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Mr Abdusalam Abu-Own (MBChB, FRCS, PhD, CCST) is a Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon working in Ipswich and Colchester, UK.

Following qualification from Medical School in Tripoli, Mr Abu-Own trained in General Surgery in Glasgow where he obtained the Surgical Fellowship.

He first acquired his international clinical and research reputation while conducting research as part of his PhD at University College London (UCL) and the Middlesex Hospital (now UCL Hospital) Vascular Laboratory in London. His main research interests were Venous Disease, Varicose Veins, Deep Vein Thrombosis and Microcirculation.

He then trained in London and East Anglia, where he secured the Certificate of Completion of Surgical Training (CCST) in General and Vascular Surgery in 2001. He was appointed as Consultant in General & Vascular Surgery in Ipswich in March 2002.

Mr Abu-Own introduced techniques into Ipswich NHS Hospital, including the Inversion PIN Stripping technique in the management of varicose veins and the Mesh "Plug" technique for hernia repair. He continued to develop his research and clinical interests and believes in actively striving to continually improve standards for patient care.​

As such, he is a council member and the treasurer for the Venous Forum of the Royal Society of Medicine and a referee for the British Journal of Surgery & International Journal of Surgery. His consistent hard work and relentless focus on patient safety, quality and outcomes is well recognised. He has helped develop guidelines and protocols used in ESNEFT and Nuffield Health Ipswich. He is the 'Responsible Officer' for several of these protocols and guidelines related to Thrombosis and Venous Disease.​

This desire for optimal patient outcomes is also reflected in his private practice at Nuffield Health Ipswich where he is able to routinely utilise the conventional well tested as well as the most modern, minimally invasive treatments.​

Nuffield Health were awarded Private Hospital Group of the Year for the third consecutive time at both the Health Investor Awards 2019 and LaingBuisson Awards 2019. Mr Abu-Own considers Nuffield Health Ipswich as the ideal place to welcome his private patients looking for the highest standards of personalised service and comfort in a peaceful and calm environment.​

Mr Abu-Own enjoys teaching and training and was an undergraduate surgical tutor for several years. He continues to take an active role in teaching and training as a clinical and educational supervisor. He is a faculty member of ICENI and course leader for the Basic Surgical Skills (BSS) course at the ICENI Centre.

PhD Thesis: Assessment of Disease Mechanisms and Compression Treatment in Venous Disease.A. Abu-Own. UCL, London, 1995

I carried out some clinical research culminating in the award of a Ph.D. degree from University College London (UCL) in 1995. This research was based in the Vascular Laboratory of the Middlesex Hospital, where I became familiar with the administration and running of a non-invasive Vascular Laboratory, and acquired in-depth knowledge of all the investigative methods available for the assessment of both the macrocirculation and microcirculation in arterial and venous disease.