Gartnavel General Hospital

Mr James Mansell is a Consultant Breast Surgeon and works as an NHS consultant at  in Glasgow. Working alongside his Consultant Breast Radiology colleagues any necessary breast imaging (mammography/ultrasound) and biopsy (tissue sampling) can be performed during your visit to his clinic.

University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Ramsey Cutress is Professor of Breast Surgery and Consultant Surgeon at the University of Southampton and University Hospital Southampton. Ramsey is topic advisor for the NICE Early and Locally Advanced Breast Cancer Guideline (NG101) and was a member of the writing group for the ABS BAPRAS Oncoplastic Breast Reconstruction Guidelines and is co-director of the ABS Advanced Skills in Breast Disease Management Course. His clinical research interests include breast cancer in young women as a member of the POSH study research team and the investigation of patient and host determinants of breast cancer outcomes including genetic predisposition, immunological and lifestyle factors. He is currently involved in various national research studies and clinical trials including the EndoNET HTA funded trail of neo-adjuvant endocrine therapy. He is breast sub-specialty editor for the Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and a member of the CPS committee of ABS.

University of Glasgow

Cambridge University Hospitals

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.

St Vincent's University Hospital

Ms Rutherford undertook her undergraduate education at the University of Glasgow (MBChB) which she completed in 2011. She completed her General Surgical Training with a specialist interest in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery in the West of Scotland.

Ms Rutherford has completed two fellowships:
-    Oncoplastic Fellowship at KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital and Singapore General Hospital, Singapore
-    National Oncoplastic TIG Fellowship at St Barts, St Barts NHS Trust, London, UK

Ms Rutherford was awarded both the ASGBI Gold Medal and G B Ong Medal for the most outstanding candidate in the FRCS examination in 2021. She was also awarded a merit for her performance in the European Board of Surgery Breast Examination (FEBS).

Ms Rutherford commenced as a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin in August 2022. Her specialist area of interest is oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery including breast conserving surgery through the use of therapeutic mammoplasty and chest wall perforator flaps, as well as whole breast implant-based reconstruction.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre, Manchester, UK

Cliona is an Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at the Nightingale Breast Cancer Centre in Manchester, UK. She studied medicine, including a BSc in the History of Medicine, at Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London and University College London. Her surgical training was in London, Bristol, Bournemouth, South Africa and Greater Manchester. She completed a PhD entitled ‘The Role of Procoagulants in Cancer and Chemotherapy Induced Venous Thromboembolism’ at the University of Manchester in 2006.

She delivers and teaches in all forms of oncoplastic breast surgery including reconstruction. At the University of Manchester, she leads the Cancer and Thrombosis Research Group, performing basic, translational and clinical research, investigating the symbiotic relationship between cancer and thrombosis. She also supervises MRes, MD and PhD students.

She is Chief Investigator on the TIP Trial and CHAMPion Study and surgical lead for LORIS, PRIMETIME, POETIC-A and FAST-Forward Boost and is on the Sloane Committee. Cliona leads the Association of Breast Surgery guideline development group for Idiopathic Granulomatous Mastitis and is a key member of the International Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis guideline development group for VTE in breast cancer. She is Director of the North West Surgical Trials Centre, and mentors the North West Research Collaborative and North West Breast Research Collaborative. She also chairs the Scientific Committee for the Prevent Breast Cancer charity.

In her personal life, she enjoys dressmaking, knitting and endurance sports, having previously completed two Ironmans and the Everest Marathon.

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Rajiv is a consultant surgeon in the Nightingale & Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, at Wythenshawe Hospital, which is recognised as one of the largest Breast symptomatic and screening units in the UK. This is a recognised centre of excellence, providing complex oncoplastic breast surgery and leading on new technology. His specialist surgical training, which spanned over 10 years, includes a TIG Oncoplastic fellowship in Manchester, and an International Fellowship (Breast, Endocrine and Melanoma) in Melbourne, Australia.