About Us

Private consultations

Nuffield Hospital (Ipswich):

Monday Afternoons

Oaks Hospital (Colchester):

Monday mornings,

Alt Wed mornings

Thursday evenings

Mr Choksy is a full time NHS Consultant General and Vascular Surgeon at Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals (ESNEFT) performing the full range of emergency and elective vascular operations. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and full member of the Vascular Society.

He has practicing privileges at the Nuffield Hospital Ipswich and at Ramsay Oaks Hospital Colchester. Both hospitals offer full treatment facilities for modern varicose treatments as well as surgery

He has extensive experience in assessment and the treatment of varicose veins. He treats almost all varicose veins by modern minimally invasive methods such as radiofrequency, laser and foam sclerotherapy which avoids scarring, pain and bruising.

Mr Choksy deals with problems in patients with other circulation problems such as AAAs (abdominal aneurysm aortic aneurysm) is a specialist in EVAR (endovascular aneurysm repair) and open repair of AAA. He is the director of the Five Rivers Aneurysm Screening Programme for detection of AAA in men in Suffolk and North Essex.

He also performs carotid endarterectomy, an operation designed to prevent strokes in patients and deals with blockages and narrowings in the leg arteries (PAD peripheral arterial disease) which can be treated by balloon treatment angioplasty or by a bypass operation.

He records his results in the national vascular registry.

Mr Choksy has extensive experience in the repair of hernias using the open technique especially inguinal (groin) hernias which he often performs in awake patients.

What to expect during a consultation

A typical consultation will last about 30 mins. After introducing himself, Mr Choksy will obtain a detailed account of your symptoms. In some cases he may ask you to provide some information before hand. Mr Choksy will then examine your veins carefully and do an ultrasound scan of your varicose veins to help him decide what is the ideal treatment After competing his assessment he will give his honest opinion of whether treatment is required and what the treatment options are. He will carefully explain the procedure to you and what investigations are required before hand (preop) and what you can expect afterwards (aftercare). He will give you a patient information leaflet either on paper or electronically. He will give you time to think it over and will carefully explain the risks, benefits and alternatives to the procedure, thereby commencing the consent process. Most of all, Mr Choksy will encourage you to ask questions.

Mr Choksy prefers a prior GP referral letter but this is not a prerequisite