Mr Andrew Tambyraja

Andrew graduated from the University of Nottingham in 1998. He came to Edinburgh in 2000 to train in Surgery. He spent two years as a Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Edinburgh during which he undertook clinical research that was awarded the MD degree with distinction. During his training, he was awarded the Edward B Dietrich Travelling Fellowship and the British Society of Endovascular Therapy Training Fellowship. These enabled him to spend time in Phoenix, Arizona and Leicester learning minimally invasive vascular surgery. He was an American Society for Vascular Surgery Fellow in 2013. He was an NHS Scotland Quality Improvement Fellow in 2016. He has been the Clinical Director for Vascular Surgery in Edinburgh since 2017. He has an active role in teaching and training and has been the Programme Director for the University of Edinburgh ChM in Vascular & Endovascular Surgery since 2015. He is the Chair of the UK Specialty Advisory Committee for Vascular Surgery and is the past Lead for UK National Selection for Vascular Surgery. He Chairs the Vascular Surgery Specialty Board and is a Regional Surgical Adviser for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He maintains an active interest in clinical and human factors research, and sits on the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Surgery and the Surgeon. He also sits on the Board of Governors of the American College of Surgeons.

Minimally invasive varicose vein surgery Peripheral arterial disease Aortic aneurysms Surgery for haemodialysis