Mr Guy Thorburn

Professional statement

Mr Guy Thorburn is an esteemed consultant plastic surgeon based in Oxford who specialises in all aspects of paediatric plastic surgery, performing facial reconstruction, ear correction surgery and septorhinoplasty procedures. With over 25 years of plastic surgery experience, Mr Thorburn also offers treatment for vascular anomalies, haemangiomas and hypospadias. He currently sees private patients at The New Foscote Hospital and at Nuffield Health The Manor Hospital, Oxford, while his NHS base is at Oxford University Hospitals.

Mr Thorburn qualified from the University of Nottingham in 1997. He completed his initial surgical training in the Midlands and the North-West before relocating to London, where he undertook specialist training in plastic surgery. Mr Thorburn accomplished his paediatric plastic surgery training at the renowned Great Ormond Street Hospital and at St Andrew's Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery, practising as a substantive consultant plastic surgeon as well. He was later awarded two prestigious fellowships: the National Interface Training Fellowship in Cleft Lip and Palate at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and an Aesthetic Fellowship at The London Clinic.

Beyond his clinical practice, Mr Thorburn has a demonstrated interest in medical ethics and law. He has an MA from the University of Manchester and is, at present, a member of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust Clinical Ethics Advisory Group. Previously, Mr Thorburn had served as a member of the Great Ormond Street Hospital Clinical Ethics Committee. He had been part of the GMC's Fitness to Practise panels for a decade, from 2003 to 2013.

Mr Thorburn, who is on the GMC’s specialist register for plastic surgery, is also a member of a number of professional organisations, including the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the Institute of Medical Ethics. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.