Hand surgery, Dupuytren's disease

Consultant Hand Surgeon, St John's Hospital, Livingston

Royal College of Surgeons of England
The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
British Society for Surgery of the Hand
British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
British Medical Association

I undertook medical training in Oxford and later returned to do my DPhil research into the genetic basis of hand deformities. I underwent a full training in plastic surgery in Bristol, Oxford and London.

From an early stage, I concentrated on hand surgery and to this end I did a hand fellowship in the Windsor Hand Clinic. During my first consultant post as a plastic surgeon in the Canniesburn Unit of Glasgow Royal Infirmary I had a major interest in hand surgery. In 2005 I was appointed lead hand consultant of the Regional Hand Service in St John's Hospital, and since then, to my delight, my entire practice has consisted of hand and wrist surgery. In my NHS post, I cover all aspects of hand/wrist pathology and trauma. My private practice covers the same.

In the midst of an enjoyable surgical career in England, I had the dubious fortune of meeting and marrying a Scot. Now an honorary Edinburghian, albeit of Irish descent, I am doing my best to bring up my three children in the tartan tradition. Unfortunately, old habits die hard - the house is split during the Six Nations.

The British Society for Surgery of the Hand