Asit R Khandwala: Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Cosmetic Surgeon and Hand Surgeon, West Sussex

Mr Khandwala is a fully accredited specialist in plastic surgery and has been in the field since 1989.

Personal Statement: “I believe in giving the best to my patients before, during and after surgery. I enjoy my work and the relationship I have with my patients.”

He works for the NHS as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in East Grinstead. He is also an Honorary Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Darent Valley Hospital, Dartford and Horsham Hospital. He is on the Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery with the General Medical Council and is a full member of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetics Surgeons (BAPRAS), International Society of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS) and the British Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Brief Career History

Mr Asit Khandwala studied medicine at The Grant Medical College in Bombay after which he undertook a surgical residency for three years. He gained his MS in General Surgery and spent a year as a fellow in surgical oncology at The Tata Memorial Hospital in Bombay. He started his training in plastic surgery in 1989 at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Bombay. He was awarded a MCh in Plastic Surgery and was ranked first in this examination. He continued as a Clinical Lecturer after which he came to England.

He undertook further training in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, Charing Cross Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery in Billericay and Chelmsford. He proceeded to take on a Hand Fellowship at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds. Following this fellowship he moved to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield. He was then appointed Consultant in Plastic Surgery at The Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.

Medical qualifications 

• MBBS (Batchelor of Medicine & Batchelor of Surgery)

• MS General Surgery (Master of Surgery)

• MCh in Plastic Surgery

• FRCS(G) (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow)

• FRCS(Plast) Intercollegiate Speciality Examination in Plastic surgery 

NHS appointments

• Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon: Queen Victoria Hospital, Holtye Road, East Grinstead, Sussex RH19 3DZ

• Honorary Consultant in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Darent Valley Hospital, Darenth Wood Road, Dartford, Kent DA2 8DA

• Honorary Consultant in Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery: Horsham Hospital.

Cosmetic surgery

Plastic surgery   

• Breast augmentation for breast asymmetry

• Breast reduction

• Breast lift (mastopexy)

• Flap reconstruction

• Endoscopic brow-lift

• Male breast fat removal

• Liposuction

• Lower limb reconstruction

• Microsurgery

• Skin cancer removal and reconstruction

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Hand surgery

• Dupuytren’s fasciectomy

• Needle fasciotomy for dupuytrens

• Arthritis of the hand and joint replacements

• Rheumatoid arthritis of the hand

• Osteo-arthritis of the hand

• Fractures, dislocations and tendon injuries

• Microsurgery to reconstruct or to re-implant (re-attach) severed parts

• Bone grafts for bony defects

• Nerve reconstruction: nerve damage reconstructed by repair

• Nerve graft for tendon transfers.

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Skin cancer and reconstruction 

• Basal cell carcinoma

• Squamous cell carcinoma

• Melanoma

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Board of reviewers 

• European Journal of Hand Surgery

• Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

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Publications

• A Safer Method for Inking the Tattoo Needle for Pinnaplasty.O’Neill JK, Gnanajebamani A, Beach R, Khandwala AR (2006) Clinical Otolaryngology 31(6), 564-565.

• Arterialisation to Salvage a Failing First Metacarpal Artery Flap.Agarwal AK, Khandwala AR. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2006;59(11):1254-5 17046645

• Soft Tissue Simulator: helping trainees with fracture fixation. Hasham S, Khandwala AR, Southern SJ. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery: Volume 115(3) March 2005 P957

• The Skin Substitute Jacket – Innovations and Ideas. Hasham S, Akhtar A, Khandwala AR, Phipps AJ. Burns 31(2005), 248-250.

• The Flexor Digitorum Profundus ‘Demi-tendon’. A New Technique for Passage of the Flexor Profundus Tendon Through the A4 Pulley. Elliot D, Khandwala AR, Ragoowansi R. JHS (B) (2001), 26B:5: 422-426.

• Venous Augmentation of the Free TRAM flap- for Breast Reconstruction. Niranjan NS, Khandwala AR, Mackenzie DM. British Journal of Plastic Surgery (2001), 54:335-337.

• Comparison of Dynamic Extension Splintage and Controlled Active Mobilisation in Zone 5 and 6 Extensor Tendon Injuries. Khandwala AR, Webb J, Foster A, Harris S, Elliot D. JHS (B) (2000), 25B: 2, 140-146.

• Anomalies of the Flexor Digitorum Superficialis Muscle. Elliot D, Khandwala AR, Kulkarni M. JHS (B) (1999), 24B: 5, 570-574.

• Use of the Accufex Wedge TAG Bone Anchor in Hand Surgery. Khandwala AR, Khan IU, Elliot D. JHS (B) April 2004.

• Immediate Repair and Dynamic Splintage of the Extensor Pollicis Longus Tendon in Zones 1 - 4. Khandwala AR, Blair J, Foster A, Harris S, Elliot D. JHS (B) June 2004.

• Review of Iatrogenic Femoral Artery Injuries in Neonates and Children. Hobman J, Khandwala AR, Batchelor AG. British Journal of Plastic Surgery. April 2004.

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Audio visual presentations

• BSSH Audio Visual Prize 2003: Trapeziumectomy and Ligamentous Reconstruction. Instructional video. Knight SL, Watt D, Khandwala AR.

Invited speaker

• Newer Techniques in Tendon Surgery. Joint meeting of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and Spanish Hand Society, Vallodolid, Spain, April 2005.

• Rheumatoid Flexor Tendon Surgery. Advanced Skills Course in Hand Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in England, January 2005.  

• Fracture Fixation with K-Wires and Management of Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries of the Thumb. Core Skills Course in Hand Surgery, The Royal College of Surgeons of England, November 2004, 2005, 2006.

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GMC Number:                      4276517                      Check this doctor's GMC registration

Date of registration:            21 March 1996

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