Matthew James MB ChB, FRCS(eng), FRCS (plastics) BAAPS BSSH

Matt James is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgeon at Guys and St Thomas’ NHS trust. He
specialise in hand wrist and upper limb reconstructive
surgery. He also provides a reconstructive service to
many NHS Hospitals in south London. Matt has
performed thousands of successful operations during
his surgical career. He has trained in many of the best
plastic surgical centres in the UK and Australia. 

During his career, Matt has attended has published
and presented at many international meetings on
plastic, reconstructive and hand surgery. He is
responsible for organising advanced hand and wrist
surgery training courses at the Royal College of
Surgeons. Matt works closely with a dedicated team
of anaesthetists, radiologists, nurses and rehabilitation
therapists, and is supported by an excellent
administrative team.

Career highlights:

• Became a Fellow of the Royal College of
  Surgeons in 1996
• Joined the GMC Specialist Register for
  Plastic Surgeons (No. 3593911) in 2004
• Secured highly sought after plastic surgery
  and hand training positions in London;
  Cambridge; Sydney, Australia; and The
  McIndoe Surgical Centre, East Grinstead
• Hand and Wrist Fellowship completed at
  The Sydney hand Unit 2004
• Appointed Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive
  Surgeon at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation
  Trust in 2005
• Full Member of the British Society for surgery
  of the Hand (BSSH)
• Member of the Medical Protection Society
  with full indemnity cover

Operations performed.

• The majority of the surgery I perform in the
  NHS is wrist pain and instability surgery as
  well as general hand surgery and upper limb
  reconstruction.
• Wrist Arthroscopy
• Scaphoid fracture reconstruction
• Wrist pain and instability surgery
• Tendon and Nerve - Repair, reconstruction
  and release (carpal tunnel)
• Tendon transfer surgery
• Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis joint
  replacement and fusions