Deirdre Seoighe
Head of Department · Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Burns · Secondary burn reconstruction
Departmental lead. Subspecialty in burns, including secondary burn reconstruction. Trained in Ireland and Australia.
Meet the team
Internationally trained. Locally settled.
Australia, Germany, Ireland, Korea, New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK, the USA. Six consultants posted against an establishment of eight — actively recruiting fellows and locum SMOs.
Consultants
Benny Tan
Assistant HOD · Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Waikato
Gender-affirmation surgery · Microsurgery · Breast reconstruction
USA-trained. Subspecialty lead for gender-affirmation surgery, with academic and clinical responsibilities in microvascular reconstruction.
Simon Nicholson
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
MBBS · MRes · MRCS(Eng) · FRCS(Plast) · Dip Hand Surg (BSSH)
Hand · Skin cancer · Breast
Higher surgical training in Yorkshire (2017), with TIG fellowships in cosmetic & reconstructive (Newcastle) and hand (Pulvertaft, Derby). Further plastic & hand fellowships in NZ; consultant in Hamilton from 2019. Clinical Lead for Hand Surgery (2021–), Clinical Director 2022–24.
Jun Kwon
Consultant Plastic & Cleft Surgeon
Cleft · Craniofacial · Paediatric
Runs the regular cleft lists. NZ-trained, with observership at ASAN (Seoul) and cleft fellowship in Seattle, USA.
Michael Woodfield
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Breast · Paediatric · Congenital hand
Breast and breast reconstruction portfolio. Fellowship-trained in paediatric plastic surgery and congenital hand.
Mateusz Gładysz
Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgeon
MD · FEBOPRAS · FEBHS · Facharzt (DE)
Hand · Microsurgery · Melanoma
Training: Warsaw, University Hospital Zurich, Hannover Medical School, Perth fellowship, Kantonsspital Aarau. Chair, regional Melanoma & High-Risk Skin Cancer MDT.
Current fellows & locum SMOs
The people closest to where you'd start.
Fellows and locum SMOs currently with the unit, plus recent alumni who've gone on to consultant posts. Several have written about their experience in Voices.
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