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Fee assured
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Verified account
- Open Referral network
Specialises in
- Hand surgery
- Paediatric
- Reconstructive surgery
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Mr Murphy is a Consultant Hand and Plastic Surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation trust, and a locum Consultant Congenital Hand Surgeon at Great Ormond St Hospital.
He attended medical school at Cambridge, then Bart's and the London, where he was awarded the Sutton Prize and a Rahere Studentship. He did junior medical training in London and Oxford, then was awarded his national training number on the prestigious Oxford plastic surgery rotation. He completed a PhD in congenital hand surgery at Great Ormond St, securing over �100,000 of funding, then passed the FRCS Plast end of training exam and completed his training in February 2022. He undertook fellowships in hand surgery at Chelsea & Westminster hospital and Great Ormond St, before starting his consultant career at St Thomas. He also holds the British Diploma in Hand Surgery.
Mr Murphy was awarded a Hunterian Professorship for his PhD research by the Royal College of Surgeons in 2023. He has published widely and presented at international meetings in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, as well as regularly across Europe. He co-directs the St Thomas' advanced cadaveric hand course, and is departmental lead for research.
Outside of work, he enjoys singing, cycling and spending time with his family.
Areas of interest
Hand trauma; hand tendon injuries; hand ligament injuries; soft tissue infections; skin grafts; hand fractures; percutaneous & minimal access fracture treatment; Carpal Tunnel; cubital tunnel; peripheral nerve surgery; nerve transfers; tendon transfers; needle fasciotomy; Dupuytren's fasciectomy; dermofasciectomy; ganglion cysts; Paediatric hand surgery; syndactyly; accessory digits; duplicate thumbs; hypoplastic thumbs; radial dysplasia; ulna dysplasia; cleft hand; symbrachydactyly; vascular anomalies; amniotic band syndrome; camptodactyly; clinodactyly; Skin surgery; Lumps & bumps; Skin cancers; basal cell cancers; squamous cell cancers; malignant melanoma; sentinel lymph node biopsy; pre-malignant conditions such as Bowen's disease & actinic keratoses; Benign skin lesions such as moles; sebaceous cysts; lipomas; seborrheic keratoses; and warts; Abdominoplasty; abdominal wall reconstruction; thigh lift; arm lift / brachioplasty; pinnaplasty; cosmetic surgery; Reconstructive surgery.
Medical secretaries
- Shorouq Gamal
- 1st Floor Turbine Hall B Battersea Power Station London United Kingdom SW11 8DD
- 020 7046 2829
- murphy.admin@lips.org.uk
Anaesthetists worked with
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Mr George Murphy has worked with Dr Meera Raja at the following hospitals:
- Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5)
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Mr George Murphy has worked with Dr Hafis Ayeni at the following hospitals:
- Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5)
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Mr George Murphy has worked with Dr Sanjoy Bhattacharyya at the following hospitals:
- Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth (1-5)
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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S0633
Excision of lesion of skin or subcutaneous tissue - up to three, Trunk & Limbs (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
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S5532
Dressing of burn of skin or subcutaneous tissue - less than 2% - (1-5)
LIPS Healthcare (1-5)
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S4182
Debridement and primary suture of wound with involvement of deeper tissue - head & neck - (1-5)
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T5203
Dupuytren's fasciectomy single digit with proximal interphalangeal joint - (1-5)
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XR940
Retrieval of foreign body under X-ray guidance - (1-5)
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T6914
Tenolysis of extensor tendon of hand - (1-5)
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T6800
Delayed or secondary repair of tendon (including graft, transfer and/or prosthesis) (not otherwise specified) - (1-5)
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A6810
Neurolysis and transposition of peripheral nerve (excludes carpal tunnel release) - (1-5)
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S0654
Removal of benign lesion on head and neck (excluding scalp) which is closed by primary closure or advancement flap (excluding lipoma) - (1-5)
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S4740
Drainage of large subcutaneous abscess/haematoma - (1-5)
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W1940
Primary open reduction of short bone with fixation (including intra-articular) - (1-5)
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A6510
Carpal tunnel release (open) - (1-5)
St Thomas' Hospital (1-5)
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S0605
Secondary excision of malignant lesion - trunk & limbs - (1-5)
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S2500
Local flap - less than 9cm2 - (1-5)
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