Prof. Mahawar grew up in Kolkata in Eastern India and came to the UK in 2003 January. He has spent most of his time in UK in North East and lives in Newcastle Upon Tyne with his wife (a software engineer) and son (who is at university!). 

 

He obtained his Bachelors in Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the famous Calcutta Medical College (as it was then called) in 1996. Calcutta Medical College was the medical college in South East India. He passed out with several honours, distinctions and was ranked top of his class of nearly 150 students! He was also given a prize (B C Roy medal) by Mr. I K Gujral, then Prime Minister of India for his achievements. 

 

He then went to Chandigarh in North India to pursue his Masters in General Surgery (MS) at the very prestigious Postgraduate Institution of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). He qualified in December 2000 and then worked as a Senior Resident in the Department of general and transplant surgery there before emigrating to the UK. 

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In the United Kingdom, he obtained an MSc in Human Immunity at Liverpool University with distinction and obtained structured higher surgical training in the Northern Deanery. During his training, he worked at several hospitals such as Caithness General Hospital in Wick, Scotland; Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside, Darlington Memorial Hospital in Darlington, Wansbeck General Hospital in Ashington, University Hospital of Hartlepool in Hospital, University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton, James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, Sunderland Royal Hospital in Sunderland, and North Tyneside General Hospital in North Tyneside before taking up his consultant job at Sunderland Royal Hospital in April 2011.