Mr Girish Girish

Professional statement

Mr Girish Girish is a leading consultant vascular and general surgeon based in Bushey. He specialises in varicose veins surgery, endovenous laser treatment (EVLA) and peripheral arterial disease alongside deep vein thrombosis, hernia, gallstones and diabetic foot. 

Mr Girish, who has an MB BS and FRCS (Ed), is a highly respected clinician with vast experience in vascular and general surgery. He routinely performs various procedures, including keyhole and open procedures for various arterial aneurysms, bypasses and balloon angioplasties for blocked arteries.

He also does open litigation/stripping and endovenous (laser/radiofrequency) ablation of varicose veins, endarterectomy for carotid and femoral artery disease and insertion of catheters for chemotherapy. He also has a special interest in management of diabetic foot condition, and undertakes general paediatric procedures including inguinal/umbilical/epigastric hernias, circumcision and orchidopexy/orchidectomy (undescended testis) and repair of hydrocele.  

Mr Girish did initial specialty training in India. He then went on to the UK for further training in general and vascular surgery at respected centres including The Royal Free Hospital, and was then awarded an FRCS from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. 

Mr Girish is also a respected name in clinical teaching. Currently he is the surgical undergraduate lead at University College London and honorary associate professor at the School of Medicine at St. George's University in Grenada in the West Indies. He also teaches clinical skills and assesses vascular trainees and KSS deaneries at Imperial College London's skills laboratory and training centre, and is an instructor for an ATLS (Advanced Trauma Life Support) course for the Royal College of Surgeons. 

Mr Girish's research has been published in various peer-reviewed journals and he's a member of various professional organisations. These include the General Medical Council (GMC), the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the International Association of Diabetic Foot Surgeons, alongside the European Society of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery and the British Society of Endovascular Therapy.