Mr Fortune Iwuagwu

Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgeon in Chelmsford, London, Essex & Buckhurst Hill

MBBS MSc FRCS

GMC: 4058629

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Mr Fortune Iwuagwu is an extremely experienced and well-regarded consultant plastic, reconstructive, and hand surgeon who practises at a host of different locations in London and Essex. His main areas of expertise include breast reduction surgery, abdominoplasty, gynaecomastia, liposuction, hand injuries, hand nerve repair surgery, and scars.

Mr Iwuagwu is also a consultant in one of the largest plastic surgery NHS units in Europe (St Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery, Broomfield Chelmsford) where he currently performs complex microsurgical reconstruction of the hands and lower limbs for both trauma and elective pathologies. He also specialises in skin cancer, skin moles, trigger finger, carpal tunnel syndrome, lipoma, dupuytren’s disease and tuberous breast correction.

Mr Iwuagwu is the lead reconstructive plastic surgeon at Whipps Cross University Hospital, London, where he has developed the breast reconstruction service following mastectomy for cancer. Not only that, but he also helped establish a plastic surgery hand clinic at Whipps Cross University Hospital.

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Credentials

GMC: ‍4058629

Professional experience

• More than 35 years of experience
• Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgeon, Springfield Hospital (present)
• Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgeon, Broomfield Hospital (present)
• Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgeon, Spire London East Hospital (present)
• Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgeon, Nuffield Health Brentwood Hospital (present)
• Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive, and Hand Surgeon, The Holly Private Hospital (present)

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Sub-specialties

• Lipoma
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Tendon injuries
• Tuberous breast correction
• Skin moles
• Skin cancer
• Foot syndactyly correction
• Trigger finger
• Dupuytren's disease
• Ganglion
• Scars

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Positions in public associations

• Lead, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery, Whipps Cross University Hospital (present)
• Director/Convenor, Core Skills Course in Hand Surgery (2007 - 2014)
• Board of Examiners, FRCS (Plast) Intercollegiate Exam.(2010 - 2015)
• Convenor, FRCS (Plast) Exam for United Kingdom and Ireland (2011)
• Faculty Member, Instructional Course Series in Hand surgery (2014 - 2017)
• Convenor, FRCS Plastic Surgery Revision course (2010 -2022)
• Board of Examiners, Diploma in Hand surgery examination.(2015 - present)
• Board Member, BSSH Overseas Committee (2021 - present)
• Board Member, BSSH Council (present)
• Panel of Reviewers (present)

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Teaching posts

• Tutor, BSSH Hand diploma (2016 - present)

Education

• FRCS, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (1993)
• FRCS, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (1993)
• MSc, University College London (1996)

• FRCS Plast, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh (2000)

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Publications and conferences

• You can see Mr Iwuagwu's publications on ResearchGate.

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Professional membership

• British Medical Association
• British Society for Surgery of the Hand
• British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons

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Languages spoken

English
Igbo