and Wales. He was awarded the Intercollegiate Fellowship in 2005. In 2006 he was awarded a Fellowship in Laparoscopic(Key-hole) Colorectal Surgery.

Mr Khot is a Consultant General & Colorectal Surgeon at Singleton Hospital, Swansea. He is a UK National Trainer/Preceptor for laparoscopic intestinal surgery and represents Wales on the Council of the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALSGBI).

Mr Khot also runs a national fellowship programme sponsored by Ethicon Endosurgery. He has trained many Consultants and senior surgical trainees in the art of laparoscopic colorectal surgery. He established laparoscopic colorectal services and Enhanced Recovery Programme in Swansea.

He has published many scientific papers and is a reviewer for the British Journal of Surgery and has a keen interest in clinical research.
 

Mr Ashraf Rasheed

Mr Ashraf Rasheed is an Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon, specialising in General and Upper GI Surgery practising at Vale Healthcare, near Cardiff - South Wales' leading private Clinic and Private Hospital.

After graduating from Dublin in 1992, Ashraf was awarded Lyon’s Medal and McDonnell’s prize for proficiency in surgery. He completed his higher surgical training in Wales and was awarded CCST in General and Upper GI Surgery in 2003.

Ashraf undertook international fellowships in advanced laparoscopic and upper gastrointestinal cancer surgery.

Appointed Consultant Surgeon to West Dorset Foundation Trust in 2004 before moving to the current position of lead for Laparoscopic Upper GI surgery at the Gwent Healthcare.

Ashraf has a special interests in advanced laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery and performs Laparoscopic Anti-Reflux (Acid Reflux) Surgery, Laparoscopic Bariatric (Anti-Obesity/Weight Losing) Surgery, Laparoscopic Biliary (Gallstones) and Pancreatic (Pancreatitis) Surgery, Laparoscopic Spleen Surgery, Laparoscopic Ventral, Incisional and Inguinal Hernia Surgery. He is an expert at oesophago-gastric and biliary endoscopy.

Ashraf wrote the Gwent operational policy for UGI cancer management, reviewed the benign upper GI / biliary services and developed management pathways for upper GI diseases.

ALSW is committed to the provision of a patient’s focused specialist services.

Ashraf holds current memberships with the Association of Laparoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (ALS), the Society of Surgeons of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), and the International Association of Pancreatology (IAP).