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Mr Vas Trompetas is a Consultant General Surgeon practicing at University Hospital Southampton since 2013 as a core member of the acute surgery unit (ASU). Currently he leads the team, looking after patients admitted with general surgical emergencies. He regularly holds clinics and theatre lists in general surgery (hernia surgery and gallbladder surgery) and proctology (haemorrhoids, fissure, fistula) as well as endoscopy lists (colonoscopy and upper GI endoscopy).

Mr Trompetas studied medicine in Athens, subsequently training in General Surgery. He moved to the UK in 2004 where he received further training at London University Hospitals (St George's Hospital and Mayday) and at Eastbourne District General Hospital and Conquest Hospital, becoming a consultant in Eastbourne in 2010.

Mr Trompetas remains commited outside his clinical work, devoting time to his position as question writer in general surgery for the exit exam of trainee surgeons for the Joint Committe on Intercollegiate Examinations. He is also an appraiser of other consultant surgeons and an educational supervisor of surgical trainees amd medical students.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Hernia surgery
• Gallstones surgery
• Keyhole surgery
• Proctology
• Colonoscopy
• Gastroscopy
• Investigations for abdominal pain
• Bowel disturbances
• Rectal bleeding
• Skin lesions
• Bumps and lumps