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Mr Shehan Hettiaratchy
Consultant

Mr Shehan Hettiaratchy

Trust trauma lead and lead surgeon; consultant plastic, hand and reconstructive surgeon
Primary medical qualifications
MA(Oxon) BM BCh DM FRCS(Plast)
Patient age group
Adults and children
GMC number
4120915
Consultant registered on:
Gender
Male

Background

Born and raised in Hampshire, Dr Shehan Hettiaratchy graduated from Oxford University in 1994 with prizes in surgery and medicine. He trained in surgery in London, Birmingham, Australia and the US, with three specialist fellowships (microsurgery, hand and wrist surgery, aesthetic surgery). He obtained a FRCS (Plast) in 2007 and has been a consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust since 2009.

Expertise

Microvascular surgery, trauma reconstruction, hand and wrist surgery, breast reconstruction, skin lesions

Publications

Three year research fellowship, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, US. Doctorate of Medicine, Oxford University; Hunterian Professor, Royal College of Surgeons of England; Pulvertaft Prize, British Society for Surgery of the Hand. 

Current research interests include outcomes after major trauma, limb reconstruction outcomes, tissue engineering for trauma reconstruction and hand transplantation http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=hettiaratchy+s 

Specialities
Locations
  • Lindo Wing, St Mary's Hospital
  • Thames View, Charing Cross Hospital