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MBChB, MRCS, FRCS(Plast)
Consultant Plastic Surgeon
Specialty: Plastic Surgery
Location: London
With a multilingual background, Monica was educated in a French Lycée then sent to boarding school at Roedean in Brighton. Initially interested in pursuing a career in art, a family member’s illness led her to Medicine, qualifying as a doctor from Bristol Medical School in 2002.
She taught anatomy at the University of Oxford and Guys Hospital in London, and trained in Orthopaedic Surgery, General Surgery, Intensive Care and Plastic Surgery before becoming a member of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2006.
Monica then undertook further specialist training in Plastic Surgery in various centers in the East of England, cementing this training with a year-long fellowship in Craniofacial Surgery in Paris, followed by a second fellowship in Microsurgery in Cambridge.
She furthered her experience with visits to various centers in Europe and the USA, both before and after completing her formal training in 2015, when she joined the GMC Specialist Register in Plastic Surgery.
In 2016 Monica was appointed as a NHS Consultant Plastic Surgeon , with a sub-specialty interest in Head and Neck reconstruction and Facial Palsy reanimation at the NNUH- one of the largest volume Head and Neck Reconstructive Units in the UK. She now heads the Facial Palsy Service.
She was elected to represent the East of England as BAPRAS Council Member from 2017-2021, and was then appointed as the BAPRAS Communication Officer in 2021.
Facial Palsy reanimation
Head and neck reconstruction
Facial surgery (Facelift, Neck lift, blepharoplasty, lip lift)
Breast augmentation using fat transfer (non-implant based)
Body contouring
GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery
BAPRAS (British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
BAAPS (British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons)
International member of ASPS (American Association of Plastic Surgeons)