Dr Tomas Madura : Plastic surgery

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Dr Tomas Madura

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Hand surgery

Reconstructive surgery

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About me

Tomas Madura is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon specialising in hand and peripheral nerve surgery working at the Birmingham Hand Centre and Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury Service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He was appointed to this position in 2017.

He is a fully accredited, UK-trained plastic surgeon registered with the General Medical Council and he is a member of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, British Society for Surgery of the Hand, and Migraine Surgery Society.

In his NHS practise he treats the whole spectrum of peripheral nerve conditions including brachial plexus injuries, peripheral nerve injuries, nerve compression, nerve tumours, neuroma and nerve-related pain, reanimation of paralysis by nerve transfer and nerve grafting.

Among his special clinical interests are complex microsurgical reconstructions of the hand and upper extremity and treatment of paralysis by transferring muscle from the leg to the arm (free functioning gracilis transfer).

Mr. Madura can undertake consultations in English, Russian, Japanese and Slovak.

TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
- Graduated with Doctor of Medicine (High Honours) from the University of P. J. Safarik in Slovakia in 1999
- PhD in Neurobiology focusing on repair of spinal cord and nerve injuries from the Osaka University in Japan in 2005
- Basic surgery and specialist plastic surgery training in Manchester between 2006 � 2016
- 1 year fellowship training in reconstructive microsurgery and treatment of brachial plexus paralysis in the world-renowned centre in Ogori Daiichi Hospital in Japan
- 1 year fellowship training in peripheral nerve and hand surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Birmingham
- Postgraduate Diploma in Hand Surgery from the British Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2018

RESEARCH AND SURGICAL INNOVATION

More than 20 years of experience in research focusing on novel treatments of peripheral nerve injuries and paralysis with numerous publications in leading journals in the field and presentations at international conferences

Currently a Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham

Professional expert for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advising on adoption of new treatments in the peripheral nerve surgery field

Past Medical director for Tulavi Therapeutics Inc., a California-based medical technology company developing new treatments for nerve injury and paralysis (2022-23)

Research committee of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (2017 -19)

Academic Clinical Lecturer in plastic surgery for the National Institute for Health Research at the University of Manchester (2014-2017)

Syme Medal for outstanding contribution to surgical research from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

General Medical Council � Registration number 6127146. On specialist register for Plastic Surgery

British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons � full member

Migraine Surgery Society

Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh � Fellow of the College in Plastic Surgery

British Society for Surgery of the Hand

British Medical Association

European Society for the Study of Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration

Areas of interest

Hand Flexor Tendon Injuries; Fracture; Finger Injury; Dupuytren's Contracture, Thumb arthritis, Finger Arthritis; Hand Injury; Carpal Tunnel Syndrome; Hand Lumps; Trigger Finger; Trapeziectomy; Tendon Repair; Steroid Injection; Joint Injection; Fracture Fixation Surgery; Dupuytrens Fasciectomy; Carpal Tunnel Decompression; Hand Surgery; Mole Removal; Lipoma Removal; General Plastic Surgery; Excision of Sebaceous Cysts; Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR) Surgery; Skin Grafts; Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface (RPNI) Surgery; Peripheral Nerve Surgery; Nerve Repair; Abscess Incision and Drainage; Trauma Laceration Repair; Scar Treatment; Excision of Benign Lesions; Scar Revision Surgery; Skin Lesion Removal (Warts, Moles and Skin Tags); Tendon Transfer Surgery; Ganglion Cyst Removal; Cubital Tunnel Surgery; Revision Cubital Tunnel Surgery; Peroneal Tunnel Surgery; Meralgia paraesthetica; Nerve Tumours; De Quervain's tenosynovitis; Neuroma treatment; Hand injuries; Nail disorders