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Mr. Niall Kirkpatrick MBBS, BDS, MD, FRCS, FRCS (Plast)

Consultant Plastic surgeon in the Craniofacial & Orbito-Palpebral Surgery Unit at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, where he is the lead clinician, Mr.Kirkpatrick is a member of the multidisciplinary team for the management of skin cancers at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. He is also a Consultant Plastic surgeon at Charing Cross Hospital, London, where he is a member of the Head and Neck Unit. He qualified in both Medicine (MBBS) in 1990, and Dentistry (BDS) in 1984, from Guy's Hospital, University of London. After completing training in General surgery and becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) in 1996, he trained in Plastic surgery and was accredited by the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS Plast) in 2001.

During his Plastic surgery training, Mr Kirkpatrick obtained specialist training fellowships in Craniofacial surgery at both Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, and the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and in Head and Neck surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. He also obtained a specialist training fellowship in Aesthetic surgery at the Wellington Hospital, London.

Mr Kirkpatrick's special interests, in his NHS practice, are Craniofacial and Reconstructive Facial surgery. In private practice he undertakes all aspects of Cosmetic and Aesthetic surgery, as well as Reconstructive and Craniofacial surgery. He has published extensively in the medical literature and lectures both nationally and internationally.

Mr Kirkpatrick was the former president of the plastics section at the Royal Society of Medicine. He is a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS), European Society of Craniofacial Surgery (ESCFS), the British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO) and associate member of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS).


Mr. Stuart James BSc, MBBS, USMLE, FRCS(Eng), FRCS (Plast)

Stuart James is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Royal Marsden Hospital. He graduated as a Doctor from the University of London in 1994. Following a four year training programme in General Surgery, he became a member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) in 1998.
At this time he began his training in Plastic Surgery and gained extensive experience over a period of 10 years. He is on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery since 2008. During his training as well as his general training in plastic surgery he undertook fellowships in Head and Neck Surgery at The Royal Marsden Hospital and a fellowship in the USA.
He is a member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), and a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS). He has presented at national and international level and published extensively in the field of plastic surgery.
Mr James special interests at the Royal Marsden Hospital include post cancer reconstruction particularly microsurgical breast reconstruction. He is also involved in the multidisciplinary care of patients with skin cancer. In his private practice Mr James undertakes rhytidectomies, rhinoplasties, neck rejuvenation, aesthetic mammoplasties and body contouring.


Mr. Shehan Hettiaratchy MA(Oxon), BM BCh, DM, FRCS(Plast)

Shehan Hettiaratchy was born and raised in Hampshire. He was educated at Winchester College and, after a gap year as an officer in The Parachute Regiment, he went up to Trinity College, Oxford to read medicine. He graduated from Oxford in 1994 with prizes in both medicine and surgery and a blue in boxing. He underwent basic surgical training in London and obtained FRCS(Eng) in 1998.

Mr Hettiaratchy has trained in plastic surgery in various units in London and Birmingham. He obtained FRCS(Plast) in 2007. His special interest is upper and lower limb reconstruction and congenital hand surgery. He has undertaken a microsurgical fellowship with Prof Jagdeep Nanchahal at Charing Cross Hospital, a hand and peripheral nerve fellowship with Professor Michael Tonkin in Sydney, Australia and an aesthetic fellowship at the Wellington Hospital. He is currently a locum Consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and an Honorary Consultant at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals.
Mr Hettiaratchy spent 2 years as a research fellow at the Department of Plastic Surgery and the Transplantation Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston USA. He developed the first large animal model of limb transplantation without long-term immunosuppression. For this work he was awarded a Doctorate of Medicine from Oxford, a Hunterian Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Pulvertaft Prize from the British Society of Surgery of the Hand and various awards from other American and British Societies. He has written over 40 papers, several book chapters and one text book.
When not trying to beat one of his three children on the Wii, Shehan is a keen runner and member of the Army Reserve, serving with 144 Parachute Medical Squadron, RAMC(V). He will be deploying to Afghanistan in May this year.


Mr. David Floyd BSc MBBS, MSc, FRCS, FRCS (Plast)

David Floyd graduated from Cambridge University in 1985 and completed his medical degree at University College London in 1988. Following 4 years of General Surgical training he gained his FRCS in 1993. In 1995 he was awarded a Masters degree for his research into scarring and wound healing.
His specialist interests were developed with fellowships at Great Ormond Street Hospital in paediatric plastic surgery, The Royal Marsden Hospital in breast reconstruction and The Wellington Hospital in cosmetic surgery. He passed the FRCS (Plast) in 2001.
Mr Floyd entered the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery in 2002. He is a full member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS) and the British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH). He is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon and Honorary Senior Lecturer at The Royal Free Hospital and University College London Hospitals. He is the current president of the plastics section at the Royal Society of Medicine.
His particular interests include cosmetic surgery of the face, breast and abdomen, adult and paediatric hand surgery and reconstructive surgery of the breast and lower limb.


Mr. Neil Bulstrode BSc, MBBS, MD, FRCS, FRCS (Plast)

"Plastic surgery is my passion. It is important to appreciate and use the powerful techniques used in reconstructive surgery to improve the results of cosmetic procedures, and to use my cosmetic surgical skills to enhance the results of plastic and reconstructive surgery."

Mr Bulstrode was educated at Sherborne School, UK, before commencing his medical studies at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London. During this time he also gained an honours degree (BSc) in Physiology. He graduated in 1993 (MB BS) and continued his surgical training in London to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) in 1997.

He trained in Plastic, Reconstructive & Cosmetic Surgery at a number of premier plastic surgery units both in London and Sydney, Australia. This included a two year period of research at the RAFT institute of Plastic Surgery at Mount Vernon Hospital resulting in the award of a Doctorate Of Medicine (MD) in 2002. He has trained with some of the UK's top Cosmetic Surgeons and was the Cosmetic Fellow at the Wellington Hospital. He passed the Plastic Surgery Specialist Fellowship - FRCS (Plast) - of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2005, entered into the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery in 2006 and is a Full Member of both the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).

Mr Bulstrode is widely published with over twenty-five peer-reviewed papers on an extensive range of plastic reconstructive and cosmetic surgery topics including face lifts, rhinoplasty and Botox. He has presented work internationally in Europe, the USA and Australia.

Mr Bulstrode has both an NHS reconstructive and an adult aesthetic/cosmetic practice. He is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Great Ormond Street Hospital and is the Clinical Lead for the Plastic Surgery Department. This involves the reconstruction of congenitally deformed children, ear reconstruction, craniofacial surgery, the treatment of giant congenital naevii (moles) and vascular anomalies. His cosmetic practice includes all aspects of cosmetic facial, breast and body contouring surgery.

Mr. Greg Williams MBBS, FRCS, FRCS (Plast)

Greg Williams was educated in the West Indies and Canada before pursuing a surgical career in the UK. He trained as a general surgeon in London and became a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1995.

He specialised in Plastic Surgery working in a number of teaching hospitals in London before being awarded the Fellowship in Plastic Surgery (FRCS Plast.). During his plastic surgery training he became interested in caring for people with burns injuries and spent a year as a fellow at the Shriners Hospital in Texas, USA - one of the premier burns units in the world. He is now a Consultant Plastic and Burns Surgeon at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in Central London.

He is entered on the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery, has published in the internal medical literature and has presented at national and international meetings. He is also actively involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

As a consequence of dealing with patients with severe burns, Mr Williams not only specialises in all forms of scar revision surgery, but he has also developed a special interest in hair restoration surgery, both for scarred scalps and for hereditary male pattern baldness.