Mr Gaunt graduated with distinction from the University of Leicester Medical School in 1988 and was elected a fellow of the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of England and Edinburgh in 1992. He continued his specialist surgical training in Leicester, winning a number of prestigious awards, including the Moynihan Medal of the Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland and the European Vascular Surgery Prize (1994).

He undertook research in the field of carotid artery surgery, for which he was awarded the degree of Doctorate of Medicine (with distinction) in 1996, and was elected the Hunterian Professor of Surgery by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1997.

He continued his higher surgical training in Leicester and was appointed a lecturer in surgery, before taking up his current post as a consultant vascular surgeon at the Cambridge Vascular Unit in Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge.

He currently performs over 500 operation in the NHS and the private sector every year, with varicose vein surgery being the commonest procedure, and is experienced in the latest minimally invasive surgical techniques, including the VNUS closure for varicose veins endovenous laser therapy and ultrasound guided foam slerotherathy for treatment of varicose veins and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Mr Gaunt accepts referrals for a range of vascular and general surgery conditions (click here for a list).

His longstanding research interest is in reducing the risk of carotid artery surgery, for which he is supported by a number of grants from the Stroke Association, and currently heads an active research laboratory in the Cambridge Vascular Research Institute at the Addenbrooke's Hospital. He also pursues an active interest in understanding the factors underlying the outcome of aortic aneurysm surgery and ways of reducing mortality of both elective and emergency aortic aneurysm repair.

He is currently a tutor at Trinity College, an associate lecturer at the University of Cambridge Department of Surgery an examiner in Surgery to the University of Cambridge School of Medicine.

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