Aspiring plastics, reconstructive and aesthetic surgeons (APRAS)

Mr Jorge Leon-Villapalos is a Consultant in Plastic, Reconstructive, Aesthetic, Laser Surgery and Burns at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London. He has held the posts of Lead Clinician of the Burns Unit, Chair of the London and South East Burns Network, Education Chair of the British Burns Association and National Executive BBA member. He is a Senior Clinical Lecturer and PhD supervisor at Imperial College School of Medicine and an external examiner for the MSc program at UCL. He is the current Chair of the Burns Special interest group at The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons and the former Education Chair of the British Burns Association.

Mr Leon-Villapalos was a fellow in Adult and Paediatric Burns and Adult and Paediatric Burns Intensive care at the Shriners Hospital for Burned Children in Galveston, Texas, USA. He specializes in all aspects of Plastic, Reconstructive and aesthetic Surgery. His main interest and subspecialty is Burns Surgery, the Plastic Surgery management of difficult and complex burns, scars, wounds and any conditions with extensive skin loss. He is a long-time user of Laser Technology for scar management and skin resurfacing.

He actively researches in wound healing, methods of early detection of infection in burn injuries and delivery of drugs via biomaterials into burn wounds.He teaches and publishes regularly on all aspects of Burns management and Burns reconstruction.

Mr Fateh Ahmad is a Consultant Plastic, Head and Neck and Craniofacial Surgeon at the renowned St. Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery. He completed his training in Mersey deanery, followed by fellowships in Birmingham, Australia and New York. His sub-speciality interests are in head and neck reconstruction and craniofacial surgery. He has a particular interest in virtual planning for craniomaxillary surgery and is an advocate for inter-disciplinary collaboration in complex reconstructions. He is a Hunterian Professor and the current president of the Plastic Surgery Section of the Royal Society of Medicine.