CURRICULUM VITAE         KEVIN VARTY.  DOB  3-10-60     NATIONALITY: British


PRESENT POST: CONSULTANT VASCULAR SURGEON, Addenbrooke’s NHS Trust, Hills Road,
Cambridge.  (Appointed November 1997).


PREVIOUS POSTS: Lecturer, Hon. Senior Registrar, Dept. of Surgery, University of Leicester.   1994 - 7

Registrar, General Surgery, Leicester, 1993 - 4

Research Fellow, Dept. of Surgery, University of  Leicester, 1991-3.

Registrar, General Surgery, Nottingham & Derby, 1990-1.

Senior House Officer, General Surgery, Exeter, Devon, 1988-90.




MEDICAL SCHOOL: OXFORD (1979 – 85) Hertford College.


QUALIFICATIONS: B.A. Oxon (Hons) Physiological Sciences 2:1 1982

B.M. BCh. Oxford. 1985

F.R.C.S. (London) 1989

M.D. University of Leicester 1994.

F.R.C.S. (Gen) Intercollegiate 1997




RESEARCH INTERESTS: The Management of Critical Limb Ischaemia

MMP’s and Vascular Re-stenosis

Venous Insufficiency and DVT

Angiogenesis/arteriogenesis in Critical Limb Ischaemia

Diabetic Foot

 



CLINICAL INTERESTS: Aortic aneurysms, including endovascular stenting

Carotid Endarterectomy.

Critical Limb Ischaemia

The diabetic foot

 Varicose Veins, Venous insufficiency and ulceration of the leg

Sympathectomy for hyperhidrosis



PROFESSIONAL DUTIES: Council Member Vascular Society GBI  2004 - 7

Surgical Tutor 2001 - 2005 (Addenbrookes NHS trust)

Final M.B. Internal Examiner  University of Cambridge

NCEPOD Advisor for Vascular Surgery 2002

 Skills Course Convenor, Addenbrookes.

 

PRIZES AND GRANTS: Moynihan Prize, ASGBI Meeting, Birmingham  1993

BHF Project Grant (PG/2000066)    2004                            £64,000
(Angiogenesis)

RCS Pump Priming Grant 1999                                            £20,000

Trent Health Authority Research Grant 1993                       £15,000



RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS:

1. Inflammatory Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Review Article
Tang T, Dixon A, Boyle J, Varty K
European J Vasc. & Endovasc Surg 2005: 29;353-362

2. Endovascular Repair of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms – a meta analysis
Walsh SR, Tang T, Varty K
J. Vasc Surg 2007 (in press)

3. Small bowelischaemia.
Varty K.
Medicine 2007

4. Validating POSSUM Models in Elective Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Tang T, Walsh SR, Vowler SL, Prytherch DR, Wijewardena C, Gaunt ME, Varty K, Boyle JR
Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc Surg (in press)

5. Overnight Recovery for Open Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery
Callaghan C, Fazel M, Lynch A, Amin I, Lindop M, Munday I, Gaunt M, Varty K.
European J Vasc. & Endovasc Surg 2005 ; 30 : 252-8

6. Operative vein-mapping for vascular bypass procedures: an early technical note
Kirkby-Bott J  Morrow D  Varty K
Ann R Coll Surg Engl 2005 : 87 : 473-4

7. Analysis of the Costs associated with Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Tang T, Lindop L Munday I Gaunt M Varty K
European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. 2003 26:299-232

8. Pre-operative glomerular filtration rate and outcome following open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
 SR Walsh  T Tang  U Sadat  K Varty  JR Boyle  ME Gaunt
 Vasc Endovasc Surg (in press)   

9. Post Thrombotic Syndrome
K. Varty.
Thrombosis 2002;6 5-7

10.Post operative careafter varicose vein surgery: patient based questionnaire.
Tang T,  Boyle JR,  Gaunt ME, Varty K
Phlebology 2005 : 20 ; 190 – 2.

11. Results of Surgery and Angioplasty for the Treatment of Chronic Severe Lower
Limb Ischaemia. Varty K Nydahl S Nasim A Bolia A Bell PRF London NJM
Eur. J Vasc. Endovasc. Surg. 1998 ; 16 : 159 – 63

12. Changes in the management of critcial limb ischaemia.
K. VartyS. Nydahl P. Butterworth M. Errington PRF Bell A. Bolia NJM London
British J. Surgery 1996 ; 83 : 953 - 6.

13. Changing trends in the management of lower limb ischaemia: a 17 year
R.D. Sayers M.M. Thompson K. Varty C. Jagger P.R.F. Bell
British Journal of Surgery 1993 ; 80 : 1269 - 73.

14. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty for Critical Limb Ischaemia.
London NJM Varty K Thompson MM Sayers RD Bell PRF Bolia A.
British J. Surgery 1995 ; 82 : 1232 - 5.

15. Chronic critical leg ischaemia must be redefined.
Thompson M.M. Sayers R.D. Varty K. Reid A. London N.J.M. Bell P.R.F.
Eur. J. Vasc. Surg. 1993 ; 7 : 420 - 6.

16. The surgical management of acute limb ischaemia due to native vessel occlusion.
Pemberton M. Varty K. Nydahl S. Bell PR.
Eur. J. Vasc. & Endovasc. Surg. 1999 ; 17(1):72-6

17. Infrapopliteal percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: a safe and successful procedure.
K. Varty A. Bolia D.A. Ratliff P.R.F. Bell N.J.M. London
Eur. J. Vasc. Endovasc. Surg 1995 ; 9 : 341 - 345.

18. Infrainguinal vein graft stenosis.
K. Varty K.E. Allen P.R.F. Bell N.J.M. London
British Journal of Surgery 1993 ; 80 : 825 - 33.

19. The Pathology and Prevention of Restenosis.
K. Varty
Current Practice in Surgery 1995 ; 7 : 189 - 94.

20. Infragenicular vein graft occlusion: a multivariate analysis
K. Varty D.A. Ratliff J.A. Brennan P.R.F. Bell N.J.M. London.
Eur. J. Vasc. Surg. 1993 ; 7 : 567 - 71.

21. The influence of Low Molecular Weight Heparin on neointimal proliferation in cultured
human saphenous vein.
K. Varty K.E. Allen R. Sayers L Jones D.A Ratliff P.R.F. Bell N.J.M. London.
Eur. J. Vasc. Surg. 1994 ; 8 : 174 - 8.

22. The influence of Losartan, an Angiotensin receptor antagonist, on neointimal proliferation in cultured human saphenous vein.
K. Varty KE Allen L. Jones RD Sayers PRF Bell NJM London
British J. Surgery 1994 ; 81 : 819 – 21

23. Provision of training in carotid surgery does not compromise patient safety.
Naylor AR. Thompson MM. Varty K. Sayers RD. London NJ. Bell PR
British Journal of Surgery. 85(7):939-42, 1998

24. Experience of supraclavicular exploration and decompression for treatment of thoracic outlet syndrome.
McCarthy MJ. Varty K. London NJ. Bell PR
Annals of Vascular Surgery. 13(3):268-74, 1999 May

25. Predischarge duplex imaging of infrainguinal vein grafts does not predict the development of stenoses.
Olojugba DH. Varty K. Hartsthorne T. Naylor AR. Bell PR. London NJ
British Journal of Surgery. 85(9):1225-7, 1998

26. Bilateral infrainguinal vein grafts and the incidence of vein graft stenosis
McCarthy MJ. Varty K. Naylor AR. London NJ. Bell PR..
European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery. 15(3):231-4, 1998




BOOK CHAPTERS

1. MRCS Picture Questions Book 1. Eds. Tang T & Praveen BV. Radcliffe Publishing,
Oxford 2006. Section 4. Vascular Surgery.  Varty K.