Iain Brown (Course Director) Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Consultant Oncoplastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Breast Surgeon Mermaid Breast Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
Steven Thrush (Course Director) Worcestershire Royal Hospital
Steven Thrush is an experienced breast reconstructive and aesthetic surgeon who has been a Consultant Breast Surgeon in Worcester since 2004. He is passionate about education and has been involved with the the ABS (previously Royal College of Surgeons of England) breast courses since 2005. He is also a module lead for the Oncoplastic Breast Masters Course run through University of East Anglia. He has lectured internationally and published numerous academic papers on breast surgery.
Introduction and Welcome 9:15 AM to 9:20 AM Introduction and Welcome
Peter Barry Royal Marsden Hospital
Mr Barry is a general surgeon who trained in Australia and completed further training and fellowships in UK, USA & France. His specialist areas of interest include early diagnosis of breast cancer, neoadjuvant and peri-operative trials, sentinel node biopsy, nipple-sparing mastectomy for risk reduction, immediate breast reconstruction, Local pedicled perforator flaps (e.g. LICAP, LTAP, MICAP, TDAP) and complex and recurrent axillary (lymph gland) surgery.
Session 2: Early Problems- Getting out of trouble 11:50 AM to 12:05 PM Post-operative care and follow-up (1)
Lisa Caldon Rotherham Foundation Trust
Lisa is Consultant Surgeon specialising in oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery. She has been a Consultant at The Rotherham Foundation NHS Trust since 2017. She qualified from Leicester Medical School in 1992 and undertook most of her surgical training in South Yorkshire as a Clinical Lecturer.
Isabella Karat Frimley Park Hospital
Mrs Isabella Karat is a highly-regarded breast and general surgeon based in Surrey. Mrs Karat is extensively trained in a range of advanced surgical techniques, including immediate breast reconstruction including the use of a dermal matrix (Surgimend®, Strattice®, TIGR Mesh®), fat transfer/lipofilling to restore post-surgical volume loss, cosmetic breast surgery, breast asymmetry, augmentation, reduction, and complex revision surgery
Penelope McManus Royal Lancaster Infirmary
Penny McManus has been a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon since 2004. She trained in Liverpool, the South-East and the West Midlands before taking up her consultant post in Hull. She relocated to Morecambe Bay in 2018. Her NHS work consists mostly of the diagnosis and surgical treatment of breast cancer, and breast reconstruction following surgery for breast cancer. In the private sector She also does cosmetic breast surgery. She has been involved in developing the new RCS England guidelines for cosmetic surgery and has published and presented her work on fat transfer both in the UK and internationally. She receives referrals from across the UK for fat transfer and for revision of reconstruction after mastectomy. She teaches on a Royal College reconstruction course for consultants and senior trainees.
John Murphy Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester
Mr Murphy is a specialist in all types of breast problems, whether it be pain, lumps, cosmetic issues or cancer related problems. He specializes in breast cancer surgery, breast reconstruction, male breast surgery and cosmetic breast surgery. His sub-specialist clinical interest is in revisional cosmetic breast surgery and risk reducing surgery.
Session 4: Optimising Results 3:35 PM to 3:50 PM When and how to change implant position from post to pre-pec?
Session 4: Optimising Results 4:05 PM to 4:20 PM Fat transfer in breast reconstruction
Jo Skillman Worcestershire Royal Hospital
She is currently an NHS consultant in plastic surgery at a University Hospital specialising in reconstruction for people with injuries and breast or skin cancer.
Richard Sutton Royal United Hospital, Bath
Mr Richard Sutton is a Consultant Breast Surgeon specialising in oncoplastic, reconstructive and cosmetic breast surgery at Bath Clinic. He also holds a substantive NHS consultant post at the Royal United Hospital (RUH) in Bath and was appointed in 2003.