Mr Nicos KessarisAdult and paediatric kidney transplant surgeon in Central London
Mr Nicos Kessaris
BSc MBBS MSc FRCS(Eng)
GMC: 4301547Professional statement
Mr Nicos Kessaris is a leading adult and paediatric transplant surgeon based in London who specialises in renal transplants, living donor nephrectomies and vascular access surgery alongside parathyroidectomy for renal failure, peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion and paediatric transplant surgery and vascular access. He privately practises at London Bridge Hospital and Guy's and St Thomas' Private Healthcare, as well as International and Private Care at Great Ormond Street Hospital. His NHS base is Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.
Mr Kessaris, who is qualified with an MBBS from St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, is highly experienced and respected in his field. He undertook his specialist registrar training in general surgery and transplantation in London. He spent his last two years of training at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Hammersmith Hospital.
Mr Kessaris successfully established the ABO and HLA Incompatible Transplant programmes when he was the Director of Transplantation at St George's Hospital Renal Transplant Unit between 2009-2012. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecture at King's College London. He co-created the Paediatric Transplantation Module on ESOT Transplant Live, an E-learning platform. He teaches on the Live Donor Nephrectomy (LiDo) course that is held in Rotterdam every year, and is an organising committee member of the Paediatric Transplant Symposium. He is also a UEMS examiner in Transplant Surgery since 2014.
Mr Kessaris' work has been published in various peer-reviewed journals and he is a member of various professional organisations. These include the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Medical Association and the British Hernia Society. He's also a member of the Vascular Access Society, the British Transplantation Society and the European Society for Organ Transplantation (Councillor 2019-2023) alongside the Transplantation Society, the American Society of Transplantation and the International Paediatric Transplant Association.
Mr Kessaris, who is qualified with an MBBS from St George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, is highly experienced and respected in his field. He undertook his specialist registrar training in general surgery and transplantation in London. He spent his last two years of training at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and Hammersmith Hospital.
Mr Kessaris successfully established the ABO and HLA Incompatible Transplant programmes when he was the Director of Transplantation at St George's Hospital Renal Transplant Unit between 2009-2012. He is also an Honorary Senior Lecture at King's College London. He co-created the Paediatric Transplantation Module on ESOT Transplant Live, an E-learning platform. He teaches on the Live Donor Nephrectomy (LiDo) course that is held in Rotterdam every year, and is an organising committee member of the Paediatric Transplant Symposium. He is also a UEMS examiner in Transplant Surgery since 2014.
Mr Kessaris' work has been published in various peer-reviewed journals and he is a member of various professional organisations. These include the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland, the British Medical Association and the British Hernia Society. He's also a member of the Vascular Access Society, the British Transplantation Society and the European Society for Organ Transplantation (Councillor 2019-2023) alongside the Transplantation Society, the American Society of Transplantation and the International Paediatric Transplant Association.
Clinics
London Bridge Hospital Metabolic and Bariatric Centre (HCA)
Central London, 27 Tooley Street , SE1 2PRMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 30 years of experience
- Consultant transplant surgeon, London Bridge Hospital
Subspecialties
- Renal transplant
- Living donor nephrectomy
Professional memberships
- Fellow, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
- British Medical Association
Education
- MBBS, University of London (1996)
Teaching posts
- Honorary senior lecturer, King´s College
- Co-creator, E-learning platform on paediatric transplantation, ESOT Transplant Live
Positions in organisations
- Board member, European Kidney Transplant Association (2017 - 2019)
- Scientific committee member, European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT) (2019)
Publications and conferences
- Chandak, P., Kessaris, N., Uwechue, R.U., Abboudi, H., Hossain, M., Harris, F., Jones, K., Fronek, J., 2014. Successful excision of a suspected mycotic transplant renal artery patch aneurysm with renal allograft autotransplantation. Transplantation. 97(3) pp. e25-6.
- Benaragama, S.K., Tymkewycz, T., John, B.J., Davenport, A., Lindsey, B., Nicol, D., Olsburgh, J., Drage, M., Mamode, N., Calder, F., Taylor, J., Koffman, G., Kessaris, N., Morsy, M., Cacciola, R., Puliatti, C., Fernadez-Diaz, S., Syed, A., Hakim, N., Papalois, V., Fernando, B.S., 2014. Do we need a different organ allocation system for kidney transplants using donors after circulatory death? BMC Nephrol.15:83.
Languages spoken
- English
- Greek
Registration number: 4301547