About our service
Plastic surgery is a regional sub-specialty service based at University Hospital of North Durham. It serves the populations across Durham, Darlington, Gateshead, Sunderland, South Tyneside and Cumbria. Our team is a consultant led MDT workforce working in collaboration with the CDDFT Dermatology Service.
- Mr James Wokes – Clinical Lead
- Mrs Alison O‘Brien – General Manager
- Mrs Donna Colledge – Matron
Plastic Surgery Consultants:
- Mr Aswin Appukuttan
- Mr Haitham Khashaba
- Mr Jong Kim
- Mr James Wokes (Clinical Lead)
- Mr Omer Osmani
- Mr Paul Sugden
- Mr Richard Chalmers
- Mr Thomas Collin
Special interests of our consultants include:
- Plastic, facial and hand trauma services
- Skin Cancer and soft tissue tumours
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy and lymph node dissections
- Breast reconstruction after breast cancer and/or trauma
- Some breast surgery requires funding approval
- Penile rancer reconstruction (in collaboration with Sunderland Royal Hospital Urologists)
- Hand surgery
- General plastic and reconstructive surgery
- Hypospadias
- Hidradenitis suppurtiva
- Head and neck reconstructive surgery
How to access our services
Major in-patient procedures are carried out at the University Hospital of North Durham.
Day case procedures are carried out at University Hospital of North Durham, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Bishop Auckland Hospital, and Shotley Bridge Community Hospital.
Outpatient clinics are based at University Hospital of North Durham, Darlington Memorial Hospital, Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside Hospital, Sedgefield Community Hospital and Chester Le Street Community Hospital.