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Venous Surgery
Aortic Aneurysms
Deep Vein Thrombosis Endovascular Surgery
Arterial Surgery Arterial Thrombolysis
Vibration White Finger
Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
Vascular Surgery
Varicose Veins

Mr Bruce Donald BRAITHWAITE

Department of Vascular Surgery, Queens Medical Centre,
Nottingham, NG7 2UH
Secretary: 0796 763 6769
Email legal@bdb.org.uk
Website WWW.bdb.org.uk

Qualifications :

1985, B.A. (Hons) Medical Sciences (Cambridge)
1988, M.B. BChir. (Cambridge)
1989, M.A. (Cambridge)
1991, POPUMET, radiation certification.
1992, ATLS Provider Certificate
1992, FRCS England
1996, MChir (Cambridge)
1999, Intercollegiate examination FRCS (Gen. Surg.)
1999, Certified Adult Trainer (Training the Trainers)

Present Position :

Consultant Surgeon, Queen’s Medical Centre, and City Hospital Nottingham and Private Consultant to the Park Hospital and Nuffield Hospitals, Nottingham

Previous Training :

Among other hospitals, including :

November 2000, Visiting Scholar, for the American College of Surgeons, to the Straub Venous Clinic, Honolulu,

April 2000-Aug 2000, Specialist Registrar, Dept of Surgery Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham

October 1999-April 2000, Specialist Registrar, Derbyshire Royal Infirmary; Consultants: Messrs KG Callum, R Nash K Lingham. General Surgery, special interest in Vascular Surgery

October 1998-October 1999, Specialist Registrar, Kings Mill Centre, Mansfield. Consultants: Messrs FR Jackaman, JRS Blake, RE Hind and Miss JE Patterson. General Surgery, special interest in Upper GI, Colorectal and Breast Surgery

October 1996-October 1998, Specialist Registrar, Department of Surgery. Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham. Consultants: Messrs BR Hopkinson, PW Wenham, WG Tennant, STR MacSweeney, JH Scholefield. General Surgery, special interest in Vascular and colorectal surgery

June 1994-September 1994, Visiting Scholar. Department of Vascular Surgery, University of California, Los Angeles. USA. Consultant: Professor WS Moore

Membership of Societies :

International Society for Vascular Surgery
Vascular Surgical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (Former Council Member)
European Society for Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (Member)
Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (Member)
Chairman of the Thrombolysis Study Group

Medico-Legal Portfolio :
Mr Braithwaite is able to prepare up to 6 reports per month. He has produced over 80 reports on hand arm vibration syndrome in the last year.

Previous reports : 90% claimant

Expertise : He has written 35 articles on subjects related to general, orthopaedic and vascular surgery.

Particular areas of interest and expertise are:
Venous Surgery Thoracoscopic sympathectomy
Deep Vein Thrombosis Endovascular Surgery
Arterial Surgery Arterial Thrombolysis
Vibration White Finger
Mr Braithwaite has attended courses on Medico-Legal Report Writing in 2001.

Teaching / supervision / research
Mr Braithwaite is a teaching hospital consultant. He has experience in training all grades of doctors. He has been a reviewer for the Lancet, British Journal of Surgery and the European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery.
He has developed a national database on intra-arterial thrombolysis and his own website for patient information www.bdb.org.uk.
He is project leader for several research programs, local and international.

Vascular Surgery
Arterial Surgery
Venous Surgery
Varicose Veins
Deep Vein Thrombosis

Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
Vibration White Finger