HOSPITAL
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
LOCATION
Delhi
SPECIALIZATION
Vascular Surgery
EXPERIENCE
36+ years
About Specialist
Dr. Rakesh Mahajan has been Senior Consultant in Vascular Surgery at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi, since September 2004, and has 36 years of experience. He was formerly a Consultant Surgeon at Royal Gwent Hospital in the UK. Apollo credits him with developing its vascular surgery department in Delhi into one of its most trusted centres for the speciality. His stated areas are treatment of varicose veins with laser or radio-frequency ablation, surgery for excessive sweating and Raynaud's syndrome, treatment of mesenteric and renal ischaemia, and management of pain and cramps in the limbs. He took his MBBS in 1984 and MS in Surgery in 1989 at AIIMS, New Delhi, obtained FRCS at Glasgow in 1994 and FRCS (Gen) in the UK in 2002, and holds a UK Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training from 2002.
Qualifications
- CCST (Specialist Training Authority, UK), 2002
- FRCS (Gen), Royal Colleges of Surgeons, UK, 2002
- FRCS, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, 1994
- M.S. (Surgery), AIIMS New Delhi, 1989
- M.B.B.S., AIIMS New Delhi, 1984
Key Procedures
- Laser and radio-frequency ablation for varicose veins
- Surgery for excessive sweating
- Surgery for Raynaud's syndrome
- Treatment of mesenteric and renal ischaemia
- Management of limb pain and cramps
