Kaser Nazir
Kaser Nazir
Kaser is a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon and splits his time between NHS work and private practice in Harley Street.
About Kaser
Kaser bagan his studies at University College, London, and the London Foot Hospital in 1997. He started his first job as a Podiatric House Officer before joining what is now Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust in 2002. He started his surgical training in 2004 and gained his FRCPodS fellowship in 2007 and Certificate of Completion of Podiatric Surgery Training (CCPST) in 2010, thus completing his surgical training.
He was appointed as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon in 2010 at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and continues to split his time between his NHS work and private practice at 17 Harley Street.
What made you want to study podiatry?
Podiatry is unique amongst the allied professions in that it provides a road to independent practice outside mainstream medicine. You are ultimately responsible for managing and treating your patients and of course the surgical pathway allowing greater clinical scope.
What is the best thing about your job?
Podiatric surgeons dramatically change people's lives with long-term solutions using a range of analytical and clinical skills. There is an ongoing opportunity and commitment to learning and development with plenty of reflection ensuring a well-rounded job role providing both personal and professional satisfaction.
What's the biggest impact you have had on a patient?
There are too many in the 20 years that I have been in surgical practice.
I particularly recall a talipes patient in his early thirties born in a war-torn country in Africa where he wasn't treated as a child due to poverty. This is a condition where the foot faces in towards the middle of the body and the side of the foot often touches the ground instead of the sole. He had a chronic ulcer over his ankle that had been infected numerous times. We performed quite a large reconstructive operation where we had to realign his whole rear foot.
The privilege of western medicine and being part of the wider healthcare system as a podiatric surgeon and being able to dramatically change someone's life without cost implications to the patient really embedded the strength of our belief in our National Health Service.
What advice would you give someone considering a career in podiatry?
Nothing is easy, and a career in podiatric surgery requires numerous personal and professional sacrifices. Hard work and a positive attitude will definitely be required, but consisistency is the key. Every patient, however trivial in their clinical presentation, will have something to offer in your professional development.