Mr Vijay Joshi
MBChB, LL.B (Hons) FRCS, PG Cert (Medical Law)
Mr Vijay Joshi
Mr Vijay Joshi MBChB, LL.B (Hons) FRCS, PG
Cert (Medical Law)
Mr Vijay Joshi is a consultant thoracic surgeon based in Manchester. He completed a 2-year advanced surgical fellowship at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA as well as an observership at the University of Toronto and a robotic / minimally invasive fellowship at James Cook University Hospital prior to being appointed as a Consultant in 2019. He is the lead for Morbidity and Mortality review in his department as well as the clinical lead for emphysema surgery, sarcoma and lead developer for our joint one-stop high risk lung cancer clinic He was appointed to the Medical Practioners Tribunal in 2023 and hears GMC regulatory cases. He has won a local Clinical Excellence Award for service ‘above and beyond’ his job plan, a Silver Award for teaching from Manchester University and the Thomson Reuter’s Law Prize for the highest combined grade in his penultimate academic year in Law School
His area of specialism is in diseases / injuries of the chest.
Expertise includes:
Lung Cancer - diagnosis, staging, surgical treatment
Thoracic Surgical Oncology
Minimally Invasive (VATS) surgery
Thymic Surgery
Airway interventions
Diaphragm Surgery
Mediastinal Tumours
Pleural Surgery
Emphysema - Lung Volume Reduction Surgery
Chest Trauma – including both rib and sternal fracture, long-term implications, surgical fixation and chronic chest wall pain.
Mr Joshi has been undertaking medicolegal work since 2019 and takes instruction from both claimant and defendant in both personal injury and clinical negligence cases
Mr Joshi has undergone medico-legal training with Bond Solon (Civil Expert Witness Certificate) as well as with MPS. He has completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Law with Northumbria University Law School and is currently undertaking a part time law degree (LL B Hons) at Nottingham Law School He has also completed mediation training (civil, commercial, and workplace) on a CMC accredited course
Email: vijayjoshi@doctors.org.uk
Website: www.thoracicexpertwitness.co.uk