Mr Prakash Saha

Mr Prakash Saha is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon based in South London. He takes pride in providing the best possible results for his patients by using the most approproate surgical technqiues based on clinical evidence and patient satisfaction. He shares a close collaboration with his colleagues and is proficient in deep venous reconstruction and complex venous surgery for patients with post-thrombotic syndrome, leg ulceration and recurrent varicose veins. In addition, he helps patients with problems that affect the blood flow to their legs and those who have potentially life-threatening aortic aneursyms.

Mr Saha studied medicine at the United Medical & Dental Schools at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals before completing his higher surgical training in London and the South East. During this time, he was awarded the prestigious NIHR Clinical Lectureship in Vascular Surgery at St. Thomas’ Hospital, which provided him with comprehensive training in both open and endovascular techniques for the treatment of arterial and venous disease. Prakash completed his training at the St. George’s Vascular Institute in aortic surgery before carrying out a specialist fellowship at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.

Mr Saha regularly lecturers and runs workshops across the globe on the latest surgical techniques to treat vascular disease. He has also been awarded a number of research grants from the Royal College of Surgeons, The Circulation Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, The Academy of Medical Sciences and the British Heart Foundation, which has led to over 50 publications and the development of innovative technologies to help treat patients. For this work, Prakash has received a number of prizes including the Venous Forum prize form the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, an International Young Investigator Award, and an Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Deep venous stenting
• IVC reconstruction
• Deep Vein Thrombosis
• Complex venous disease
• Vascular malformations (paeditaric and adult)
• Nutcracker Syndrome
• May-Thurner's Syndrome
• Carotid disease
• Aneurysm surgery