Prof Janice Tsui

Job title

Consultant vascular surgeon

Related services

Location

Royal Free Hospital

Biography

Prof Tsui is a professor of vascular surgery and honorary consultant vascular surgeon at University College London (UCL) and the Royal Free London.

She is research lead of the north central London vascular network and clinical lead of the UCL Institute of Healthcare Engineering vascular engineering programme. She leads the multidisciplinary foot service at the Royal Free London, north central London vascular network.

She obtained her MB BChir and MD from the University of Cambridge and completed her surgical training on the London deanery NE Thames rotation, gaining her CCT (general surgery) in 2008. Her primary specialities are vascular surgery and general surgery.

• Patel H, Yong C, Navi A, Shaw SG, Shiwen X, Abraham D, Baker DM, Tsui JCS (2019). Toll-like receptors 2 and 6 mediate apoptosis and inflammation in ischemic skeletal myotubes. Vascular Medicine, 24, 295-305
• Worsley A, Vassileva K, Tsui J, Song W, Good L (2019). Polyhexamethylene biguanide: polyurethane blend nanofibrous membranes for wound infection control. Polymers, 11, 915.
• Bubb, K., Aubdool, A., Moyes, A., Lewis, S., Drayton, J., Tang, O., Mehta, V., Zachary, I., Abraham, D., Tsui, J., Hobbs, A. (2019). Endothelial C-type natriuretic peptide is a critical regulator of angiogenesis and vascular remodelling. Circulation 139, 1612-1628.
• Tsui J, Morgan-Rowe L, Portou M (2017). Peripheral Arterial Disease: A European Perspective. In: Vascular Surgery, A Global Perspective. Ed. Dardik, Alan. Springer Ltd. 1st ed. P95-99.
• Hu H, … Tsui JC, Dardik A (2016). Future research directions to improve fistula maturation and reduce access failure. Seminars in vascular surgery, 29:153-171.
• Hart CA, Tsui J, et al (2015). Critical limb ischaemia in adult human skeletal muscle increases satellite cell proliferation but not differentiation. Surgical Science, 6, 198-207.
• Portou MJ, Baker D, Abraham D, Tsui J (2015). The innate immune system, toll-like receptors and dermal wound healing: A review. Vascular Pharmacology, 71, 31-6.
• Joshi D, Abraham D, Shiwen X, Baker D, Tsui J (2014). Potential role of erythropoietin receptors and ligands in attenuating apoptosis and inflammation in critical limb ischaemia. Journal of Vascular Surgery, 60, 191-201.
• Navi A, Patel H, Shaw S, Baker D, Tsui J (2013). Therapeutic role of toll-like receptor modification in cardiovascular dysfunction. Vascular Pharmacology 58, 231-239.
• Dashwood M, Tsui JC (2013). ‘No-touch’ saphenous vein harvesting improves performance in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery: a journey from bedside to bench. Vascular Pharmacology, 58, 240-250.

Prof Tsui leads a translational research programme focused on improving outcomes of patients with peripheral arterial disease and diabetic foot complications.