Mr Ian King

Mr Ian King is a fully-qualified UK-trained Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon. He has been awarded the Intercollegiate Fellowship in Plastic Surgery to the Royal College of Surgeons, is on the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery and is a full member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).

Ian holds degrees from both Oxford and Newcastle Universities. He completed his foundation programme and plastic surgery-themed core surgical training in hospitals throughout the northeast of England prior to taking up higher surgical training in plastic surgery in London and the southeast.

Ian was awarded the BAAPS/BAPRAS Aesthetic Fellowship which was based at the Cadogan Clinic, London. Ian has also completed two distinguished microsurgery fellowships at Queen Victoria Hospital (QVH), East Grinstead and at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London. In addition, he has completed further subspecialty fellowships in extremity trauma reconstruction at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, and in skin cancer surgery at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, where he trained in sentinel node biopsy, the surgical management of patients with melanoma and post-Mohs surgery complex reconstruction. These posts gave him excellent experience in cancer management, trauma and cancer reconstruction, aesthetic surgery and developing advanced microsurgical skills.

Ian is a full-time Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the QVH, where he is an active member of the Sussex specialist skin cancer multi-disciplinary team and is the clinical governance lead for plastic surgery. Additionally, he is an Honorary Consultant at University Hospitals Sussex where he works alongside a team of consultant colleagues to provide specialist reconstructive services focusing on lower limb trauma, cardiothoracic reconstruction and complex wound management.

Ian is well-known for his straightforward explanations, gentle manner and for putting patient care and wellbeing at the centre of his care. He will use his experience and surgical skills to get the very best result for each and every patient.