Mr Vasileios Minas

Mr Vasileios Minas, PhD, MRCOG is a Lead Endometriosis Surgeon and one of the highest volume surgeons in the UK for complex laparoscopic surgery and deeply infiltrating endometriosis. He has an excellent and well-documented outcome and safety record. He treats several gynaecological conditions including:

• Pelvic pain
• Endometriosis
• Adenomyosis and adhesions
• Heavy menstrual bleeding
• Ovarian cysts
• Uterine fibroids

He provides diagnostic and complex hysteroscopic surgery both under local and general anaesthetic.

Mr Minas is the Lead Endometriosis Surgeon at his NHS base, the Centre for Endometriosis and Minimally Invasive Gynaecology (CEMIG) at St. Peter’s Hospital in Surrey, one of the largest and most historic Endometriosis Centres in the United Kingdom. Mr Minas has introduced a robotic surgical service for complex endometriosis at St. Peter’s Endo Centre.

He has received several national and international awards and scholarships for his academic work. In 2023 he was awarded the prestigious Alan Gordan Travelling Fellowship by the BSGE. He has published over 40 articles in peer-reviewed international scientific journals and has delivered over 100 presentations at national and international conferences. He regularly lectures at national and international meetings and training courses. He has been invited by UK-based Universities, including King’s College London and Brunel Universities, to deliver lectures to medical students and raise awareness on Endometriosis.

He has served for 3 years as College Tutor for the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists at Ashford & St. Peter’s NHS Hospitals, where he was awarded for his contribution to the training and development of young gynaecologists, and over 100 trainee doctors who came through the department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology there. He continues to regularly supervise and teach senior Fellows in Endometriosis surgery, actively shaping the new generation of Endometriosis Specialists.

He is one of the first Gynaecological Surgeons in the UK to have completed the prestigious training programme “Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery for the Excision of Benign Disease”. He was awarded a position in this training programme in 2012, through international competition, at a time when there were only 5 such available posts in the United Kingdom.

Mr Minas offers a holistic approach to his patients, taking into account the effect of their condition on their overall quality of personal and professional life, and family plans. He uses both medical and minimally invasive surgical methods to provide patient-tailored and evidence-based treatments.