Mr Nicos Kessaris

Mr Nicos Kessaris undertook his Specialist Registrar training in General Surgery and Transplantation in London. He spent his last two years of training at Guy’s and St Thomas’ as well as Hammersmith Hospitals. He worked at St George’s Renal Transplant Unit as a Consultant between 2007 and 2012. He was the Director of Transplantation for the last two years and he successfully established the ABO and HLA incompatible transplant programs. Mr Kessaris has been a Consultant at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust since April 2012. He is currently involved in kidney, pancreas as well as paediatric transplantation. He performs hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy as well as vascular access surgery and peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion for renal patients. He is also a Consultant at Evelina London Children's Hospital and an Honorary Consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He is currently Joint Lead for Transplant Surgery.  Mr Kessaris was a Councillor of the European Society for Organ Transplantation for four years until 2023. He is a Board Member and Treasurer of the Division of Transplant Surgery, UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists). 

Adult Kidney Transplantation Paediatric Kidney Transplantation Pancreas Transplantation Vascular access creation Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic live donor nephrectomy