Launch
Website- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand surgery
- Reconstructive surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr. James Chan is a Consultant Plastic Reconstructive Surgeon. He is fully registered on the General Medical Council (GMC) and an accredited Plastic Surgeon on the Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and member of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) and British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH). His NHS practice is based at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust including the National Spinal Injuries Centre. He is also Lecturer at the University of Oxford.
Mr. Chan believes in delivering the best evidence-based care tailored to the individual needs of his patients, whether this is surgical or non-surgical. He offers treatment for hand, complex wound and general plastic surgery conditions.
Following his medical qualification from Cambridge University in 2004 and junior posts in East Anglia and London, Mr. Chan completed his Higher Surgical Training in Plastic Surgery on the Oxford rotation. Subsequently, he was awarded a Travelling Bursary by BAPRAS to undertake further subspecialty training in Reconstructive Microsurgery at the Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan, one of the foremost plastic surgery centres worldwide. This comprehensive training has provided him with the skillset to deal with common as well as complex surgical problems.
Mr. Chan holds a Clinical Lectureship at Oxford University where he was Senior Scholar and awarded a DPhil (PhD). He has worked as Fellow at Cochrane UK where he focused on the synthesis and dissemination of Evidence-based Medicine. He has published widely in medical journals as well as the standard plastic surgery textbooks and contributed to national guidance on traumatic limb reconstruction. He has held awards and grants from institutions including the Wellcome Trust, Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and BAPRAS.
Dedicated to the next generation of surgeons, Mr. Chan is a GMC-recognised trainer and member of the Education and Training Committee of BSSH, and interviews for National Selection for entry into higher specialty training in Plastic Surgery in the UK. He serves as a Deputy Editor for the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, runs a national microsurgery training course for surgical trainees, is a regular invited speaker at national and international conferences and hosts Stoke Mandeville Plastics, a popular international webinar series for plastic surgeons focussing on cutting edge Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Areas of interest
Hand and Wrist problems; Arthritis; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Cubital Tunnel Syndrome; Nerve compression; Ganglion; Cyst; Trigger finger; de Quervain's tenosynovitis; Dupuytren's disease; Nerve, Tendon or Joint problems; General Plastic Surgery; Benign skin lesions; Non-melanoma skin cancer; Scar correction; Scar Revision; Split earlobe; Soft tissue injury
Medical secretaries
- Charlotte Lane
- PHF Services Limited Castle Cavendish Works Dorking Road Nottingham NG7 5PN
- 020 7042 1854
- jchan@expertsurgery.co.uk
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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T7231
Open release of constriction of sheath of tendon (e.g. trigger finger) - (1-5)
Chiltern Hospital (The) (1-5)
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - (1-5)
Chiltern Hospital (The) (1-5)
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S0632
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Head & Neck (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
Chiltern Hospital (The) (1-5)
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S4183
Debridement and primary suture of wound with involvement of deeper tissue - trunk & limbs - (1-5)
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D0210
Excision of lesion of pinna - (1-5)
Chiltern Hospital (The) (1-5)
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