Mr Nirooshun Rajendran, BSc MBBS FRCS MD(Res)

Profile

Mr Niroo Rajendran is an Honorary Clinical Reader/Associate Professor at Queen Mary University of London and the Lead for Robotic Surgery and Colorectal Surgery at Queen’s and King George's Hospitals (Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust). He qualified from St George’s, University of London and completed his surgical training in South West Thames / Kent, Surrey and Sussex. He was awarded an MD(Res) and attained his FRCS in 2015.

He successfully completed a Colorectal Surgical Oncology Fellowship at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (Melbourne, Australia). Following this, he obtained the Resident Surgical Officer (RSO) post at St Mark’s Hospital. He has special interests in locally advanced and recurrent rectal cancer and pouch surgery.

He is the lead for Colorectal Surgery and has developed exenteration and laparoscopic ileoanal J pouch services. He led the successful bid for Robotic Surgery at Queen's Hospital and King George's Hospital and chairs the robotic surgery programme. He has instated a complex colorectal cancer service around pelvic exenterations and HIPEC. He has also led the pouch service to receive ACPGBI accreditation in 2023 and performs robotic pouch surgery.

Mr Niroo Rajendran also leads the Lower GI Early diagnostics working group for North East London Cancer Alliance.

Teaching

Whipps Cross FRCS Course (Colorectal clinical component)

Imperial Surgical Skills for London/KSS Deanery Higher Surgical Trainees (Pouch session)

BHR Robotic Surgical Skills courses

Research

Research Interests:

Pelvic Exenteration, Robotic Colorectal Surgery, HIPEC, Watch and Wait for rectal cancer, Ileoanal pouch surgery.

Publications

Key Publications

PelvEx Collaborative. 
Empty pelvis syndrome: PelvEx Collaborative guideline proposal. 
Br J Surg. 2023 Nov 9;110(12):1730-1731. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad301. PMID: 37757457.

Rahman F, Trivedy M, Rao C, Akinlade F, Mansuri A, Aggarwal A, Laskaratos FM, Rajendran N, Banerjee S. 
Faecal Immunochemical Testing to Detect Colorectal Cancer in Symptomatic Patients: A Diagnostic Accuracy Study. 
Diagnostics (Basel). 2023 Jul 10;13(14):2332. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics13142332. PMID: 37510076; PMCID: PMC10378039.

PelvEx Collaborative. 
Minimum standards of pelvic exenterative practice: PelvEx Collaborative guideline. 
Br J Surg. 2022 Nov 22;109(12):1251-1263. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znac317. PMID: 36170347.

PelvEx Collaborative. 
Contemporary Management of Locally Advanced and Recurrent Rectal Cancer: Views from the PelvEx Collaborative. 
Cancers (Basel). 2022 Feb 24;14(5):1161. doi: 10.3390/cancers14051161. PMID: 35267469; PMCID: PMC8909015.

Kaul S, Rao C, Mane R, Tan KL, Khan AHA, Hussain MS, Shafi MA, Buettner F, Banerjee S, Boulton R, Bhargava A, Huang J, Hanson M, Raouf S, Ball S, Rajendran N. 
Is the Management of Rectal Cancer using a Watch and Wait Approach Feasible, Safe and Effective in a Publicly Funded General Hospital? 
Clin Onc – 2022 January PMID 34454807 doi: 10.1016/j.clon.2021.08.004