Name of Hospital / Institute / Cancer Centre: Guy’s & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
Name of Unit: Breast Unit
Address: 3rd Floor, Tower Wing, Guy's Hospital.Great Maze Pond. London SE1 9RT. UK
Country: United Kingdom
Website: www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk
Name: Ashutosh Kothari
Position: Head of the Breast Unit
E-mail: ashutoshkothari@hotmail.com
Contact name: Mr Maulik Pancholi
Position: Administration
E-mail: breastsurgery@gstt.nhs.uk
Description of the training programme: Guy's & St. Thomas's NHS Foundation centre is one of the premier academic university hospitals and tertiary referral centre, in London. It has a comprehensive breast unit, recognised by the European cancer centres, with one of the highest immediate breast reconstruction rates in the U.K. The unit offers all levels of oncoplastic breast surgery and autologous breast reconstructions. It is involved in cutting edge research using several novel techniques to improve surgical outcomes. The unit runs weekly multi-disciplinary oncoplastic breast clinics and is home to the regional genetics centre where we conduct monthly multi-disciplinary Hereditary Breast Cancer clinics. We also treat over 100 screen-detected cases annually.
Position held by the fellow during the traineeship: A position between resident and consultant
The training consist of: Deanery Specialist Training for trainees wiching to pursue a carrer in breast surgery. Work place based assessments, case based discussion, direct observation of procedure skills, clinical examination skills assessment. Log book review and regular review of competence progression.
Legal requirements: GMC registration and licence to practice
Maximum number of fellows in the Unit: 1-2
Optimal duration of the fellowship: based on availability possibly for one to two years
Open to both national and international candidates
Ideal candidate: Senior trainees that have a good level of experience in breast surgery and a willingness to participate in audits and research with the aim to publish
The fellow will participate in:
Continuing medical education in the Unit: YES
Frequency: Twice a week
Participation to research activities in the hospital: YES
Accessible library: YES
Available accomodation: Hospital Accomodation depending on availability
Distance from the Institute/Center: Within walking distance
Public transport: YES
Internet facilities: YES
Financial support: YES
Amount of the financial support: A salary if successfully appointed through the trust selection system. Otherwise there is no support. We can however appoint the fellow to our salaried position provided they meetsthe required selction criterea like have the experince and a GMC license to practice.
Name: Breast Unit
Head of Department: Ashutosh Kothari
Number of Senior Consultants: 4
Number of Consultants: 5
Number of Residents: 4
Number of beds: 4
Number of wards: 1
Number of operation rooms: 4 days week
Number of operations per day: 5-6
Number of operations per year: 1000 approximately
Percentage of surgical oncology in the department per year: 90 %
Breast cancer operations per week: 15
BRESO programme director: Ashutosh Kothari