Mr Ajai Samad

Mr Ajai Samad is a Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon with a specialist interest in laparoscopic (keyhole) surgery. He is currently based at St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust, where he serves as Lead Clinician for Colorectal Cancer Services, and sees private patients at Spire Liverpool Hospital.

Mr Samad offers a comprehensive range of procedures, including keyhole surgery for benign and malignant conditions of the small bowel, colon, and rectum. He performs over 50 laparoscopic colorectal operations and more than 130 laparoscopic cholecystectomies annually. He also carries out advanced minimally invasive procedures such as Transanal Endoscopic Operation (TEO) for the removal of benign rectal tumours and polyps, and Transanal Haemorrhoidal De-arterialisation (THD), often referred to as the ‘painless piles operation’.

After graduating in 1996 from Trivandrum Medical College in India, Mr Samad undertook his basic surgical training in South Wales, followed by a research fellowship in Birmingham. He completed his Higher Surgical Training in Liverpool with a focus on colorectal surgery. To further develop his expertise in minimally invasive techniques, he undertook an 18-month laparoscopic fellowship in Perth, Western Australia. Upon returning to the UK in 2010, he was appointed Consultant Colorectal and Laparoscopic Surgeon at St Helens and Knowsley NHS Trust, where he has since established and expanded the region’s keyhole surgery services.

In addition to his clinical work, Mr Samad is actively involved in surgical education. He is a faculty member for training courses at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and contributes regularly to teaching and mentoring programmes. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a member of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland.