Safer Cosmetic Surgery - South East England

Dr Khandwala studied medicine at The Grant Medical College in Bombay after which he undertook a surgical residency for three years. He gained an MS in General Surgery, started training in plastic surgery in 1989 at the King Edward Memorial Hospital in Bombay he was awarded an MCh in Plastic Surgery. 

Dr Khandwala came to England (1993) and undertook further training in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton, Charing Cross Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery in Billericay and Chelmsford.  He proceeded to take on a Hand Fellowship at St James’s University Hospital in Leeds.  Following this fellowship he moved to Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield. His appointment as a Consultant in Plastic Surgery at The Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead took place in 2004.

Anita did her basic plastic surgical training in Bristol and East Grinstead. Following this, she undertook research in nerve regeneration at the Blond McIndoe Centre, East Grinstead for 2 years which culminated in a higher degree (MD) from the University of London. The Royal College of Surgeons of England recognised her original work in nerve grafting and awarded a Hunterian Professorship in May 1999. As a Specialist Registrar in Plastic Surgery on the Pan-Thames / London rotation, she worked in Plastic surgery centres in Chelmsford, Royal Free Hospital, Wexham Park Hospital, East Grinstead and Mount Vernon Hospital. Additional training in microsurgery allowed her to develop specialist skills in breast reconstruction. She also spent time at the Christine Kleinert Institute of Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, USA in 2004 followed by an Upper Limb Fellowship at the Wrightington Hospital, 2005. 

She is on the Specialist GMC register as an accredited Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. She is a member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic surgeons (BAPRAS), and British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH). She has been a Consultant at the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, East Grinstead since 2006 and has been the Oncoplastics Lead since 2009. She provides a plastic surgery service to East Kent and holds additional clinics in Ashford and Canterbury. She has a sub-speciality interest in breast surgery, body contouring and hand surgery.