Mr Akhtar is a Consultant Surgeon with special interest in Advanced Laparoscopic and Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery at the Salford Royal Foundation Hospital, which is a University teaching Hospital. He performs large numbers of complex stomach and oesophageal surgery in his NHS and Private Practice.
Mr Akhtar has interest in Obesity Surgery and has had training for it both in England and abroad, and specialises in advanced laparoscopic surgery. He performs Gastric Band and Bypass operations using keyhole techniques. Mr Akhtar has had most of his postgraduate surgical training in the North West of England. In pursuit of his specialist interest he has been to specialist centers in Japan and the United States of America. He completed his post graduate research at the Manchester University and was awarded degree of Doctor Of Medicine (MD) in 2000.
He has been working as consultant surgeon in the Pennine NHS Trust since 2000. He has clinical sessions in Rochdale Infirmary and North Manchester General Hospital. In addition to stomach and oesophageal cancer surgery Mr Akhtar routinely performs laparoscopic operations such as laparoscopic hernia surgery, cholecystectomy, anti-reflux surgery and splenectomy.
| Speciality | General surgery |
| Sub-Speciality | Obesity surgery Upper Gastrointestinal surgery Laparoscopic surgery |
| Special clinical interests | Obesity surgery Barrett's oesophagus Gall bladder disease Gastric banding Gastric bypass Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease Hernia surgery Stomach and oesophageal cancer |
| Research interests | Barrett's oesophagus Minimally invasive surgery |
| Current NHS and/or university posts | Consultant General and Upper GI Surgeon, Salford Royal University Teaching Hospital Foundation Trust Honorary Upper GI Cancer lead consultant, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust |
| Private Practice | Alexandra Hospital, Cheadle Spire Hospital, Manchester Highfield Hospital, Rochdale |
| Qualifications | MBBS, 1983 FRCS (England), 1990 FRCS (Intercollegiate), 1999 Doctor of Medicine (MD) University of Manchester, 2000 |
| Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies | Royal College of Surgeons of England Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Association of Endoscopic Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland Manchester Medical Society British Obesity and Metabolic Surgery Society |