Our Doctors

James K-K Chan

MA (Cantab), DPhil (Oxon), FRCSPlast

My ethos is to deliver the best and safest evidence-based care tailored to you. This may be surgical or non-surgical. The main aim is to help you get on with your life as quickly and as well as possible.

As a surgeon, I am privileged to have completed specialist Plastic and Reconstructive surgical training in the Oxford Deanery followed by subspecialist fellowship training in Reconstructive Microsurgery as an Overseas Scholar at the world-renowned Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taiwan. This comprehensive training has provided me with the skillset to deal with common as well as complex problems. Prior to this, I completed a DPhil (PhD) at Oxford University as a Senior Scholar and my medical degree at Cambridge University.

I think it is important to be in a position to offer the best and safest, evidence-based treatments. My involvement in research allows me to do this. As a Clinical Lecturer Oxford University and previous Fellow at Cochrane UK, I continue to published regularly in medical journals as well as the standard plastic surgery textbooks. I have also contributed to national guidance on traumatic limb reconstruction. Over the years, I have held awards and grants from institutions including the Wellcome Trust, Academy of Medical Sciences, Royal College of Surgeons of England, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and BAPRAS.

I also feel the best way to improve is to train others. Hence, I serve as a GMC-recognised trainer and member of the Education and Training Committee of the British Society of Surgery for the Hand. I also interview for National Selection for entry into Higher Specialty Training in Plastic Surgery in the UK. I serve as peer-reviewer for reconstructive plastic surgery journals, run a national microsurgery training course for postgraduate surgical trainees, present at national and international conferences and host ‘Stoke Mandeville Plastics’, a popular webinar series for plastic surgeons worldwide , focusing on cutting edge Plastic Reconstructive Surgery.

Outside surgery, I enjoy spending time with my family and playing the violin.

I am a full member of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, British Society of Surgery for the Hand and British Medical Association.

GMC 6111972