Mr Nikesh Dattani

Mr Dattani is a Consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon at the Glenfield Hospital in Leicester with private practices covering Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland. He runs a busy practice, specialising in keyhole (endovenous) treatments for varicose veins and venous leg ulcers as well as minimally invasive (endovascular) treatments for peripheral arterial disease and aortic aneurysms. He also performs the full range of open vascular surgical procedures.

Mr Dattani is the Undergraduate & Postgraduate Lead for Vascular Education in Leicester. He has set up numerous initiatives to improve the quality of vascular surgical training in Leicester and regularly teaches the next generation of surgeons. He is faculty for numerous nationally recognised courses including Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Basic Surgical Skills (BSS), the Vascular Limb Salvage Academy (VaLSA) and ASPIRE. He has published >45 papers and presented research nationally and internationally.

Mr Dattani regularly partakes in the national selection process for doctors wishing to pursue a career in surgery as well as in specialist vascular surgery. He serves as a senior advisor on the executive committee of the Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN), which he co-founded in 2013 as well as a council member for the British Society of Endovascular Therapy (BSET).