Mr Alex Woollard

Mr Alex Woollard is a consultant plastic surgeon at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in Stanmore and Great Ormond Street Hospital. His interests include all aspects of aesthetic surgery and he has a sub-specialist focus in facial palsy, complex soft tissue and bony reconstruction, amputee osseointegration (OI) and Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR). He is a founding partner in Relimb™.

After leaving St Paul’s School he studied medicine at Southampton University graduating in 2002. He has also received a BSc in History of Medicine from the Welcome Institute and University College London. He returned to London for his basic surgical training gaining membership of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2005. He became a Fellow in 2015 and entered the Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery the following year. He then undertook a microsurgical fellowship at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.

Mr Woollard has extensive experience in clinical research. He conducted his PhD research in nerve regeneration under Professor JW Lichtman in the Centre for Brain Science at Harvard University. His PhD from UCL was awarded in 2017. He has been recognised with a Research Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons in 2011 and from the MRC in 2003. He has received multiple awards including the Patton-Masser award from BAPRAS and the Stephan and Anna Galeski fellowship from the RCS, as well as grants from the Anton Jurgens and Roan Trusts. He continues to have an active role in research focused on nerve and muscle regeneration (TMR) and presents his work at both a national and international level.

Mr Woollard is a member of the British Association of Plastic and Reconstructive (BAPRAS) and the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS). He was the chair of the Cosmetic Practice Standards Authority (CPSA) and a trustee of the Joint Council for Cosmetic Practice (JCCP). He is a specialist advisor for both the MHRA and NICE.

Website: relimb.org

Mr Woollard and his team offer the following services through Relimb™

• Amputee reconstruction - including stump refashioning and scar revision.
• Originators of the ‘fascial sock’ technique for stabilisation of the soft tissue sin amputations.
• Osseointegration (Upper and Lower limb).
• Osseointegration (after craniofacial injury or loss) for fixation of a prosthetic eye/nose/ear.
• Bone anchored hearing aids.
• Surgical treatment for Neuroma and Phantom Limb Pain.
• Targeted Muscle Reinnervation (TMR).
• Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface (RPNI).
• Complex surgical reconstruction (bone, soft-tissue and nerve) of the upper and lower limbs.
• Soft-tissue reconstruction (any – including external genitalia, breast, abdominal wall, perineum).
• Management of complex hand problems (e.g. after combined injury to bone, tendon, nerve, soft-tissue).
• Cranioplasties following head injuries to restore the skull's integrity and protect the brain, as well as improve aesthetics.
• Perineal reconstruction procedures including those for buried penis, hypospadias, and abdominoperineal resections.
• Surgical treatment of brachial plexus injury.
• Surgical treatment of facial nerve injury.
• Scar management.
• Clinical Psychology.