Haresh Devalia
Job title
Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon
Service
Surgery
Special interests and treatments
Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, reconstructive surgery; sentinel node biopsy, breast reduction, breast enlargement, nipple reconstruction, management of breast pain and benign lumps, risk management for patients at increased risk from genetic or familial factors; breast lipomodelling, fat grafting.
About
Mr Haresh Devalia leads the Kent Breast Cancer network (TSSG Chair) and previously led the multidisciplinary team at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust.
Mr Devalia is a fully-accredited breast and oncoplastic surgeon and is on the GMC Specialist Register.
He has published as first or senior author in journals on clinical management of breast cancer and techniques.
Mr Devalia was certified “Best student at National level in General Surgery” (August 1997) and was awarded a Gold Medal in the final examination for the Diploma of National Board, India.
He started his higher surgical training in Oxford Deanery and continued as a specialist registrar in the Southwest Thames surgical rotation in the London Deanery.
He trained at hospitals including St. Georges Hospital (London), Ashford & St. Peter’s Hospital (Chertsey), the Royal Surrey County Hospital (Guildford) and worked as a senior registrar in the oncoplastic breast unit at the Royal Marsden Hospital (Sutton).
After the completion of his training, he was appointed as a locum consultant breast and oncoplastic surgeon at the Royal Surrey County Hospital and the Royal Marsden Hospital before his substantive appointment at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust as a consultant breast and oncoplastic surgeon.
He takes special interest in training higher surgical trainees in teaching various oncoplastic procedures for breast conservation and avoiding mastectomy in selected patients with breast cancer.
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