Mr Farhan Rashid

Mr Farhan Rashid has trained comprehensively in both benign and malignant upper GI surgery (both open and laparoscopic), hernia surgery (open/laparoscopic) and obesity surgery.

After completing the Basic Surgical Training in the East Midlands, he was involved in a two-year research project at The University of Nottingham and was awarded a DM degree from the same university. His higher surgical training was at the East of England Deanery.

Mr Rashid has trained at five regional oesophageal and gastric cancer units, including Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge and two regional bariatric units in the UK. This training helped him obtain the certificate of completion of training (CCT) as well as the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS).

In 2016 he was appointed as a Consultant General, Upper GI and Bariatric Surgeon at Luton and Dunstable University Hospital (permanent post). Mr Rashid performs open and laparoscopic surgery for benign upper GI conditions (anti-reflux, hiatus hernia and paraoesophageal hernia), gallbladder surgery, hernia surgery and other gastrointestinal surgery.

He performs all oesophageal and gastric cancer operations at The Regional Centre at Watford General Hospital and a full range of general and bariatric surgery at The Regional Bariatric Unit at Luton and Dunstable University hospital.