Procedures or treatments carried out:
- Breast augmentation (enlargement)
- Breast uplift (mastopexy)
- Breast reduction for women and men (gynaecomastia surgery)
- Facelift (rhytidectomy)
- Brow / forehead lift
- Eye lid reshaping (blepharoplasty)
- Nose shaping (rhinoplasty, septorhinoplasty)
- Ear pinning cosmetic surgery (pinnaplasty)
- Neck lift
- Arm reduction (brachioplasty)
- Tummy tuck (abdominoplasty)
- Thigh lift
Experience:
Mr Ragbir was born in Trinidad and attended medical school at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. He began his surgical training in Trinidad and subsequently trained in multiple UK plastic surgery departments including Swansea, Exeter and Newcastle upon Tyne. He took up his current NHS consultant post in Newcastle Hospitals in 2006, following working as a consultant in the Caribbean.
The majority of his current NHS work is with head and neck reconstruction and sarcoma – bone and soft tissue cancers – excision and reconstruction, for which his work is internationally recognised. He is currently the lead clinician for the bone and soft tissue tumour service for the north of England, which sees patients referred with rare tumours from across the northern region. He’s also a regular examiner for the plastic surgery consultant examinations, leading national selection for plastic surgical training in the UK.
His private practice started in 2006 in plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
Qualifications:
- MBBS
- FRCS (Plast)
Relevant memberships:
- President of British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)
- British Association of Head and Neck Surgeons
- British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
- British Association of Head and Neck Oncologists (BAHNO)
- Chair of the Specialist Advisory Committee for UK plastic surgery
- Training programme director for plastic surgery in the north east
GMC number:
3645750
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