Mr Matt Ives Consultant plastic reconstructive and plastic surgeon
- Patient age group
- Adults and children
- Consultant registered on
- 31/07/2006
- Primary medical qualifications
- BSc MBBS FRCS(plast)
- Gender
- Male
- Services
- Hospitals
Contact
- Phone
- 020 3312 1033
Background
Mr Matt Ives studied medicine at Guy’s, King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine in London. Following foundation training on the south coast of England and in central London, he undertook his basic surgical training in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, where he worked at renowned plastic surgery centre Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. He then completed his higher plastic surgery training in the pan-Thames rotation, including posts at the world-renowned St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns in Chelmsford, Guy’s and St Thomas’s hospitals and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.
Mr Ives completed a fellowship in hand trauma at St Andrew’s Centre. He also completed the extremity reconstruction fellowship at Imperial College Healthcare, based in the major trauma centre at St Mary’s Hospital.
He passed the FRCS(plast) in 2015 and entered the GMC register for plastic surgery in 2017.
He was appointed as a consultant at St Mary’s in 2017 and has been responsible for the implementation of the hand trauma service at the hospital, alongside his other clinical work.
Mr Ives’ clinical interests include both elective hand and hand trauma surgery, lower limb soft tissue reconstruction in the context of open fractures and also isolated soft tissue reconstruction, including microsurgical reconstruction. He is also interested in the management of both acute and chronic wounds including burns. He is experienced in skin surgery for both benign and malignant lesion and is very experienced in the skills of scar revision.
Outside of clinical practice Mr Ives leads the teaching programme for the plastic surgery pan-Thames registrar training and holds a diploma in postgraduate clinical education.
Expertise
Hand therapy, carpal tunnel, cubital tunnel, thumb base arthritis/trapeziectomy, Dupuytren's disease, ganglions, hand trauma, lower limb trauma, skin lesions, skin cancer
Research & publications
Research in free flap surgery for limb reconstruction, including the introduction of the medial sure artery flap. Using new forms of imaging and augmented reality to improve the flap selection and ease of surgery.