Mr Aimen Amer

Professional statement

Mr Aimen Amer is a leading consultant transplant and general surgeon based in Tyne and Wear. He specialises in hernia surgery, abdominal wall reconstruction and gallbladder disease alongside liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation. He privately practises at Spire Washington Hospital while his NHS base is the Freeman Hospital, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Mr Amer, who has performed over 400 keyhole gallbladder and hernia repair procedures to date, and over 200 abdominal transplantation procedures, is highly qualified. He has been awarded an MBChB, PhD and MSc as well as a PGCert and FRCS.

Mr Amer has a specialist interest in benign hepatobiliary disease and abdominal wall hernias, and has extensive expertise in minimally invasive hernia and gallbladder surgery. He plays a leading role in delivering day case surgery at his NHS base, and is accomplished in developing multimodal-enhanced recovery pathways after surgery. His aim is to empower and better prepare patients for surgery, promoting a faster recovery as a result. In addition, he is a member of the national Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Steering Group for Transplantation and Clinical Lead for Organ Utilisation and Donation Surgery. 

Mr Amer is also a respected name in clinical academia. He is an associate clinical lecturer at Newcastle University and a lead trainer at the Northern Surgical Training Centre. His research, which includes over 15 peer-reviewed articles and over 50 presentations, has been published in several journals and presented in national and international specialist meetings. 

He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, a council member of The British Hernia Society (BHS) and The European Hernia Society (EHS), as well as The European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) and the British Transplantation Society.