Dr. Javed Raza

Dr. Javed Raza, MBBS, is a Staff Physician in the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Raza was a Consultant General and Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon at the Royal Derby Hospital, UK. In 2010, he became the Clinical Lead for Foregut Surgery and Regional Bariatric Surgery Unit at the Royal Derby Hospital.

Through his bariatric surgery work, he appeared on Regional (BBC) and National TV (Channel 4) in the UK. His national TV appearance was a documentary about gastric bypass surgery, including a video of the actual surgery. He has participated in many live TV discussions and has served as the anchor for a three hour fund raiser in the UK.

Dr. Raza has been a technical advisor to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) in the UK for bariatric surgery since 2010 and was also involved with formulating national guidelines for provision of bariatric surgery in the UK.

Dr. Raza is also is the Vice Chairman of Midland Doctors Association in the UK, a charitable organization that delivered emergency health care following an earthquake in Pakistan in 2005. Since then, the organization has constructed and is managing an eighty-bed state of the art charitable health facility in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.

He has extensive experience in development of bariatric services and has led the development of three bariatric surgery units in the UK. He has also helped to support the development of laparoscopic surgery in Egypt and Pakistan. His special areas of interest are bariatric surgery, foregut cancer surgery and emergency laparoscopic surgery.

He has presented outcomes of his bariatric and advanced laparoscopic work at many international conferences and has chaired and moderated the sessions on multiple occasions. He has also served as director for advanced laparoscopic courses, including live transmission of his own laparoscopic surgery cases.

Dr. Raza resides in Abu Dhabi. He enjoys poetry and Sufi music.​​ ​​​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1983 - 1988: KHYBER MEDICAL COLLEGE, PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN. Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
• 1994 - 1999: DERBY HOSPITAL ＆ DUBLIN HOSPITALS, DERBY, UK ＆ DUBLIN, IRELAND. General Surgery, Urology
• 2007 - 2007: AINTREE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, LIVERPOOL, UK. Fellow, Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgery
• 2001 - 2003: DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY, DERBY, UK. Teaching Fellow, Gastrointestinal Surgery

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2008 - 2008: DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL, DERBY, UK. Specialist Registrar, Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Surgery
• 2008 - 2014: ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL, DERBY, UK. Consultant General, Upper Gastrointestinal and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon
• 2007 - 2008: NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL, NOTTINGHAM, UK. Specialist Registrar, Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery
• 2006 - 2006: QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTRE, NOTTINGHAM, UK. Specialist Registrar, Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary/Laparoscopic Surgery
• 2006 - 2007: MANOR HOSPITAL WALSALL, WALSALL, UK. Specialist Registrar, Bariatric/Vascular Surgery
• 2005 - 2006: DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY, DERBY, UK. Specialist Registrar, Upper Gastrointestinal/Laparoscopic Surgery
• 2004 - 2005: QUEEN'S MEDICAL CENTRE, NOTTINGHAM, UK. Specialist Registrar, Colorectal Surgery
• 2003 - 2004: DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL, DERBY, UK. Specialist Registrar, Pancreatic Biliary Surgery
• 2000 - 2000: DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY, DERBY, UK. Specialist Registrar, General/Vascular Surgery
• 2000 - 2001: NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL, NOTTINGHAM, UK. Specialist Registrar, Breast/Laparoscopic Surgery
• 1999 - 2000: NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL, NOTTINGHAM, UK. Specialist Registrar, General Surgery
• 1998 - 1999: DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY, DERBY, UK. Senior House Officer, General Surgery
• 1997 - 1998: DERBY CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL, DERBY, UK. Senior House Officer, Urology
• 1995 - 1996: ST. COLUMCILLE'S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN, IRELAND. Senior House Officer, General Surgery; Registrar, General Surgery
• 1995 - 1996: ST. COLUMCILLE'S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN, IRELAND. Registrar, General Surgery
• 1994 - 1994: ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, DUBLIN, IRELAND. Senior House Officer, Accident and Emergency

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
• Fellow, Royal College of Surgeons (General)
• Underwent multi-center, multi-national training in advanced laparoscopic surgery in United Kingdom, Netherlands and California, US
• Involved with formulating national guidelines for provision of bariatric surgery in the UK
• Has extensively presented papers and operative videos at national and international meetings
• An invited speaker to and has chaired and moderated sessions at international meetings
• Performed more than 1,000 Bariatric procedures including revisional bariatric surgery
• Awarded annual service development prize for bariatric surgery at Royal Derby Hospital
• Showcased on national TV for treatment of obesity including operation (Embarrassing Bodies, Channel 4 UK)
• Elected to be a technical Advisor to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for Bariatric surgery, 2010
• Promoted to Clinical Lead, Upper Gastrointestonal and Regional Bariatric Surgery Service, Royal Derby Hospital, UK, 2010
• Appointed as Consultant General, Upper Gastrointestonal and Laparoscopic Bariatric Surgeon, Royal Derby Hospita, UK, 2008