Surgeons
Mr Uppal is head of the practice and is one of the most highly regarded plastic surgeons in the UK. He has led a well established practice for over 15 years in Harley Street and Windsor. In 2012, he was elected as a member of the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) which is a rare honour for surgeons outside the US.
Mr. Eynon-Lewis MB BS, BSc (Hons), FRCS (ORL-HNS) is a Consultant Surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s and The Royal London Hospitals, London. He trained in London at Charing Cross, The Royal Free and St. Bartholomew’s Hospitals as well as The National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital and other hospitals in the UK.
Mr Rajan Uppal is a highly experienced surgeon who has worked for over 15 years as a plastic surgeon in London and Windsor. He has recently been elected as a Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) which is a prestigious honour for plastic surgeons. It is not often awarded to surgeons who trained and work outside the US but is given in recognition of skills and reputation as well as contribution to the field of plastic surgery.
Mr Uppal was born in Hillingdon, Middlesex and grew up around Berkshire. He went to medical school at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, London. At medical school he was an active member of the Rowing team and Tennis club and maintains these interests. He qualified in Medicine and Surgery in 1993 and was awarded a Prize in Pharmacology at his final examinations at the University of London.
He became a Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons in 1998 following completion of his junior surgical training. He went on to pursue his interest in research and undertook a clinical trial of a new medicine that improved wound healing. He was awarded a Master of Science (MSc) degree at University College London for this thesis in 1999. His work was published in medical journals in the United States.
Mr Uppal has worked in teaching hospitals in London including Guys and St Thomas’ Hospital, St Batholomew’s Hospital and St George’s Hospital. He has been fortunate to work with many leading surgeons in the UK, US and Europe. He was made a Fellow of Royal College of Surgeons in Plastic Surgery FRCS(Plast) as a result of his experience and work.
Mr Uppal is an experienced plastic surgeon who specialises in complex specialist surgery of the face, body and breast. He has lectured on Rhinoplasty and presented his work at the BAAPS International Plastic conference. He has pioneered the Cross-Cartilagenous Approach to Closed Rhinoplasty.
He is also frequently called as an Expert witness for complex legal cases in Plastic surgery. He undertakes DIEP flap breast reconstruction which is highly skilled surgery requiring specialist ability in microsurgery. He is one of only about 100 surgeons who perform this in the UK.
Royal College Examiner
Mr Uppal is an Examiner at the Royal College of Surgeons where he supervises the MRCS examinations so that trainee surgeons can get the surgical qualification. He has a commitment to teaching and training other surgeons so that he can share his knowledge and years of experience for the benefit of patients.
International Experience
Mr Uppal has spent three months living and working in Belgium to further specialise in his sub specialty interest of Breast Cancer Reconstruction. He has traveled to meetings in France, Belgium, Italy and the US to keep up to date with the latest techniques and continues to do so.
Lectures
Mr Uppal is a regular lecturer at the Royal College of Radiologists in Sentinel node biopsy for malignant melanoma. He helped to develop a new technique using ultrasound measurement of node depth for patients with melanoma. He has published this technique in the European Journal of Plastic Surgery. He also lectures at the Hellenic Centre and Thames Valley University.
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NHS Consultant Appointment
Heatherwood and Wexham NHS Trust
The trust has a catchment area of almost a million people around the Windsor, Ascot, Slough and Reading area. In the NHS, Mr Uppal treats common skin cancers, breast conditions, birth defects, burns, road accidents and performs breast reconstruction, hand surgery and microsurgery. The standards required to become a Consultant in the NHS are extremely high. In recognition of his work and experience, Mr Uppal has also been awarded NHS contracts with the Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals in Chertsey and the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading. Consultants who work in the NHS are closely monitored to ensure they maintain high standards of surgery and patient care. NHS consultants are regulated closely by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). They undergo annual appraisal and regular audit data analysis. This assessment is much more stringent in the NHS than for surgeons who only work privately; private-only surgeons are totally independent and so may pay higher insurance premiums. Some plastic surgeons only perform cosmetic surgery and do not provide the wide range of operations required of an NHS consultant.