Joined the group

June 2016

Bio

Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam graduated in Medicine from Mysore University Medical School in India, and is a Fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and the Royal College of Surgeons of England. She was appointed Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary in 1995, a post she continues to hold. Her concomitant posts include: Founding Co-director of the novel medical undergraduate scholarship programe, EXSEL@Leeds; Founding Professor of Surgery, University of Warwick Medical School & University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Professor of Engineering & Surgery, University College London.

Professor Homer-Vanniasinkam has published over 100 papers and book chapters, delivered over 300 presentations, and has a significant research grant portfolio (several £m, to date). She has an outstanding track record of national (Universities of Leeds, London, Warwick) and international (Harvard, Yale, Singapore, India) collaborative research programs which encompass basic, translational and clinical studies.  Professor Homer-Vanniasinkam is currently a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and the Yeoh Ghim Seng Visiting Professor of Surgery at the National University of Singapore.