Graeme Perks

Graeme Perks
FRCS FRACS
Graeme Perks FRCS FRACS
Born	Anthony Graeme Bowman Perks; October 1955
Nationality	British
Occupation	Physician
	Medical career
Profession	Plastic surgeon
Institutions	Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Sub-specialties	Reconstructive and microsurgery

Anthony Graeme Bowman Perks FRCS FRACS (born October 1955) is a British plastic surgeon, and the former president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS). He was specialist in microsurgical reconstruction after cancer surgery, and the former head of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Career

Perks qualified as a surgeon in England and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS). He later practised in Australia and became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS). In the 1990s he returned to the United Kingdom^[1] and became the head of the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Burns Surgery at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.^[2]

He is a specialist in microsurgical reconstruction after cancer surgery,^[3] In 2019, he called for greater evidence to be produced to establish the causes of what has been called breast implant illness (BII), saying of BII that it was in the patient's head and not in their breasts.^[4] He is the former president of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS).^[5]^[6]

He retired at the end of 2020.^[7]

Personal life

Perks lives with his wife and one of their four children in Halam Hill, Halam, Nottinghamshire.^[6]^[7]

Selected publications

"A Prospective Assessment of Shoulder Morbidity and Recovery Time Scales following Latissimus Dorsi Breast Reconstruction", Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Vol. 122, No. 5 (November 2008), pp. 1334-40. (Joint author) doi: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181881ffe
Pathways in Prosthetic Joint Infection. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2018. (Joint author) ISBN 978-0198791881
"In search of evidence-based plastic surgery: the problems faced by the specialty". British Journal of Plastic Surgery, Vol. 53, No. 5 (July 2000), pp. 427-433.

References

^ "Jonathan Peter Brooks: Doctor charged over plastic surgeon attack". 18 January 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
^ "Mr Graeme Perks | BAPRAS". 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ Whittaker, Anna; Bunn, Matthew (15 January 2021). "Shock in Halam as plastic surgeon, 65, fights for life after stabbing in home". NittonghamshireLive. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "'My breast implants made me feel like I was dying'". BBC News. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ "Mr A. Graeme B. Perks FRACS | East Midlands Sarcoma Service". www.eastmidlandssarcoma.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Halam stabbing: Surgeon Graeme Perks 'fighting for his life'". BBC News. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Williams, Tom (15 January 2021). "Surgeon fights for life after being 'stabbed by intruder' weeks after retiring". Metro. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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[1] "Jonathan Peter Brooks: Doctor charged over plastic surgeon attack". 18 January 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.

[2] "Mr Graeme Perks | BAPRAS". 30 January 2020. Archived from the original on 30 January 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[:1-3] Whittaker, Anna; Bunn, Matthew (15 January 2021). "Shock in Halam as plastic surgeon, 65, fights for life after stabbing in home". NittonghamshireLive. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[4] "'My breast implants made me feel like I was dying'". BBC News. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[5] "Mr A. Graeme B. Perks FRACS | East Midlands Sarcoma Service". www.eastmidlandssarcoma.org.uk. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[:0-6] "Halam stabbing: Surgeon Graeme Perks 'fighting for his life'". BBC News. 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

[:2-7] Williams, Tom (15 January 2021). "Surgeon fights for life after being 'stabbed by intruder' weeks after retiring". Metro. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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