Elaine Sassoon

Elaine Sassoon was born in London and partly educated in Paris before going to
Harvard University, USA.  She returned to England to undertake her medical
studies at University College Hospital, London.   She continued her general surgical
training at a number of teaching hospitals in the south of England and became a
fellow of both the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College
of Surgeons of England in 1989. 

She started her plastic surgery training in Oxford in 1989 and rotated through teaching
hospitals in London, Birmingham, Cambridge and Norwich.  She passed the
Plastic Surgery Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1998 and became
accredited in Plastic Surgery the same year. 

She has spent overseas attachments in South Africa; France; Bosnia; Taiwan (perforator flap microsurgery); New Orleans, USA (perforator flap microsurgery) as well as overseas fellowships in Ljubljana, Slovenia (microsurgery) and Atlanta, USA (oculoplastic and aesthetic surgery). 

She has run several regional, national and international courses in Plastic Surgery. 

She has been awarded numerous prizes both nationally and internationally.

She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, a member of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons, and a Corresponding Member of the Aesthetic Society (USA). She is also Chairman of the Breast Subcommittee of the British Association of Plastic Surgeons. In 2004 Miss Sassoon was declared the BAPS representative on the BAPS / BASO Interface Group which decides breast cancer management policies. 

Her interests include all aspects of aesthetic surgery, and reconstructive surgery of the face and breast.

Her current NHS positions are:

• Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust
• Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Cromer Hospital
• Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, QEH, King’s Lynn
• Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Ipswich Hospital

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