Mr Nirooshun Rajendran is an Honorary Associate Professor at the Blizard Institute at Queen Mary's University of London and  Consultant Colorectal Surgeon and Lead for Colorectal Surgery and Robotic Surgery at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust.

He qualified at St George's Medical School, University of London in 2001 and completed his basic surgical training at the same hospital. In 2011, he was awarded a MD (Res) for his work surrounding inflammatory bowel disease by St George's, University of London. He completed his higher surgical training at the South West Thames rotation in the London Deanery. During this time he trained at several top hospitals including the Royal Surrey County Hospital, St Peter's Hospital and St George's Hospital, gaining experience in robotic-assisted and laparoscopic surgery. In 2015, he completed a Surgical Oncology and Colorectal Surgery fellowship in Melbourne, Australia and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Mr Rajendran has clinical interests in the following areas of colorectal surgery:

• Robotic/Laparoscopic lower GI surgery
• Colon cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Peritoneal cancer
• Inflammatory bowel disease
• Laparoscopic ileoanal pouch surgery
• Cytoreductive and HIPEC surgery