Professor Tahseen Qureshi MBBS, FRCS (Eng), FRCS (Gen. Surg.)
Professor Qureshi is a Consultant Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgeon at University Hospital Dorset and visiting Professor at Bournemouth University. Recognized as an expert by the Department of Health and appointed as a National Trainer on the LAPCO programme, he has run International Laparoscopic Masterclasses and is regularly invited to lecture and teach laparoscopic surgery to surgeons worldwide.
As a visiting Professor at Bournemouth University, he also has a keen interest in teaching and training and continues to develop this relationship on an international level.
As a result of him being one of the first surgeons in the UK trained in Robotic Surgery, his hospital was appointed as a European Centre of Excellence, and Professor Qureshi now helps run Robotic Masterclasses for surgeons worldwide. He is also a Proctor at the European Academy for Robotic Colo-rectal Surgery (EARCS).
Professor Qureshi also organized what is acclaimed as the first International Rectal Cancer Symposium with Robotic Surgery to be streamed live on the internet, allowing questions to be asked in real time and offered the viewer both a 360-degree perspective of the operating theatre, as well as a ‘robots-eye-view’ of the inside of the patient.
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/worlds-first-robotic-cancer-surgery-streamed-live-could-revolutionise operations_uk_576167afe4b08b9e3abd8ae7
Professor Qureshi has also set up a successful Enhanced Recovery Programme and was short-listed for the prestigious National Patient Safety Awards for his achievements.
