MrJoseph Shalhoub

BSc MBBS FHEA PhD DIC MEd FFSTEd FRCS FEBVS FACS

Mr Joseph Shalhoub is a Consultant Vascular Surgeon appointed at the Imperial Vascular Unit, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St Mary’s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital, London, and Cleveland Clinic London. He qualified with honours from Imperial College School of Medicine, completing his postgraduate surgical training in London including St Mary’s Hospital, Charing Cross Hospital, and St Thomas’ Hospital. Mr Shalhoub is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS), and was awarded the Gold Medal for the highest mark in the Fellowship of the European Board of Vascular Surgery (FEBVS) examination. After receiving his Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) and gaining entry onto the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register, he undertook a post-CCT Senior Clinical Fellowship in Vascular and Endovascular Surgery at St Thomas’ Hospital, London.

Mr Shalhoub has a strong academic and educational background which compliments his evidence-based clinical practice. He is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London where he is an investigator for a number of studies, including National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) government-funded large multi-centre randomised clinical trials:

Joint Chief Investigator: Inpatient GRAduated Compression stocking use as an adjunct to Extended duration pharmacoprophylaxis for venous thromboembolism prevention – the GRACE multi-centre randomised controlled trial (NIHR HTA GRACE Trail)

Joint Chief Investigator: Examining the benefit of graduated compression stockings in the Prevention of vEnous Thromboembolism in low-risk Surgical patients: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial (NIHR HTA PETS Trial)

Joint Chief Investigator: Best Endovenous treatment, including STenting, versus best non-endovenous treatment in chronic proximal deep venous disease – the BEST multi-centre randomised controlled trial (BHF BEST Trial)

Principal Investigator & Co-Applicant: Perineural Local Anaesthetic Catheter aftEr Major lowEr limb amputatioN Trial (NIHR HTA PLACEMENT Trial)

Investigator: Innovate UK Smart Grant, Dynamically Adaptive Prosthetic Limbs Enabled by Autonomous Soft Robotic Interfaces

Investigator: Innovate UK Smart Grant, Adaptive Prosthetic Limbs Enhanced by Machine Learning and Soft Robotics

Co-Investigator: Randomised Placebo Controlled Trial of Intravenous Iron for Improving Physical Performance and Quality of Life in patients with Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischaemia and Anaemia Following Revascularisation (NIHR EME RIVIVAL Trial)

Co-Investigator: THRomboprophylaxis in Individuals undergoing superficial endoVEnous treatment (NIHR HTA THRIVE Trial)

Co-Investigator: Diagnostic tools to establish the presence and severity of peripheral arterial disease in people with diabetes (NIHR HTA DM PAD Study)

Co-Investigator: Compression Hosiery to Avoid Post-Thrombotic Syndrome (NIHR HTA CHAPS Trial)

Co-Investigator: Does Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation improve the absolute walking distance in patients with Intermittent Claudication compared to best available treatment? a multicentre randomised controlled study (NIHR / MRC EME NESIC Trial)

Co-Investigator: Examining the benefit of graduated compression stockings as an adjunct to low dose low molecular weight heparin in the prevention of venous thromboembolism in elective surgical inpatients identified as moderate or high risk for venous thromboembolism – a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (NIHR HTA GAPS Trial)

He completed his BSc, PhD and Masters in Education (MEd) all at Imperial College London, receiving Research Fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and the Circulation Foundation. To date, he has secured more than £18.7 million in research funding as principal applicant or co-applicant, and has published more than 300 Pubmed indexed articles.

Mr Shalhoub is Vice Chair of the Vascular Society of Great Britain & Ireland Diabetic Foot Research Special Interest Group, Fellow of the American College of Surgeons (FACS), Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Fellow of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (FFSTEd), Executive Committee Member of the Vascular and Endovascular Research Network (VERN), Executive Committee Member, Honorary Treasurer and past Membership Chair of the Surgical Research Society (SRS), Committee Member and Co-Secretary of the Circulation Foundation, Examiner for the Fellow of the European Board of Vascular Surgery (FEBVS) examinations, and Examiner for the JCIE Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Vascular Surgery (FRCS). He was a Council Member, past Honorary Secretary and past Honorary Treasurer of the Surgery Section of the Royal Society of Medicine (RSM), past Council Member of the Vascular Section of the RSM, Council Member and twice past Vice-President of the Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT), and past Associate Editor (Vascular Surgery) of the International Journal of Cardiology (Elsevier).

Sources of Funding
Joint Chief Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Project Grant NIHR155294
Joint Chief Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Project Grant NIHR133776
Joint Chief Investigator, British Heart Foundation (BHF) Clinical Study Grant CS/F/21/190038
Investigator, Innovate UK Smart Grant 10095028
Investigator, Innovate UK Smart Grant 10032918

Co-Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (NIHR EME) Project Grant NIHR169106

Co-Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Project Grant NIHR152877
Co-Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Project Grant NIHR134746
Co-Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Project Grant NIHR131855
Co-Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Project Grant 17/147/47
Co-Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment / Medical Research Council Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (NIHR / MRC EME) Project Grant 15/180/68
Co-Investigator, National Institute for Health and Care Research Health Technology Assessment (NIHR HTA) Project Grant 14/140/61
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Circulation Foundation
Stroke Association
Union Internationale de Phlébologie
Rosetrees Trust
Graham-Dixon Charitable Trust
Peel Medical Research Trust