Mr Tawqeer Rashid

Mr Sheikh Tawqeer Rashid is currently appointed as a Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at the Manchester Royal Infirmary (MRI) where he has been Clinical Lead for several years. Having received training in all the common forms of vascular surgery, Mr Rashid went on to be a Fellow in Australia learning advanced endovascular and vascular techniques with a particular focus on diabetic foot disease and limb salvage.

Mr Rashid has an interest in all aspects of vascular surgery particularly minimally invasive techniques, including percutaneous EVAR and tumescence-free endovenous ablation. He has a particular focus in limb preservation and diabetic foot disease with complex, ultra-distal re-vascularisation using both open surgical and endovascular techniques. He has developed the most comprehensive MDT Limb Preservation and Foot Service in the North-West of England to include complex foot surgery, coordinated offloading and advanced wound management techniques.

Mr Rashid has both clinical and laboratory-based research interests. His basic science research was in regenerative medicine having completed a PhD in tissue engineering, a post-doctoral lectureship in endothelial progenitor stem cells and more recently the role of progenitor stem cells in diabetes and peripheral arterial disease. In addition to this, he has also undertaken clinical research in venous, renovascular and aneurysm disease. His current focus is on trials to improve wound healing in neuroischaemic and diabetic foot disease.

Mr Rashid has been an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester and the Training Program Director for Vascular Surgery in North-West England. Notably, he has developed surgical skills workshops for trainee surgeons and has lectured medical students. He is often an invited speaker at regional, national and international conference and symposia on peripheral arterial disease as well as being on the advisory boards of several multinational healthcare companies.

Mr Rashid has over 50 publications and conference presentations including over a dozen peer-reviewed, first or senior author publications in leading medical and scientific journals. These cover basic science topics in regenerative medicine; the broad range of vascular surgery from venous, aortic and peripheral arterial disease; and more recently wound healing in the diabetic foot.

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