Clinical research in Hand reconstruction

Hon Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, King's College London (Guy's campus)

Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of England
British Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive surgery
British Medical Association
British Society for Surgery of the Hand
Member European Association of Medical Illustrators

Donald Sammut qualified from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, University of London in 1980. He trained and is accredited in Plastic Surgery. Following fellowships in Aesthetic and Craniofacial Surgery (Paris) and Hand Surgery (London, Strasbourg and Barcelona) he has specialised virtually exclusively in all aspects of Hand Surgery, particularly hand reconstruction following trauma. He has a particular interest in Congenital Hand Surgery and runs a Congenital Hand Service in Milan, Italy. He set up the Hand Unit at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol and the Congenital Hand Unit at the Bristol Children's Hospital and ran these services between 1993 and 2003. He left the NHS in 2003 and now works exclusively in private practice in Bristol, Windsor, London and Milan. He is extensively involved in the Organisation, Education and Training of Hand Surgery in Britain and the rest of Europe and is examiner in the final examinations in Hand Surgery for both the British and European Diploma. He conducts a biannual dissection course of the Upper limb for surgeons of all levels at Guy's Medical School. He leads an annual surgical programme in a leprosy hospital latterly in India and now in Nepal mostly involving re-animation of paralysed hands. He is also a teacher and accredited illustrator of Anatomy and Surgery.

www.donaldsammut.com