Rahul Velineni
Mr Velineni was appointed as a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Royal Infirmary in 2021 and is active within all areas of vascular surgery with particular interests in renal access, lower extremity salvage, carotid disease, aortic disease and venous disease.
Rahul Velineni
Consultant Vascular Surgeon

Contact details
- NHS Clinical Secretary (Lynn Kerr): 0131 242 1056
Appointments and Activities
Mr Velineni graduated from St George’s Hospital Medical School in London and undertook core surgical training in Exeter moving to Scotland for higher surgical training in Vascular Surgery with the final year undertaken in Edinburgh. A period of research was undertaken at Imperial College London supervised by Alun Davies and Manj Gohel culminating with the award of a PhD in venous disease basic science.
After a short period of working in Lanarkshire as a Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Mr Velineni was delighted to return back to Edinburgh to take his current post in the Edinburgh Vascular Service.
He is a tutor on the ChM in Vascular Surgery, supervisor of medical students and educational supervisor to trainees in Vascular Surgery.
Qualifications
2019 FRCS (Vascular Surgery) Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
2018 PhD Imperial College London
2008 MRCS Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
2005 MBBS University of London
2002 BSc University of London
Publications
For a list of Rahul's publications, please click here.