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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Not in Open Referral network
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Breast specialist
Specialises in
- Breast surgery
Bupa specialist
- Breast specialist
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Paul Thiruchelvam is a Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon at Imperial College NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery at Imperial College, London. He is the Clinical Lead for Breast Surgery at King Edward VII Hospital.
He graduated from Imperial College in 2000 and undertook his Surgical Training in North West Thames, during which time he rotated through the breast units at Imperial College and The Royal Marsden. He completed his surgical training as a National Oncoplastic Group (TIG) fellow at the Nottingham Breast Institute, where he undertook research mapping the anatomy of chest wall perforator flaps (LICAP & LTAPs) in partial and total breast reconstruction.
Paul has undertaken travelling fellowships to the MD Anderson, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers, and was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship in 2016, visiting the Netherlands, United States and Japan to observe the use of axillary reverse mapping (ARM) and Lymphatic Microsurgical Preventing Healing Approach (LYMPHA) in primary lymphoedema prevention. Paul is actively involved in lymphoedema prevention and surveillance. As a member of of the expert panel on breast cancer related lymphoedema, he was involved in drafting best practice guidelines for the American Society of Breast Surgeons.
Paul received his PhD in Molecular Oncology from Imperial College in 2010, under supervision from Professors Simak Ali, Laki Buluwela and Charles Coombes. He was awarded the first joint clinical research fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons and Cancer Research:UK to fund his research. He is actively involved in clinical trials, including the multi-centre PRADA trial.
Paul works closely with his colleague Mr Daniel Leff, both in the NHS and privately.
Areas of interest
Breast Cancer Treatment; Breast Rapid Diagnostic Clinics, Family History of Breast Cancer; Risk Reduction Surgery; Breast Cancer Related Lymphoedema prevention and surveillance; Benign Breast Disease; Partial Breast Reconstruction using Chest Wall Perforator Flaps
Medical secretaries
- Michelle Wright
- 07480 516053
- imperialbreastsurgeon@protonmail.com
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr Paul Thiruchelvam has worked with Dr James Poncia at the following hospitals:
- Charing Cross Hospital ()
- King Edward VII's Hospital ()
- HCA Healthcare UK The Harley Street Clinic ()
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Mr Paul Thiruchelvam has worked with Dr Helen J Lawrence at the following hospitals:
- New Victoria Hospital ()
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Mr Paul Thiruchelvam has worked with Dr Shona M Love at the following hospitals:
- Charing Cross Hospital ()
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Mr Paul Thiruchelvam has worked with Dr Vinod Patil at the following hospitals:
- King Edward VII's Hospital ()
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Mr Paul Thiruchelvam has worked with Dr Gary Stocks at the following hospitals:
- King Edward VII's Hospital ()
- HCA Healthcare UK The Harley Street Clinic ()
- Charing Cross Hospital ()
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Mr Paul Thiruchelvam has worked with Dr James Armstrong at the following hospitals:
- HCA Healthcare UK Chiswick Outpatients ()
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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T9020
Sentinel node mapping and sampling with blue dye and radioactive probe for breast cancer - ()
Charing Cross Hospital () New Victoria Hospital () King Edward VII's Hospital () HCA Healthcare UK The Harley Street Clinic () HCA Healthcare UK Chiswick Outpatients ()
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B2760
Skin/nipple sparing mastectomy (including axillary node biopsy) - unilateral - ()
Charing Cross Hospital () New Victoria Hospital () King Edward VII's Hospital () HCA Healthcare UK The Harley Street Clinic ()
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B3140
Therapeutic mammoplasty for breast cancer - ()
Charing Cross Hospital () King Edward VII's Hospital () HCA Healthcare UK Chiswick Outpatients ()
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B2780
Simple mastectomy +/- axillary node biopsy - unilateral - ()
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T9021
Injection of magnetic lymphatic tracer and subsequent sentinel node mapping +/- sampling for breast cancer - ()
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B2880
Excision biopsy of breast lesion after localisation - ()
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B3100
Reduction mammoplasty - unilateral - ()
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S0633
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - ()