Contact information
ashok.handa@nds.ox.ac.uk
ashok.handa@stcatz.ox.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1865 612285/6
Surgical Tutors Office, Level 6, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Headington, Oxford, OX3 9DU
Academic Administration
Surgical Course Administrator: Lucy Tipping Ext 12285
Assistant Surgical Course Administrator/PA: Jackie Heap Ext 12286
Clinical Administration
Clinical Secretary (Vascular Unit): Hollie Lord Ext 21284
Research groups
Colleges
Diseases of Modern Life podcast
Professor Ashok Handa was part of a recording on history and consent called 'Diseases in Dialogue: Surgical Consent'. Listen to the podcast.
Ashok Handa
MBBS, MA, FRCS (Eng), FRCS(Ed)
Professor of Vascular Surgery and Director of Teaching in Surgery
- Honorary Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Co-Director of Graduate Studies, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences
- Director of the Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice in Health and Social Care
- Founding PI of the OxAAA study
- Co-PI of the Oxford Global Surgery Research Group
- Fellow in Clinical Medicine and Tutor for Graduates, St Catherine’s College
I am responsible for overseeing the strategic planning and delivery of surgical teaching and curriculum for medical students for the University of Oxford. I work closely with Miss Daljit Dhariwal and Miss Mei Nortley in the strategic planning and delivery of the surgical curriculum in years 4 and 6 of the medical course and the graduate entry course in years 2 and 4.
Together with my NDS undergraduate training colleagues we develop and deliver basic medical education training for doctors in training and a senior faculty development programme for surgical educators.
I have an active interest in patient safety and surgical outcomes research. I was the Founding PI of the OxAAA study, handing over to Professor Regent Lee in 2024 after 10 years and work with Professor Kokila Lakhoo as Co-PI in the Global Surgery research group. I have a number of other research collaborations in cardiovascular imaging and biomedical engineering.
Memberships
- Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
- Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
- British Transplantation Society
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine
- Association for the Study of Medical Education
Recent publications
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Lipid-associated macrophages transition to an inflammatory state in human atherosclerosis, increasing the risk of cerebrovascular complications
Journal article
Dib L. et al, (2023), Nature Cardiovascular Research, 2, 656 - 672
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A Deep Learning Approach to Visualize Aortic Aneurysm Morphology Without the Use of Intravenous Contrast Agents.
Journal article
Chandrashekar A. et al, (2023), Ann Surg, 277, e449 - e459
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A Hand-Held Magnetic Acoustic Device With Integrated Real-Time Monitoring for Targeted Drug Delivery.
Journal article
Shieh B. et al, (2022), IEEE transactions on ultrasonics, ferroelectrics, and frequency control, 69, 2462 - 2473
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Thymosin β4 protects against aortic aneurysm via endocytic regulation of growth factor signaling
Journal article
MUNSHAW S. et al, (2021), Journal of Clinical Investigation
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Development of a novel index to characterise arterial dynamics using ultrasound imaging.
Journal article
Ward J. et al, (2021), PLoS One, 16