Mr Patrick Cullen

Practising at

Spire Washington Hospital

Treatment information

Some of the principal treatments carried out by Mr Patrick Cullen at Spire include:

General surgery

• Varicose vein treatment
• Thread vein treatment
• Gastroscopy
• Gallbladder / gallstone removal (cholecystectomy)
• Colonoscopy

Professional profile

I am a consultant general surgeon with an interest in laparoscopic surgery and vascular surgery. I qualified as a medical doctor from Trinity College Dublin in June 1979. I was awarded my surgical fellowship by The Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 1984 and my doctorate in Medicine by Trinity College Dublin in 1994. My surgical training was carried out in Dublin, Durham, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Carlisle and Melbourne, Australia.

In my general surgery practise, laparoscopic procedures predominate including laparoscopic cholecystectomy and bile duct exploration, laparoscopic groin hernia repair including inguinal, femoral and obturator hernia repair and also laparoscopic repair of Gilmore's chronic groin strain. I also carry out Thorascopic Sympathectomy for excessive sweating of the hand and armpit and for phobic facial blushing.

I am a member of the Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland.

Clinical Interests

Private contact details

Qualification and professional memberships

MB BCh / University of Dublin / 1979
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery

Professional memberships

Vascular Society of Great Britain and Ireland
North of England Vascular Society

Current NHS posts

Consultant General Surgeon at The University Hospital of North Durham.