Biography
Fortune Iwuagwu is a Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgeon at the St Andrew’s Centre for Plastic surgery and Burns, Broomfield hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, England (formerly also as a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at the Whipps Cross University Hospital, London) and has held this post for more than two decades.
Fortune trained in all aspects of plastic surgery in various internationally acclaimed units in the United Kingdom including doing the British Society for Surgery of the Hand fellowship. This was followed by a Hand and Microsurgery fellowship in the internationally renowned Christine Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, USA.
Fortune trained in all aspects of plastic surgery in various internationally acclaimed units in the United Kingdom including doing the British Society for Surgery of the Hand fellowship. This was followed by a Hand and Microsurgery fellowship in the internationally renowned Christine Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Louisville, USA.
He served as the Chairman /Convenor of the Core Skills in Hand Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, London. He was on the Intercollegiate Board of Examiners for the FRCS in Plastic Surgery, United Kingdom: and a faculty member of the advanced instructional courses in hand surgery.
He is currently a member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. He is also on the Global Partnership committee. This committee is actively involved in building links with low and middle income (LMIC) countries mostly in sub–Saharan Africa. He therefore has represented the BSSH UK in surgical meetings, organised teaching material as well as delivered lectures to plastic and orthopaedic surgeons in these countries.
He is currently a member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. He is also on the Global Partnership committee. This committee is actively involved in building links with low and middle income (LMIC) countries mostly in sub–Saharan Africa. He therefore has represented the BSSH UK in surgical meetings, organised teaching material as well as delivered lectures to plastic and orthopaedic surgeons in these countries.
Dr. Fortune Iwuagwu
Member of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand
AFRICAN AMBASSADORS BOARD MEMBER
AFRICAN AMBASSADORS BOARD MEMBER
He is personally interested in charity work and dissemination of knowledge / expertise to surgeons in less privileged environments. He is a regular invitee to medical facilities in Nigeria and Egypt where he has carried out charity work (free lecturing, outpatient clinic and surgery) for periods of 1 to 2 weeks.
His main interests are in microsurgical soft tissue and skeletal reconstruction of the upper and lower limbs, especially the hand. He has presented and published extensively in peer reviewed journals on various topics especially in hand reconstruction. He also lectures nationally and internationally in various aspects of reconstructive surgery.
His research interests include tendon healing, tensile strength after repair and deep microbiological flora of non-healing ulcers of the limbs.
His main interests are in microsurgical soft tissue and skeletal reconstruction of the upper and lower limbs, especially the hand. He has presented and published extensively in peer reviewed journals on various topics especially in hand reconstruction. He also lectures nationally and internationally in various aspects of reconstructive surgery.
His research interests include tendon healing, tensile strength after repair and deep microbiological flora of non-healing ulcers of the limbs.
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