Our Team
Veincentre, although rapidly expanding, makes a real effort to retain the personal and friendly service that characterised it at its inception.
It is still a relatively small business but has the necessary facilities and professional staff to offer the very best that modern medicine can provide. Deborah and David West are married and established Veincentre in 2003 as the first British company specialising solely in minimally invasive treatments for varicose veins. Our team is small but perfectly formed.
To easily see which consultants work at the clinic you're interested in attending, visit the clinic location page: Bristol, London, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxfordshire, Stoke.
Our Clinical Team
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Thoraya AmmarConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Suzie AnthonyConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Mark BratbyConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Marcus BrooksConsultant Vascular Surgeon -
Helen BurndredNurse Practitioner -
Dominic DoddConsultant Vascular Surgeon -
Melanie DonelanStaff Nurse -
Duncan DruryConsultant Vascular Surgeon -
Jenny DuongStaff Nurse -
Rima HammondStaff Nurse -
Liz JellymanStaff Nurse -
Lyn JonesConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Ananth KrishnanConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Leto MailliConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
William NearyConsultant Vascular Surgeon -
Raf PatelConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Marie PiccaverStaff Nurse -
Raymond RamnarineConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Mark RegiConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Ben RobertonConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Devaraj SrinivasamurthyConsultant Vascular Surgeon -
Sam StuartConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
Pauline TaggartStaff Nurse -
Zoe ThompsonHealthcare Assistant & Medical Secretary -
Raman UberoiConsultant Interventional Radiologist -
David WestMedical Director -
Rebecca WinterbornConsultant Vascular Surgeon
Our Admin Team
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Diane BrayfordHR & Office Manager -
Georgina CaldwellReceptionist -
Kelly EvansPA to Dr David West -
Angela FirthReceptionist -
Becky GreenAdministrative Assistant -
Jackie HadfieldReceptionist -
Stephanie Lovatt-HarrisMedical Secretary -
Bernadette PepperMedical Secretary -
Karleen PerryMedical Secretary -
Kimberley RussellAssistant Business Manager -
Joanne SmithMedical Secretary -
Deborah WestBusiness Manager -
Catherine WoodReceptionist
Thoraya Ammar
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Thoraya Ammar is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at London's King's College Hospital having qualified from King's College London in 1992. Thoraya specialises in Vascular Intervention and works in a dynamic trauma unit. She also operates at St Thomas's Hospital where she is part of an integrated aortic service. She gained her MRCP prior to commencing radiology training in 2003.
Thoraya has a longstanding interest in venous disease and has worked in the Academic Unit of Vascular Medicine at King's College London as an investigator running clinical trials in this field, in which she is also published. She is a co-author on multiple papers in peer reviewed journals and continuously presents her work in European and International meetings. She is passionate about training and enjoys her role as a supervisor for interventional radiology trainees.
Thoraya lives in London with her husband Mike and two boys whom she enjoys playing tennis with (although they seem to be getting too good for her liking). She is a keen runner and has completed multiple races including the London Marathon. She enjoys travelling and has recently picked up scuba diving again.
Suzie Anthony
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Suzie Anthony is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist and forms part of our Oxfordshire clinic team. Having qualified in 1992 from University College Hospital Medical School, London, she trained in transplant and renal medicine at St Mary's Hospital London, gaining MRCP, before embarking on a career in Radiology. During her radiology training at the Royal Free Hospital, London, she developed her interest in Intervention and took up her consultant post in Oxford in 2005.
Suzie is currently Clinical Director for Radiology at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the Academic Health Science Imaging Network consultant for Oxford. In these roles she influences strategic health care planning for the Trust and the Thames Valley, promoting equity of provision of quality imaging services across the region.
Suzie introduced Endovenous Laser Treatment for Varicose Veins to the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2009 and is pleased to be a member of the Oxfordshire Vein Centre. Her specialist interests include non-invasive vascular imaging including cardiac CT, aortic intervention and interventional oncology (TACE, SIRT, PVE).
Outside of work, she and her husband are co-owners of a 39' racing yacht, berthed in Hamble River, and spend most weekends racing, irrespective of the weather. She has also raced in the sunnier climes, in Turkey and the Caribbean (Antigua regatta 2015, 2nd in class, 1st Round-the-Island). The highlight of the year is the Cowes Week Regatta in August, and this year she hopes to be in the top 5 in class. (8th in 2015). Her daughter is also a keen sailor, achieving 2ndunder 25 boat and 10th in class at Cowes week 2015.
Mark Bratby
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Mark is part of our Oxfordshire clinic team working alongside Dr Suzie Anthony and Dr Raman Uberoi. He qualified in Medicine in 1998 after studying at Cambridge University and Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in London. He trained in radiology at St George's Hospital, London and moved to Oxford in 2009 to take up his post as a Consultant Vascular Interventional Radiologist. He specialises in treatments on arteries and veins and has extensive experience in managing patients with peripheral vascular disease and complex aortic aneurysms.
He has over 40 peer-reviewed papers, notably receiving the Editor's Gold Medal for best paper in Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology as co-author on the paper reporting outcomes from the randomised controlled trial of fibroid embolisation versus myomectomy. He established the regional vascular malformation service in Oxford and is currently pioneering new treatments for patients with vascular bone lesions. He is College Tutor for the Oxford radiology training scheme.
Mark is kept busy at home playing football in the garden with his two sons aged 12 and 6 years old and he is never happier than skiing with the whole family. He is a keen cyclist managing the hill up to the John Radcliffe Hospital in all weathers and tries to get away sailing for a few weekends each year.
Marcus Brooks
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Mr Marcus Brooks is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at North Bristol NHS Trust. He is Clinical Lead for the Bristol Bath Weston Vascular Network. Marcus has extensive experience in the management of both arterial and venous problems using minimally invasive techniques.
He qualified from Cambridge University School of Medicine in 1993 as top of his year in surgery. Following house jobs in Cambridge, A&E at St James's Hospital Leeds and a teaching role at Oxford University he was appointed to the St Mary's Hospital London Basic Surgical Training program in 1995. In 1998, following award of the FRCS (with award of the ASGBI prize for the highest mark) he joined Professor Nicholas Cheshire and Professor Ara Darzi at Imperial College for two years of clinical research studying organ dysfunction following complex aortic surgery. This research resulted in the award of a MD from the University of London.
In 2000 he was appointed a Specialist Registrar on the West London Higher Surgical Training Program; spending three years in General Surgery before specialising in Vascular Surgery at St Mary's, Charing Cross and St George's Hospitals. In 2006 the award of the Peter Clifford and Moynihan Travelling Fellowships enabled him to spend time in Sweden and Australia developing vascular and endovascular experience.
In September 2007 he took up a post as Consultant Vascular Surgeon at University Hospitals Bristol. Whilst in that post with an endovascular interest. Whilst in that post he is developed programs for the endovascular treatment of varicose veins, developed the endovascular aortic aneurysm programme and introduced aneurysm screening for men.
In 2014 he led the reorganisation of vascular services and the development of the new Major Arterial Centre at North Bristol Trust. This new unit, which he heads, has brought together three groups of surgeons to provide specialist inpatient vascular care 24/7 for the region and a complex endovascular service for the South West of England.
Sport has been a major part of his life since school. At Cambridge he was Captain of Trinity Hall Boat Club, won the intercollegiate coxed IVs three consecutive years, won and twice retained the headship in the Lent Bumps, and sunk while rowing for Cambridge against Oxford in an invitation race in Turkey! Now with a young family, he keeps fit running the occasional marathon and cycling. He is a member of the Stewards Enclosure at Henley Royal Regatta and is starting to appreciate that watching sport is just as much fun - and a lot easier - than competing.
Helen Burndred
Nurse Practitioner
Helen qualified as a nurse in 2002 at Keele University School of Nursing and Midwifery. Before joining Veincentre Helen worked in a variety of clinical settings including Surgery, A&E, Medical Assessment Unit and Outpatients. She developed a special interest in vein treatment while working with Dr West at the North Staffs Nuffield Hospital and joined Veincentre when we opened our new Stoke clinic in Jun 2012.
She then underwent a comprehensive training programme under the supervision of Dr West. This included extensive hands on training in all the techniques offered by Veincentre including foam sclerotherapy, microsclerotherapy, EVLA and Clarivein. She has augmented this in-house training by visiting centres across the UK and in Europe to gain further experience in Ultrasound scanning and Clarivein treatment.
She now has extensive experience and expertise in both diagnostic ultrasound scanning and the performance of all venous interventional treatments and has already successfully undertaken over 500 ultrasound guided venous interventions.
Helen was shortlisted for the Nursing Times Surgical nurse of the year in 2016. Just pipped at the post, but so proud that she got through to the last 8 of all nurses in the UK. Plus we had a fabulous party at Grosvenor House hotel for the awards ceremony!
Her appointment to the role of Nurse Practitioner in Veincentre is pioneering in the field of Phlebology in the UK. Nurse practitioners are commonplace in other areas of medicine and their skills and abilities well recognised in specialties ranging from ophthalmology and cardiac surgery to general practice and acute hospital medicine. Nurse practitioners and doctors work together as a team. Whoever is actually undertaking the treatment the doctor is always supported by a nurse and the nurse always supported by a doctor. This team provides the safest and most effective means of providing quality vein treatment utilising the skills of both doctor and nurse in perfect harmony.
Dominic Dodd
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Dominic Dodd is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon who works closely with David at the Manchester clinic.
He first met David in 1992 when he was undertaking basic surgical training at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire. He subsequently trained in Manchester at both the University Hospital of South Manchester and Manchester Royal Infirmary and is now based at the Sheffield Vascular Institute.
He has a busy NHS and private practice dealing with both arterial and venous conditions in one of the largest specialist vascular centres in the UK. He is active in research and is a principal investigator in the CLASS trial comparing a range of treatments for varicose veins.
Although he first started treating varicose veins with open surgery in 1993, he has since developed considerable expertise in minimally-invasive varicose vein treatment. He first started using VNUS and endovenous laser to treat varicose veins in 2004 and has now performed more than one thousand procedures. He has run training courses on endovenous laser treatment and been invited to lecture to doctors from throughout the UK and Europe.
Dominic is recognised by all the major insurance providers, and has been on the specialist register of the GMC since 2002.
He is married with one son and enjoys travel and photography whenever he has any spare time.
Melanie Donelan
Staff Nurse
Mel qualified with a nursing diploma in 2005. She has since achieved her BSc(hons) and is due to complete her MSc in September 2018 at The University of Nottingham.
Mel initially worked as a Trauma & Orthopaedic nurse but has spent the last 10 years working in A & E where she is currently a Matron. She also does humanitarian work as part of the UK Emergency Medical Team.
In her spare time Mel likes to read, watch live bands and run.
Duncan Drury
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Duncan Drury is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon who works at the Nottingham clinic. He is a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon with an NHS position at Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust.
He qualified from Sheffield Medical School in 2000 and trained predominantly in South Yorkshire. He has completed advanced endovascular Fellowships in Doncaster, Leeds and Liverpool. He has worked for his current Trust since 2012 and has a specialist interest in open and minimally invasive aortic surgery. He has extensive experience in the management of venous disease, particularly in the use of minimally invasive techniques.
He has a passion for teaching and has run numerous courses including an intermediate surgical skills course, an endovenous course and a minimally invasive aortic surgery planning course. He is also a member of the writing group for the FRCSvasc exam.
He is one of the senior Quality Improvement and Governance Leads for his Trust and relishes the challenges this brings.
He is married to Sarah and has a young son, Alexander and a baby girl, Amelia. When he is allowed time off, he enjoys playing the flute and piccolo, football and cycling, but mainly loves time with his family.
Jenny Duong
Staff Nurse
Jenny is our lovely new Head Nurse in London. She is originally from London but, like Dr West, now lives near our head office in Stoke-on-Trent and commutes down Wednesday to Friday.
Jenny gained her BSc in Adult Nursing from Keele University. Her favourite parts of the degree were both the theatre placements and nursing in the community. She has always loved travelling to different places but also enjoyed the challenge of meeting and caring for a huge variety of patients.
Before obtaining her nursing degree Jenny worked in a number of customer facing roles. Nursing combines her caring nature with her desire to continually meet new people.
Outside of work Jenny enjoys reading and watching Netflix as well as PiYo classes and big kit classes, swimming with the kids, walking the dogs and generally spending as much time outside as possible. She loves to escape the UK and travel abroad when possible in the search for sunshine.
Rima Hammond
Staff Nurse
Rima trained at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust and qualified in 2015. She has since trained as a recovery nurse and worked in various departments at Chelsea and Westminster hospital. As well as her nursing role at Veincentre London, she also works as an agency nurse for University College London Hospital NHS Trust and thoroughly enjoys both of these roles.
In her spare time Rima enjoys playing tennis, going on long country walks and spending time with her 11 year old son.
Liz Jellyman
Staff Nurse
Liz qualified as state enrolled nurse in 1982 and as a staff nurse in 1995. Her experience has been in ENT nursing for 15 years and then Accident & Emergency for the last 22 years, recently semi-retired from a senior sisters role in the same department. She also works as a British sign language interpreter for the deaf and hard of hearing. Liz joined Veincentre in June 2017 as a practitioner working alongside the consultant in the Manchester clinic, ensuring the smooth and safe running of the clinic.
Lyn Jones
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Lyn Jones runs the Bristol clinic with Marcus Brooks and Bill Neary. Like Dr David West, Lyn has a background as an interventional radiologist and holds an NHS consultant position at North Bristol NHS Trust.
Lyn qualified in medicine and surgery at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School in June 1987 (MBBS). Working as a junior doctor she completed post-graduate training in Bristol but has also worked in Westminster, Winchester, Cardiff, China and New Zealand.
She has obtained professional qualifications in both Surgery and Radiology, becoming a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1991 (FRCS) and a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists in 1999 (FRCR). During her work as a surgeon she performed many traditional open venous procedures including varicose vein stripping and avulsions. She has published on varicose vein surgical outcomes, and in 1994 was the first person to recognise the natural history of varicose veins to recur by new vessel growth (neovascularisation). This is now accepted as the primary mechanism of recurrence after surgery, and the understanding of this mechanism led to the development of endovascular vein treatments including EVLA which minimizes such recurrence.
In September 2002 Lyn took up her consultant position at North Bristol NHS Trust specialising in vascular and breast radiology. In this post she set up a sclerotherapy service for complex vascular anomalies and developed endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR) and other stent and angioplasty endovascular services. Currently she is involved in research performing laser ablation of small breast cancers under ultrasound guidance as a minimally invasive alternative to surgery. Lyn's background, like David's, involves precise and delicate manipulation of arterial and venous catheters, wires and other specialised instruments guided by ultrasound and other modern imaging devices. Lyn is a member of the British Society of Interventional Radiologists (BSIR) and of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE).
Lyn lives in the Chew Valley near Bristol with her husband, Will, and two children, Lisa and Harry. She is qualified to teach ice dance, previously represented Bristol in regional ice dance competitions and also enjoys travel, skiing, knitting, playing the cello and Radio 3
Ananth Krishnan
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Anantha Krishnan is a Consultant Vascular and Interventional Radiologist. He has worked at the Manchester Royal Infirmary since 2012. He joined the Veincentre team in early 2016 working alongside Dr West, Mr Dodd and Mr Drury at the Manchester clinic.
He specialises in all aspects of vascular intervention with a special interest in Complex Aneurysm repair, treatment of arteriovenous abnormalities and interventional oncology.
He also offers treatments for pelvic congestion syndrome (varicose veins in the pelvis) and specialises in treatment of deep vein thrombosis and abnormalities affecting arteries and veins. He works closely with Dr West in the Manchester clinic and offers treatment for varicose veins.
Anantha completed his basic surgical training in Derby and after completing his basic radiology training in Dundee, undertook his two-year fellowship training in prestigious North Glasgow hospitals.
He has been actively involved in research and training. In 2014 he received the Editor's Medal for the Best Scientific research paper on Uterine Fibroid Embolisation.
He is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) and a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR) and the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE).
When he is not at work, he loves spending time with his family and his little baby girl who is only 8 weeks old. He loves playing the guitar and is planning to learn the flamenco style of playing it.
Leto Mailli
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Leto Mailli is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at St. George's Hospital in London. She is also a recognised specialist by the European Board of Interventional Radiologists, EBIR. She specialises in venous procedures (including pelvic congestion syndrome) as well as vascular and non-vascular interventions. Leto is the lead interventional radiologist for major trauma in this big, busy trauma centre. Apart from trauma she is especially interested in gynaecologic interventions and peripheral vascular disease where she is also co-investigator in national and international multi-centre clinical studies.
Leto has completed her PhD, MsC and Masters in interventional radiology. She has been awarded with 4 funded grants for research and training. Leto is currently a senior honorary lecturer at St George's University thus heavily involved in teaching. She has been invited as a speaker and trainer in international conferences and has given more than 100 lectures in international events. She is also very active publishing in scientific journals.
As Leto has recently become a mum, she spends the majority of her time with her little daughter. As a former active person, she now keeps on cycling with a babysit, hike with a baby carrier backpack but is still not sure how to get back to her free diving.
William Neary
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Mr William Neary works closely with Mr Marcus Books and Dr Lyn Jones at the Bristol clinic. He is a consultant vascular and renal transplant surgeon with an NHS position at North Bristol NHS Trust . He has been treating venous problems using minimally invasive technique for many years.
He qualified in 1995 from Bristol Medical School and trained throughout the South-West. He received his MD in 2008.
He was appointed as Consultant Vascular and Renal Transplant Surgeon in 2009 and has treated patients with venous problems with all treatment modalities and is a specialist in minimally invasive treatments.
He is married to Anna and has two children. Cycling and swimming are his passions with Bristol And District Triathlon club. He enjoys Sportive riding and open water swimming.
Raf Patel
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Raf Patel is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Oxford University Hospitals, based mainly at the John Radcliffe Hospital, specializing in Vascular and Interventional Radiology since 2012. He works in our Chipping Norton clinic alongside Suzie Anthony, Raman Uberoi and Mark Bratby.
Raf graduated from the University of Manchester Medical School with Honours, initially undertaking surgical training and becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. As technological developments in Interventional Radiology increasingly provided attractive minimally invasive alternatives to major open surgery, Raf then pursued training in Radiology to develop the skills for advanced image-guided intervention. Raf trained in Radiology at the Leeds Radiology Academy and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists with sub-specialty Fellowship-level training in Vascular and Interventional Radiology.
Raf specialises in the diagnosis and minimally invasive treatment of complex arterial and venous disorders. Raf has published papers in peer-reviewed journals, authored book chapters, an international guideline in Interventional Radiology, presented educational and scientific material at international meetings and also been an invited speaker and tutor at international Interventional Radiology conferences. Working in a busy teaching hospital, Raf also enjoys being a tutor and supervisor for radiology trainees and junior doctors in Oxford as well as a peer-reviewer for scientific journals and examiner for the Medical School.
Away from work, Raf enjoys spending time with his wife, 8-year old son and 2-year old daughter, travelling together to explore distant cultures and cuisines when possible and also trying to spend as much time walking or cycling together to enjoy the beautiful local countryside.
Marie Piccaver
Staff Nurse
Marie qualified as a nurse in Salisbury in 1985 and worked in general surgical, spinal injuries and gynaecology. She then went on to qualify as a Midwife in 1989 and in 1991 went to Australia to work as a Nurse and Midwife in a private hospital.
She worked as a Midwife for 27 years and 18 months ago joined Veincentre as a bank nurse and enjoyed it so much, that she is now the lead nurse in Veincentre Oxford working alongside four consultants.
In her spare time, Marie enjoys swimming and dance classes in tap, Zumba, salsa and Ceroc.
Raymond Ramnarine
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
'Dr Ray' as he is commonly known, is a subspecialty trained consultant in Clinical and Interventional Radiology, providing his diagnostic and procedural skills to the patients of Gloucestershire (and beyond). After a brief stint working in the City of London, Dr Ray trained at the Barts and the London Medical School before rotating through several London hospitals. He eventually completed his training at Kings College Hospital with extensive experience in minimal access, image-guided treatment for patients with arterial and venous disease, kidney disease and cancer as well as providing emergency treatment for patients involved in major trauma or with serious bleeding problems.
As a Consultant, Dr Ray leads on the provision of procedures such as uterine artery embolisation, contrast ultrasound and is the principle investigator for a national research trial. He continues to work collaboratively with colleagues to produce high quality publications in multinational medical journals.
He spends his free time walking the countryside of Gloucestershire, pretending to know how to garden and pursuing long held interests in Martial arts. Dr Ray is otherwise kept busy caring for his two small children and juggling life married to an Obstetrician.
Mark Regi
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Mark Regi is a Consultant Vascular Interventional Radiologist at the Sheffield Vascular Institute with an interest in complex aneurysm repair, interventional oncology and venous work. Like Dr West he specialises in image guided, minimally invasive blood vessel work. He works closely with Dr West at the Nottingham clinic. He is an expert in embolisation (or blocking) blood vessels from the pelvis which can be the cause of varicose veins.
Mark initially read Physiology at King's College and Medicine at the Royal Free in London. He completed his basic surgical training in Wessex followed by higher training in Clinical Radiology in Bristol. Mark spent 2 years at the Sheffield Vascular Institute as the Endovascular Fellow and was then appointed as a Consultant Interventional Radiologist at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. After 1 happy year in Wales he returned to Sheffield to take up the position he currently holds as a consultant at the Sheffield Vascular Institute.
Mark currently lives on the West side of Sheffield enjoying the magnificent Peak District on his doorstep. He walks, climbs and paraglides in the Peaks with his sporty wife, Cat, and their dog, Morris. They have a new son, Arthur who now takes up most of their spare time!
Mark is one of the lead medics for Festival Medical Services, a charity that provides medical provision to the Glastonbury and Reading music festivals. Whilst he likes working at music festivals he prefers watching the bands from the side of the stage.
Ben Roberton
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Ben grew up in Wimbledon and did his undergraduate training in Edinburgh, before returning to work in London. He undertook an interventional radiology fellowship in Vancouver, Canada before being appointed as Consultant to the Chelsea and Westminster hospital.
He loves travelling and has been round the world a few times and enjoyed many adventures in unusual locations...
He got caught up in a military coup in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific and was evacuated by the New Zealand Air Force. He took a trip along the tranSiberian railway, where he partied in Moscow, went walking in Siberia, got drunk with gangsters in Ulan Bator, and rode horses over the Steppe in Mongolia. He has always enjoyed taking travel photos and has entered some into competitions. He loves the mountains and mountain sports and spent a season snow boarding in Chamonix. He also loves surfing, sailing and kite surfing.
His James Bond moment was being flown to Hamburg by the European Space Agency for psychometric testing for selection to the Astronaut training corp. Fortunately for us he didn't get through in the end, but still hopes to visit the moon one day!
Most of my time is now spent with my fiancee Lou, looking after Freya Rose who was born in December 2013 and keeps me awake most nights.
Devaraj Srinivasamurthy
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Mr Devaraj Srinivasamurthy is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon who works closely with David at the Stoke-on-Trent clinic. He is a consultant Vascular & Endovascular Surgeon at University Hospital of Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust. He has a busy NHS practice and offers Endovascular and minimally invasive treatments for venous and arterial conditions.
Dev completed his vascular surgical training in South Yorkshire. He spent a year at Manchester Royal Infirmary and completed an Endovascular fellowship gaining considerable experience in endovascular & minimally invasive treatments for varicose veins.
He undertook an Advanced Endovascular Fellowship at University of Toronto in 2015 and enjoyed living and working in Toronto for a year.
He has a specialist interest in endovascular peripheral arterial interventions and minimally invasive treatments for varicose veins.
He has an interest in medical education and has completed a Masters in Education (MEd) from University of Sheffield.
Outside work he loves spending time with his family. He has two boys Sid and Aditya who keep him busy and entertained. He played cricket in Yorkshire & Derbyshire league before his fellowship in Toronto and is keen to get back into playing league cricket in West Midlands next season. If he gets lucky he hopes to score his first century!
Sam Stuart
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Dr Sam Stuart works as an NHS Consultant Interventional Radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London. He specialises in venous procedures as well as vascular and non vascular intervention. He regularly give lectures on interventional radiology and presents research at international conferences as well as running educational courses for those interested in radiology and interventional radiology. He has recently got married to Lydia and is a dynamic young colleague working with the Veincentre team at our South Kensington clinic.
He is a keen cyclist and loves playing football having captained the medical school team. Now as a mature young man he plays for his university academicals football team, or in his own words (the old men's team). He enjoys playing tennis and the occasional round of golf but is certainly not a Tiger Woods. He is dragged regularly to the ballet by his wife and loves listening to live music, fancying himself as a singer and painter but sadly no one else seems to recognise these talents!
Pauline Taggart
Staff Nurse
Pauline joined our team in 2015 at our Bristol clinic. She works alongside Mr Brooks, Dr Jones, Mr Neary and Dr West. She completed her general and paediatric nurse training in the late 1970s going on to then develop a career in primary care.
Pauline has worked in a range of practices in London, Liverpool and Bristol.
Her interests include gardening, playing badminton with her local team and bridge (which she's going to attempt to teach Dr West).
Zoe Thompson
Healthcare Assistant & Medical Secretary
Zoe has a unique dual role within the Veincentre Head Office team. After initially joining us as an administration apprentice in 2014, Zoe was taken on full time as a Junior Medical Secretary. However, after demonstrating a keen passion for the hands on clinical side of the business, Zoe now also works as a Healthcare Assistant in the Stoke clinic.
Zoe completed an NVQ in Business Admin Level 3 and gained her Medical Secretary's Diploma. Before joining the team Zoe studied A-Levels/ BTEC's in Business Studies, Law, Personal & Business Finance, Accounting and Health and Social Care.
Over the past year, Zoe's confidence has grown tremendously and she continues to take on more responsibility.
In her spare time Zoe attends dance lessons in ballet, tap, disco and street and has being doing so since the age of 3!! She has recently taken up pole dancing and has mastered the cross-knee with no hands!!
Raman Uberoi
Consultant Interventional Radiologist
Raman works at our Oxfordshire clinic alongside Dr Mark Bratby and Dr Suzie Anthony. He is a Consultant Interventional Radiologist and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. Having qualified in medicine in 1985 from Cambridge University, he has been a Consultant Interventional Radiologist for over 12 years.
His specialist interests include Vascular Intervention (including percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, Aortic Stent Grafting, Uterine Artery Embolisation), as well as Hepato-biliary Intervention (biliary drainage and stenting, percutaneous stone removal, TIPPS), and Gastro-intestinal Intervention (Percutaneous gastrostomy, oesophageal stenting and colonic stenting).
He has published over 50 articles and reviews as well as publishing Standards for the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) on SVC stenting, Aortic and Iliac Occlusive Disease. He has served on the VERITY Steering Committee, BSIR Rules and Registries Committee (Chairman 2007). He is Chair of Regional Leads and the CIRSE Standards Committee, and is Honorary Treasurer for the Royal Society of Medicine (Radiology).
David West
Medical Director
David is internationally renowned for his work in developing minimally invasive vein treatments. He trained in Medicine and Surgery at Leeds medical school qualifying in 1979. He then held medical and surgical posts in Hull, Cork and Birmingham. Recognising the tremendous potential of minimally invasive image guided therapy as a future alternative to surgery, he decided to specialise in the then new field of Interventional Radiology gaining experience with the great pioneers in the field, Anders Lunderquist in Sweden and Duncan Irving in London.
He qualified DMRD and FRCR before moving to take up a consultant position at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire (UHNS) in 1989. UHNS is one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK and David developed one of the busiest International Radiology practices. He performed over a thousand operations a year in the NHS and has undertaken over 10,000 minimally invasive varicose vein procedures privately. He left the NHS in 2012 after over 30 years to concentrate full time on his businesses.
His other clinical interests over the last 25 years as a consultant have been the development of image guided minimally invasive alternative treatments for a range of disorders including peripheral vascular disease, kidney stones, gall stones, fibroids, trauma and other acute bleeding situations. All these involve the precise and delicate manipulation of catheters, guidewires and other specialised instruments guided by ultrasound and other modern imaging devices. This experience has been vital to the success of his varicose vein work and enables him to confidently catheterize and treat even the most challenging of veins which others would manage with traditional surgery.
David was one of the very first doctors in the UK to train in the EVLA technique learning from leading experts in the US including the pioneer of endovenous laser Dr Robert Min Interventional Radiologist at Cornell University, New York. David has one of the largest personal experiences of this treatment in Europe. This experience and the recognition by his peers of his expertise in this field has led to him regularly being invited to lecture on the subject at National and International medical conferences. He has written several chapters on the management of venous insufficiency in major radiology textbooks and many articles in medical journals. David has also appeared on programs about EVLA on BBC radio and television and in numerous newspaper and magazine articles.
As a luminary teacher for suppliers SDL Medical Ltd. and more recently www.EVLAExpert.co.uk he has trained vascular specialists around the UK in EVLA and associated procedures. He has been a faculty member of the prestigious ESIR (European School of Interventional Radiology) and the Venous Day of the Charing Cross Symposium teaching the EVLA techniques to doctors from Europe, the Middle East and Australia. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists (FRCR) and is a member of the British Society of Interventional Radiology (BSIR),and the Vascular Society. In recognition of his work developing Interventional Radiology in Europe he has recently been elected a Fellow of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE) and has been awarded the academic qualification of EBIR (European Board of Interventional Radiology).
To help bring these new treatments to more patients David has established a laser supply company, www.EVLAExpert.co.uk, providing his personally designed kits and the highest quality laser generators at reasonable prices. Driving down the prices has enabled NHS hospitals to offer the latest minimally invasive vein treatments at a lower cost to the NHS than traditional surgery. His determination to enable as many patients as possible to benefit from the new techniques is reflected in his own clinical pricing policy. His company charges a reasonable, not extortionate, price for all services. Rather surprisingly it is cheaper to have treatment personally performed by one of Veincentre's UK consultant specialists in a UK clinic than it is to travel to Eastern Europe as a health tourist.
David is married to Deborah and they live in Shropshire. They have four children; the eldest of whom Katherine, has recently left her Banking role in Canary Wharf to join the Veincentre team; Christopher is travelling the world after completing his Business degree from Liverpool university; James has just graduated from Liverpool university following in his big brother's footsteps by also reading Business; and Joe is looking forward to studying Biology at Bristol university in September.
In his spare time David enjoys skiing, gardening and cycling. He also likes getting his hands dirty on building projects like pizza ovens, zip wires, a large duck pond and, his most recent project, building a pen for two Kune Kune pigs!!
Rebecca Winterborn
Consultant Vascular Surgeon
Miss Rebecca Winterborn is a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon. She holds an NHS Consultant position at North Bristol NHS Trust. She works closely with Dr Jones, Mr Neary and Mr Brooks at the Bristol clinic.
After graduating from the University of Bristol in 1998, Rebecca completed an MD thesis in 2008 entitled 'The Prevention of Recurrent Varicose Veins'. She undertook Higher Surgical Training in the South West Region including a year of Endovascular and Radiology training in Bristol during which she completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Ultrasound, awarded in 2011 with distinction. She has always had an interest in treating varicose veins and has performed both open and Endovascular treatments for over 10 years.
Rebecca's priority is to provide a very high standard of care within a friendly and stress free environment and so the Veincentre clinic suits her perfectly.
She is married with 2 children who ensure she maintains her work-life balance. Her passion is music, particularly jazz, and she plays saxophone, flute and piano. She also loves to maintain her physical fitness and is currently enjoying adult ballet classes!
Diane Brayford
HR & Office Manager
Diane was the first secretary to join Deborah in 2007 to help run the ever expanding Veincentre Head Office and we can't thank her enough for her dedication and hard work. She is efficient and unflappable. Alongside her hectic Office Manager role, Diane also deals with the company's HR duties.
Diane trained as a medical secretary and worked for many years at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire where she managed the office of a busy Consultant Physician.
She has a quiet demeanour yet copes admirably with the many consultants and their foibles (almost always with a smile on her face!)
Diane lives in the same village as Deborah and David and can often be found walking her daughter's lively Springer Spaniel, Roxie, around the lanes.
Georgina Caldwell
Receptionist
Georgina has previously worked in Administration in NHS Community Clinics. As well as being appointed as part-time receptionist in our Manchester clinic, she also works part-time as a support worker in the community.
Georgina is married and her and her husband are both season ticket holders at Manchester United. When they are not at the football ground, they both love going on holiday, with Cyprus being one of Georgina's favourite places to go. She also enjoys spending time with her family and friends at weekends.
Kelly Evans
PA to Dr David West
Kelly joined the Veincentre team as our third budding administration apprentice. She studied a level 3 NVQ in Business Administration alongside her work in Head Office.
Kelly has excelled in all areas and takes on every new task with enthusiasm and a great deal of skill. Her recent appointment as Dr West's PA is testament to her hard work.
Kelly has always had an interest in the health sector and, prior to joining us, was studying Health and Social Care at college.
Outside of work, Kelly has her hands full with her beautiful baby daughter.
Angela Firth
Receptionist
Angela joined the Veincentre team in July 2014 and is the friendly receptionist at our Parklands Clinic in Stoke-on-Trent. Angela worked in retail for many years before having time out start a family. In 2008 she started doing a voluntary work in a primary school and qualified as a teaching assistant in 2010.
She loves shopping and her ideal job would be a Personal Stylist so she could shop all day without spending a penny!! She loves coming to work, despite Dr West's sometimes wacky dress sense, and when not here she tries to have as many weekends away with the family as possible!!
Becky Green
Administrative Assistant
Becky joined the Veincentre head office team in July 2016 as our fourth apprentice following in the footsteps of Kim, Zoe and Kelly. Alongside her administration role at Veincentre, she has completed her NVQ in Business Administration.
Becky is a keen artist and achieved an A* in GCSE Art. It won't be long until Dr West attempts to persuade her to paint something for the office!! Becky also adores animals and has a super cute dog named Milo who is Jack Russell Shih Tzu cross.
Jackie Hadfield
Receptionist
Jackie is in charge of reception in our Manchester clinic. A local Mancunian she is very friendly and will talk for England. Clearly hoping for a posting to the Manchester tourist board she will extol the virtues of all local attractions for any patients visiting Manchester for the first time.
Stephanie Lovatt-Harris
Medical Secretary
Stephanie trained as a Medical Secretary and worked with Dr West in the Imaging Department at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for many years. She joined the Veincentre team back in 2010. There is never a quiet moment with Steph around as she chit-chats away to herself whilst she works. She has two lovely boys and often braves the British weather taking her little dog Bailey for a walk.
Bernadette Pepper
Medical Secretary
Bernadette, (Bernie) is the newest member of the admin team at Head Office. She comes to us after spending many years working in a GP practice as a receptionist/administrator.
She has previously completed Medical AMSPAR back in 2010, as well as completing a number of NVQ's alongside her role at the GP practice. She loves to learn and thinks that it is really important to do so in order to be the best that you can be in your job.
In Bernie's spare time, she loves spending time with her family, especially her daughter and son who she is incredibly proud of. She is very close to her sister who works at a local theatre, so she regularly attends shows there.
Bernie is really looking forward to her new role and is excited for the new challenge in her career.
Karleen Perry
Medical Secretary
Karly joined the Veincentre team in August 2018. She previously worked in the Mental Health sector and at a Primary Care health centre. Her career goal has always been aimed at working within the health sector and this has reflected through her studies over the years.
Karly completed a Medical Secretaries Diploma in 2015 and has since continued with further studies to gain a Level 4 qualification as Healthcare Assistant.
Karly hopes to develop within Veincentre, not only by undergoing continual progression in her role of medical secretary but also to venture into other aspects of the business, e.g. healthcare.
At college Karly gained an A* in GCSE Art and this continues to be a hobby of interest in her spare time through drawing and photography, which both of her children also enjoy. Karly likes to spend time with her family, walking with her dog China, a German Shepard and is always looking for new places to visit in the English countryside.
Kimberley Russell
Assistant Business Manager
Kim joined Veincentre in 2012 as a Business Administration Apprentice and rapidly became an invaluable member of the team.
Over the last five years she has grown in confidence and can turn her hand to any task thrown at her. We are delighted that she has accepted the management challenge and we look forward to her continuing growth within the head office team.
Kim is full of energy and her phobia of creepy crawlies provides regular entertainment for the rest of the office. Her latest challenge is to learn to drive and persuade her fiance that he wants a Pug or two!!!
Joanne Smith
Medical Secretary
Joanne has worked as a Senior Medical Secretary at the University Hospital of North Staffordshire for nearly 16 years. Alongside her role at Veincentre, she currently works there part-time for 4 Consultants and supervises a small team. She joined Deborah and Diane in the Head Office in 2012 and has loved witnessing Veincentre's rapid growth over these 2 plus years.
Joanne has been married to Andrew for 6 years. She lives in Loggerheads and adores the country lifestyle. She enjoys anything to do with nature, animals, birds and absolutely loves spending time in her garden but her favourite hobby is undoubtedly shopping.
Deborah West
Business Manager
Deborah trained as a medical secretary in her home town of Hull. She has worked in many busy medical administration roles in different parts of the country. At the age of 21 she spent a year in Saudi Arabia working as PA to a General in the Saudi armed forces in charge of a large general hospital.
She is a director of the company and worked closely alongside David developing the business from its inception and continues to nurture it.
She is responsible for the smooth running of the administrative and financial aspects of the business. Most importantly, despite our growth, she endeavours to ensure the office remains a down to earth, friendly and happy place to work.
Deborah is a keen cyclist (when the weather is nice and is pushed by David!!). She loves challenges and for the last two years has participated in the Caudwell Children charity rides. The last one was over 300km from Tuscany to Monaco over the infamous and beautiful Cinque Terra. Her other hobbies include tennis (when the weather is nice), ski-ing (when the weather is nice), walking the dogs (when the weather is nice) and drinking wine (all weathers!).
Catherine Wood
Receptionist
Catherine is a graduate in Modern Foreign Languages. She worked as a teacher in Bristol for many years and has recently taken early retirement from her role as Curriculum Leader and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator. She is very happy to take up the new challenge of her post in the lovely new Bristol clinic.
