My private practice is based in North London at St John and St Elizabeth Hospital. This is a leading healthcare hospital in the UK which provides exceptionally high standards of clinical care and is always up to date with latest technology.

My NHS practice is based at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals in Central London where I am the Clinical Lead for Wide Awake Hand Surgery and Lead for Simulation Training. I am committed to improving safety and outcomes following surgery and as such, have pioneered a new ‘Wide Awake Surgery’ (also known as WALANT) service for Hand Surgery. This has improved the safety of many operations, which are now mainly performed under local anaesthetic instead of general anaesthetic.

My subspecialty interests are Joint Replacements (in the small joint of the hand for arthritis and following trauma) and Peripheral Nerve Surgery (to restore function to the hand following upper limb nerve injury, including weakness following brachial plexus injury, spinal cord problems and tumours, and spasticity from cerebral palsy, stroke and spinal cord injuries). I am a member of the BSSH (British Society for Surgery of the Hand) Surgical Implant Working Group and a member of the Orthopaedic Data Evaluation Panel (ODEP) as part of my interest in safer use of implants in surgery. I am also a member of the Multidisciplinary Team managing upper limb Tumours and Vascular Anomalies.

I graduated with first class honours in New Zealand in 2001, prior to specialising in Plastic Surgery in London. I continued to train in subspecialty areas in fellowships, including training in orthoplastic complex trauma reconstruction and hand surgery at the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, paediatric hand surgery at Great Ormond St Hospital and aesthetic surgery at The Wellington Hospital. After obtaining Fellowship status at the Royal College of Surgeons, I was also awarded the European Board of Hand Surgery Diploma. I became a consultant in 2014.

I am passionate about training the next generation of surgeons. I am the Course Director for the yearly Advanced Hand and Wrist Cadaveric Dissection Course in London and I run simulation courses on 3D printed models. I have Chaired live operating sessions on Joint Replacements at BSSH and cadaveric workshops on Joint Replacements for BAPRAS. I have taught on the Advances in Peripheral NerveI Surgery Workshops to disseminate knowledge on modern techniques to improve outcomes and at the Wrightington Upper Limb Unit Cadaveric Masterclasses. I teach at the Royal College of Surgeons, the Royal Society of Medicine and I am on the invited faculty of several other plastic and hand surgery courses. I also organise and teach on specialist training courses for Hand Therapists and General Practitioners.

I sit on the interview panel for National Selection for plastic surgery trainees. I have many publications in peer reviewed journals, including book chapters, and I have presented my work internationally.

I am compassionate and committed to providing the highest quality care.