Mr Lagattolla qualified from Nottingham University in 1985 and spent his training years in and around London, based mostly at Guys and St Thomas’ Hospitals where he learned and undertook the spectrum of general and vascular surgery. He became a consultant surgeon at the Dorset County Hospital in 1999 in general, endocrine and vascular surgery, where he was very successful and popular. After 15 years on the front line of elective and emergency surgery he became an independent surgeon, specialising in endovenous treatment for varicose veins, hernia surgery, and thyroid disease.Dorset Varicose Vein Specialist