Curriculum
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Mr Norman Waterhouse graduated from Birmingham
University Medical School in 1978. After four years of training
in general surgery he qualified as a Fellow of the Royal College
of Surgeons (FRCS) in 1982. His higher surgical training in Plastic
Surgery was carried out in Bristol and London as well as periods
spent at specialist centres in Bordeaux, Adelaide and Tokyo.
In 1988 he completed his accreditation and gained the Specialist
Fellowship in Plastic Surgery (FRCS Plas).
Following this specialist accreditation his
first appointment as Consultant in Plastic & Reconstructive
Surgery was to St Bartholomew's and The Royal London Hospitals.
He has since been appointed as Consultant to the Chelsea & Westminster
Hospital where he leads the specialist Craniofacial Unit treating
all forms of facial conditions. Facial surgery constitutes his
special interest in his NHS practice whilst in private practice
he undertakes all aspects of cosmetic surgery in addition to
reconstructive and Craniofacial surgery.
He has published over forty papers in the
medical literature and has an active research and teaching programme
in his NHS practice. He supervises undergraduate degree courses
in conjunction with Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine.
He lectures nationally and internationally and teaches techniques
of modern cosmetic surgery including endoscopic (keyhole) surgery,
on courses both in England and Europe. Since 1996 he has organised
the Annual Instructional Course in Cosmetic Surgery at the Wellington
Hospital. Overseas projects include lecturing and treating children
with facial conditions in Sri Lanka, Ghana, Saudi Arabia and
Qatar.
He is a full member of the British Association
of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS), the European Craniofacial Society,
the International Society of Craniofacial Surgery and the International
Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. He is the President of
the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS).
He is included in the specialist register established by the
GMC in 1995.
Member of Editorial Advisory Board of
British Journal of Plastic Surgery.
