Prof Alok Tiwari

Professor Alok Tiwari is an expert witness and Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon at University Hospitals Birmingham, where he has held consultant posts since 2011, including his current substantive role from 2018. He specialises in arterial and venous disease, with particular expertise in open and endovascular surgery, aneurysm repair, carotid disease, limb salvage, diabetic foot disease, varicose veins and deep vein thrombosis.

Professor Tiwari maintains a busy NHS and private vascular practice, treating patients with complex vascular conditions affecting the arteries and veins. His arterial practice includes aortic aneurysm repair, carotid endarterectomy for stroke prevention, lower limb bypass, angioplasty, management of acute and chronic limb ischaemia, and the care of patients with diabetic foot complications, including those requiring limb salvage or amputation. His venous practice includes the assessment and treatment of varicose veins, leg swelling, venous ulcers and ilio-femoral thrombosis, using conventional surgery, endovenous laser treatment and foam sclerotherapy.

He is Visiting Professor of Vascular Surgery at Birmingham City University and Training Programme Director for vascular surgeons in the West Midlands, reflecting his senior clinical and educational role within the specialty.

Professor Alok Tiwari has been undertaking medico legal work since 2014 and accepts instructions in clinical negligence and personal injury matters. He has experience acting for both claimants and defendants, with a medico legal practice focused on vascular and endovascular surgery.

Professor Tiwari accepts instructions involving arterial and venous complications, diabetic foot management, open and endovascular vascular procedures, amputations, varicose vein treatment and deep vein thrombosis. His medico legal expertise includes cases concerning aneurysm surgery, aortic surgery, carotid artery disease, carotid endarterectomy, lower limb ischaemia, claudication, bypass surgery, mesenteric ischaemia, femoral artery repair and vascular complications following trauma.

He is able to assist solicitors with matters requiring specialist vascular surgical opinion on clinical negligence, personal injury, treatment complications, causation and the management of complex arterial, venous and diabetic foot conditions.

Professor Tiwari’s clinical interests centre on the assessment and management of complex arterial and venous disease, particularly where vascular pathology affects limb viability, mobility or long-term function. His day-to-day practice includes patients presenting with lower limb pain, claudication, acute or chronic ischaemia, diabetic foot complications, arterial ulcers, aneurysmal disease and carotid artery disease requiring specialist vascular assessment and intervention.

He has a particular interest in limb salvage, including the investigation and treatment of peripheral arterial disease, diabetic foot disease and cases where revascularisation, bypass surgery, angioplasty or amputation may need to be considered. His venous practice includes patients with symptomatic varicose veins, leg swelling, venous insufficiency, venous ulceration and deep vein thrombosis, with treatment options including conventional and minimally invasive venous procedures.

Professor Tiwari also has specialist experience in complex vascular presentations involving aortic disease, mesenteric ischaemia, femoral artery repair and vascular complications following trauma, applying both open and endovascular techniques according to the clinical circumstances.

Professor Tiwari has authored more than 100 peer reviewed publications and three book chapters, principally addressing varicose veins, diabetic foot disease and arterial vascular disease. He has delivered numerous national and international presentations and contributes to postgraduate vascular education through teaching on surgical skills, vascular scanning, venous treatment and endovascular aneurysm repair.