Mr Akin Oluwole

Mr Akin Oluwole is a very experienced Consultant Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon with his NHS practice at the Nottingham University Teaching Hospitals since 2006. He specialises in the treatment of all vascular conditions, with a special interest in key-hole varicose veins and key-hole aneurysm treatments.

Mr Oluwole has been treating varicose veins since 1997 ( 28 years’ experience) and he treats about 25 to 30 patients every month, both in his NHS and private practice using the latest, minimally invasive and evidence-based methods.

He also treats patients with thread veins, claudication, leg pains, leg ulcers, leg swelling, blocked arteries, carotid surgery for stroke prevention and all types of aneurysms.

He developed and led the complex endovascular aneurysm repair program in Nottingham until recently.

Mr Oluwole is a keen teacher who is actively involved in vascular surgery training in East Midlands, UK and Africa and has been since 2006. He is currently the Training Programme Director for Vascular Surgery with Health Education England, East Midlands, and is tasked with the responsibility of training future vascular surgeons. This is a role that keeps Mr Oluwole up to date with current teachings and research, enabling him to practice evidence-based medicine.

He also organises yearly Vascular Training Workshops in Nottingham for vascular surgeons.

Mr Oluwole spends his spare evenings helping-out in soup kitchens for the homeless, caring for the homeless and delivering aids to the underprivileged with his local church in Nottingham. He also volunteers with international medical charities providing vascular service to developing countries and disaster zones.

Conditions we treat;

• Varicose Veins, Varicose veins surgery, Carotid surgery for stroke prevention
• Endovenous radiofrequency ablation, foam sclerotherapy, Microsclerotherapy for thread veins
• Bypass surgery for blocked arteries, Carotid Artery Disease, Thread Veins
• Aortic aneurysms and key-hole aneurysm repair, painful leg, swollen legs, leg ulcers, Claudication