Mr Bhattacharya is a General and Vascular Surgeon at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead, and has been since 2002. He completed the Sauvage Vascular Fellowship in Seattle, USA from 1997 to 1999, and has trained in the Mersey and Northern Deanery.

He is an examiner for the FRCS Intercollegiate Specialty Board for Surgery. He has edited two textbooks in vascular surgery and published more than 70 papers in international journals. He has also completed a fellowship of the North East Leadership Academy.

After a long tenure as Clinical Lead in Surgery, Mr Bhattacharya is now well respected in his post Associate Medical Director (Quality and Safety) for Gateshead NHS Foundation Trust as well as being the Clinical Governance Lead for Tyneside Surgical Services.

He performs minimally invasive surgery for varicose veins which includes radiofrequency ablation of varicose veins as well as general and upper gastrointestinal surgery.