Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Course Director

Professor Roy is a Consultant Oncoplastic and Reconstructive Breast Surgeon in Oxford since 2011. She only performs breast surgery and offers all aspects including breast cancer surgery, reconstruction surgery and cosmetic surgery.

She graduated from University of Delhi, India and underwent higher surgical training at Oxford. She was selected for prestigious National Oncoplastic Fellowship at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust in 2009 and did a higher degree in research in breast cancer from University of Dundee. Since her appointment, she has set up a successful Oncoplastic breast service at OUH trust. A full range of reconstructive service is being offered in close association with plastic surgeons, who perform free flap reconstruction. She is a very dedicated clinician and offers compassionate consultations and individualized expert advice and opinion for breast problems.

Miss Roy specializes in diagnosis and management of breast diseases, both benign and malignant. Her specialist interest includes surgical management of breast cancer whilst ensuring an optimum aesthetic outcome by offering specialist techniques such as mammaplasty and partial breast reconstruction. She offers immediate breast reconstruction with implants and flaps for patients undergoing mastectomy for breast cancer and offers sentinel lymph node biopsy for axillary staging of patients with breast cancer. She also offers correction of breast deformities and/or breast asymmetry to patients having undergone breast cancer surgery in the past.

She is actively involved in breast cancer research and is the principal investigator at Oxford for national and international trials. She is motivated to enhance the research in the field and is actively involved in recruiting patients for research projects in collaboration with CRUK.

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading

Course Director

Brendan Smith is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon appointed as a consultant at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in 2005..

He was one of the first cohorts of National Oncoplastic TIG fellows and gained his first choice fellowship at the Christie and South Manchester University Teaching Hospitals.

Brendan set up the first Breast Oncoplastic Surgery service in the Oxford deanery and has trained many other Consultant breast surgeons.

He set up a level 1 oncoplastic training unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital encompassing all aspects of oncoplastic breast surgery. Over this period he has always looked to develop and deliver new and more effective reconstruction techniques to his patients

Cambridge University Hospitals

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Dr. Amit Agrawal, MS, FRCSEd, DM, FRCS, is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon and an affiliated Associate Professor at Cambridge University Hospitals, UK. He introduced Advanced Oncoplastic Surgery in Cambridge, transforming it into an internationally recognised Oncoplastic unit. He established the Oncoplastic Breast Course, which includes chest wall perforator flap, mammaplasty, and implant dissection.

He leads the ‘Brecon’ collaborative research initiative, which includes the 'PartBreCon-Pro' (a prospective international study on chest wall perforator flaps) and the 'PerfAct' studies. He has secured several grants from the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).  

He is a member of various societies, including the ABS Academic and Research Committee, and has served as an expert reviewer and adviser for NICE, NIHR, and breast-specific journals. He has acted as a lead for research modules and an examiner for the MSc and MS Oncoplastic degrees in Breast Surgery at the University of East Anglia, UK. 

He lectures internationally and has authored over 120 publications, including co-editing a book on perforator flaps and those related to endocrine therapy research (Academic Surgical Trainee, University of Nottingham). He has served as a co-investigator in multiple trials: Pioneer, PBCP, Atnec, Miami, Neo-RT, MarginProbe, LoRis, Posnoc, Poetic, Atac, Ibis1 & 2, Iressa57, 225, 004; Efect, First, Latte, Zofast, Fhem.

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro

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Cornwall’s first Consultant Oncoplastic Reconstructive and Cosmetic Breast Surgeon- appointed by the Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) in 2006. 

Established and developed one of the UK’s first dedicated Oncoplastic Breast Units that is Locally, Nationally and Internationally renowned as a Centre of Excellence.

Founding member and Past President of The Mammary Fold- UK Breast Trainees Association.

Course Director and Faculty Member for the Association of Breast Surgery Educational Courses portfolio and Honorary University positions at University of Exeter, University of East Anglia.

Dedicated to Postgraduate & Undergraduate Education and Training and the advancement of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery in the UK and beyond.

Liverpool University Hospitals

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Frimley Park Hospital

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Isabella has been a Consultant Oncoplastic Surgeon at Frimley Health NHS Trust since 2009, where she is the Clinical Lead for Frimley Park Breast Unit and The Parapet Unit in Windsor. She is passionate and dedicated in the training of oncoplastic breast surgery where she now mentors three Oncoplastic Fellows across the Trust. She was recently appointed Communications Ordinary Trustee to the ABS and she currently serves as Director of Course Development. Isabella has taught on the UEA Masters in Breast Oncoplastic Surgery for 13 years and has been the ABS Yearbook Editor since 2021. Her special interests include revisional surgery and using Lean methodology to improve efficiencies and surgical outcomes.

Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester

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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.

York Hospital

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Nottingham City Hospital

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Royal United Hospital, Bath

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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.

Worcestershire Royal Hospital

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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.

University of Oxford

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Mr Gurdeep S. Mannu is a Cancer Research UK Clinician Scientist at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on the epidemiology of breast cancer.

Wishaw General Hospital

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