Philip Turton Consultant Surgeon

E P L Turton FRCSEd FRCS(genSURG) MD(Hons)
Consultant Breast Oncoplastic and Aesthetic Breast Surgeon

Background: Mr Turtons training career in Medicine and Surgery commenced in 1987. He studied at the Leeds University School of Medicine and qualified with 3 distinctions and 3 honours. After completing house officer training at St Jamess University Teaching Hospital he immediately went on to a full surgical training programme. He was awarded the Fellowship to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1996. He spent a two year period performing research and wrote a thesis which led to the award of a higher degree, MD(Hons), as Doctor of Medicine with a commendation. He spent a period in the United States in 1999 on a Traveling Fellowship and visited leading centers: Stanford University Medical Center, California ; University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado; Cleveland Clinic Foundation,Cleveland,Ohio.

Mr Turton completed the Specialist Higher Surgical Training throughout the major centers in Yorkshire and went on to super-specialise in Breast Surgery. He spent the final 2-years of training learning and developing advanced skills in Breast Reconstruction Surgery, Cosmetic Breast Surgery and Oncoplastic Breast Surgery. He underwent and passed the formal exit exam for Specialist General Surgery and for his Sub-specialty of Breast Surgery. He was appointed to a substantive Consultant Breast and Reconstructive Breast Surgeon post at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust in 2004. He has worked full time at the Leeds Teaching Hospital as a substantive consultant ever since, and also in private practice at the Leeds Nuffield and Leeds Spire Hospitals providing a full breast aesthetic and oncological service that is second to none. He receives referrals from all over the UK.