Professor Ian Loftus

About Professor Ian Loftus

Professor Loftus trained as an academic vascular surgeon in Leicester and developed a regional vascular surgery programme at St George's, London. He holds a professorship in vascular surgery at St George's, University of London. His expertise encompasses entrapment conditions, particularly thoracic outlet and popliteal entrapment syndromes, as well as minimally invasive treatments for varicose veins and other vascular conditions. He is Past-President of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Past-President of the British Society for Endovascular Therapy, and President-Elect of the European Society of Vascular Surgery. He chairs the UK National Vascular Registry Project Board, has published over 250 papers in vascular surgery, and co-authored the 2018 European Guidelines for aortic aneurysm management.

Qualifications: BSc MB ChB MD FRCS

Recent and current appointments

• Consultant Vascular Surgeon, St George's NHS Foundation Trust
• Professor of Vascular Surgery, St George's, University of London
• Past President, Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• President-Elect, European Society of Vascular Surgery

Publications, lectures and teaching

• Published over 250 papers across a broad field of vascular surgery, including thoracic outlet syndrome, popliteal entrapment and varicose veins.
• Run a clinical research programme at St George’s
• co-author of the 2018 European Guidelines for the management of aortic aneurysms and 2022 guidelines on the management of thoracic aortic aneurysms
• Co-editor of the Companion to Specialist Surgical Practice, ‘Vascular and Endovascular Surgery
• Editor of the best-selling vascular surgery textbook in the UK and has written numerous book chapters and leading articles in vascular surgery.

Society memberships

• Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland; European Society of Vascular Surgery; British Medical Association