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About me

Mr Yousaf Akhtar carried out the majority of his clinical training in Ireland and moved to the UK in 2006, where he began working as a consultant in 2012.
After spending two years at Worcester Hospital he moved to Royal Bolton Hospital into the role of Substantive Benign Upper GI/General and Emergency Surgeon. He is on specialist registers of the Irish Medical Council (Ireland) and the General Medical Council (UK).

His clinical operative responsibilities at Royal Bolton Hospital are primarily in the area of elective benign surgery, and include; gall bladders, hernias, benign lumps, anal skin tags, benign skin lesions, and pilonidal sinuses. In addition to his elective work Mr Akhtar carries out emergency operations on patients with inflammatory bowel disease, which includes Chron's disease and ulcerative colitis resections.

As well as the responsibilities detailed above Mr Akhtar carries out emergency work on bowel cancers, bowel obstruction, gallbladders and any emergency surgical work.

In addition to his practical workload Mr Akhtar is a clinical appraiser for doctors, a clinical and educational supervisor for trainee doctors, and a trainer for physician associates.

As a consultant general surgeon at Royal Bolton Hospital, Mr Akhtar is a core member of the Upper GI and SMDT multi-disciplinary teams.

Areas of interest

General surgery; Gallbladder surgery; Ingrowing toenails; Pilonidal sinus surgery; Skin tags; Lumps and bumps; Anal fissures; Incisional, umbilical, paraumbilical, femoral and small incision hernias; Sebaceous cyst excision; Excision of multiple lipoma; Vasectomies; Anal bleeding; Proctoscopy and banding of suspected haemorrhoids; Perianal skin tags

Medical secretaries

• Danielle Lomax
• Beaumont Hospital Old Hall Clough, Chorley New Rd, Lostock, Bolton BL6 4LA
• 07879 743541
• Yousaf.Akhtar@DL-VPM.co.uk