Mr Vijay Joshi MBChB LLB(Hons) FRCSEd PgCert Medical Law
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Mr Vijay Joshi is a consultant thoracic surgeon at the Wythenshawe Hospital, part of the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT). He completed a 2-year advanced surgical fellowship at the prestigious Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, USA as well as an observership at the University of Toronto and a robotic / minimally invasive fellowship at James Cook University Hospital prior to being appointed as a Consultant in 2019. He has led the department in the development of services for high risk lung cancer, sarcoma and lung volume reduction for emphysema.
Mr Joshi has an interest in law and legal studies and has undergone medico-legal training with Bond Solon (Civil Expert Witness Certificate) as well as with the Medical Protection Society. He has completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Law with Northumbria University as well as an LL.B with Honors at Nottingham Law School, wining the Thomson Reuters Law Prize for the highest grade in his penultimate year. Mr Joshi has been awarded a Gold Award for surgical training, Sliver Award for teaching and a Clinical Excellence Award for his clinical practice in the NHS. He was appointed to sit on the Medical Practioners Tribunal in 2023. Mr Joshi has full medico-legal indemnity cover.
Mr Joshi has also completed mediation training (civil, commercial and workplace) on a CMC accredited course and has been undertaking medico-legal instructions in personal injury and clinical negligence cases since 2019. He has experience with joint expert reports and has given evidence in court.
His specialist areas of expertise include:
Mr Joshi can act on behalf of either claimant or defendant or as a Single Joint Expert.
His research activity can be seen here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vijay-Joshi-7/research
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