Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by
Mr Richard A Linforth at Spire include:
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Professional profile
I qualified from Manchester Medical School in 1992, and gained my doctorate in medicine in 2005 for research in breast cancer and metastasis. I was a surgical registrar in the Yorkshire Deanery working in Huddersfield, Halifax, Bradford, Hull and Leeds. I spent a year as an onco-plastic fellow in Manchester to learn breast reconstruction surgery and aesthetics.
I have been working as a consultant since 2006 and have been a specialty lead, MDT lead, clinical and divisional director at the trust.
For ten years I have provided one stop breast services with Dr Ann Marie Wason consultant radiologist and work as part of a multidisciplinary team with Prof Jonathan Joffe and Mehmet Sen.
I am national onco-plastic trainer for the Association of Breast Surgeons. I pioneered the technique of acellular dermal matrix and implant reconstruction, which I first performed in Europe by myself in 2008.
Clinical Interests
Breast care
Benign breast problems
Breast cancer
Breast cancer and family history; Reconstruction and augmentation; Breast screening; Medical education.
Qualification and professional memberships
MB CHB / Manchester / 1992
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
FRCS (Ed) / Edinburgh / 1997
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
FRCS (Gen Surg) / Edinburgh / 2006
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
MD / Manchester / 2005
Doctor of Medicine
Professional memberships
Association of Breast Surgeons
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
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Current NHS posts
Consultant in General Breast and Reconstructive Surgery, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Personal Profile
I live in the Bolton and am a lifelong sufferer at BWFC. I am married to Celine who is an advanced nurse practitioner in Primary care with two teenage sons.
As a family we enjoy Skiing and scuba diving holidays, walking around the reservoirs of Entwistle and the Waoh along with eating out and relaxing in the sun.
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