Paul Smith

Paul Smith is a highly skilled consultant who offers expert treatment and advice in the areas of Hand Surgery, Reconstructive Plastic Surgery including skin cancer management, and cosmetic surgery. He is one of the most experienced Congenital Hand Surgeons in the World and is a member of the Congenital Hand Anomaly Study Group of which there are only 30 members worldwide.

As a leading practitioner with over twenty five years’ experience in the field, patients can be confident that they will receive the very highest standard of care and the best advice. He has both the expertise to reassure and a reputation to be trusted, helping patients make informed and positive decisions about their healthcare.

His team adopts a comprehensive approach, prioritising clinical excellence throughout the process - from offering sound and sympathetic advice before a procedure, right through to a commitment to effective aftercare. Valuable links with external healthcare professionals, such as hand therapists and physiotherapists, clinical nurse specialists, ensure all patients receive comprehensive and effective care.

Paul Smith trained in Glasgow, London and the United States at some of the premier training centres in the world.

He has been a consultant in practice for over thirty eight years. In that time, he has founded the Congenital Hand Surgery Centre at The Great Ormond Street Hospital, now one of the largest services in the world, and was instrumental in founding RAFT (the Reconstruction of Appearance and Function Trust) – a postgraduate institution funding research into plastic surgery. Paul was also responsible for founding the Hand Therapy Service at the Wellington Hospital, which has now become the London Hand and Wrist Unit. He has been awarded several prestigious prizes both at home and abroad, including the Pulvertaft prize for hand surgery, awarded by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. He also was awarded first prize in the Resident Competition by the American Association for Hand Surgery.

Moreover, he has published in excess of sixty nine papers in peer reviewed journals, eighteen chapters in textbooks and is the joint author of Principles of Hand Surgery and was chosen as Editor and Co-Author of Lister’s The Hand. His reputation and expertise are highly respected such that he has been invited as a visiting professor to esteemed institutions worldwide and has been the guest lecturer or invited speaker to the National Hand Societies of Canada, South Africa, Australia and the United States.

His Plastic Surgical training involved a research association with Canniesburn Hospital and clinical training in Edinburgh, London and the United States. He was Clinical Instructor in Plastic Surgery at Duke University Medical Centre, widely regarded as the premier training centre in the United States. Paul was exposed to the full spectrum of Plastic Surgery including Cosmetic Surgery under the tutelage of Professor Nicholas Georgiade, past President of the International Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery.