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Consultant vascular and endovascular surgeon Mr Mital Desai is based at The Harley Street Clinic, London, and St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

He has interests in the following areas:

• lower extremity arterial disease,
• aortic aneurysms,
• carotid artery disease and TIAs/stroke,
• diabetic foot management,
• venous disease (including varicose veins and post-thrombotic limb),
• cardiovascular risk management.

He specialises in walk-in/walk-out procedures for varicose veins and leg ulcers, and he uses minimally invasive procedures including radiofrequency ablation and ultrasound-guided foam sclerotherapy.

Mr Desai earned his medical qualifications in India in 2003 and completed higher surgical training with The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. In 2006, he relocated to the UK, where he spent a year training in vascular surgery at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. He then moved to London to undertake an MD in basic science vascular research, developing novel aortic stent-grafts for endovascular repair. He was awarded several grants and fellowship awards for this work. He has also published multiple peer-reviewed papers and presented his work at many conferences.

Following this, he earned a place on a highly competitive clinical academic training programme funded by the National Institute for Health Research. He later completed a post-CCT fellowship at St Thomas' Hospital, London where he gained advanced endovascular training in aortic, lower extremity arterial and deep venous disease before joining St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Desai is committed to medical education and has supervised both MSc and PhD students. He is also a Clinical Senior Lecturer at St George's University of London and has mentored several students during their general surgery placements. He has an educational fellowship from the London Postgraduate School of Surgery.

Outside of the hospital, Mr Desai's interests include travel, cooking, contemporary Indian music, and sports.