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).