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Mr Dariush Nikkhah

BM, MSc(Dis), FRCS (Plast)

Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Mr Dariush Nikkhah is a fully accredited and Internationally renowned Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. He is a full member of British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), and holds a substantiative NHS Consultant post at the Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust. He specialises in cosmetic breast surgery, microsurgery and hand surgery.

Mr Nikkhah founded the London Microsurgery Group in 2021 which accepts referrals for complex microsurgical reconstructions after cancer and trauma. He is a leading international specialist in reconstructive microsurgery after cancer and trauma. His private practice is located in North London at St John and Elizabeth Hospital and The Royal Free Private Patients unit and HCA hospitals. Mr Nikkhah has a particular interest and is renowned for microsurgical breast reconstruction with the DIEP flap and TUG flap.

Mr Nikkhah received his undergraduate degree in Medicine at the University of Southampton. He completed his registrar training in London at The Royal Free, Barts, Great Ormond St Hospital for Children and Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. This was followed by a fellowship in Reconstructive Microsurgery at Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia.

Mr Nikkhah’s research interests include improving outcomes in reconstructive surgery for patients with cancers of the breast, and soft tissue reconstruction of the hand. He is an Associate Professor at University College London and has given national and international lectures on a broad range of topics related to plastic surgery. He has published more than 177 scientific journal articles. He has edited two textbooks on reconstructive surgery with Springer Nature and Thieme. He is on the editorial board for Microsurgery Journal.

Reconstructive before and after images: plasticreconsurg.co.uk/newpage, plasticreconsurg.co.uk/

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  • BUPA
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  • Cigna
  • Aviva
  • WPA
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Hospital Locations

Royal Free Hospital


Specialities

  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
  • Plastic Surgery


Memberships

  • Royal College of Surgeons
  • British Association of Plastic Reconstructive & Surgeons
  • The British Society for Surgery of the Hand
  • General Medical Council
  • The Royal Society of Medicine
  • PHIN (Private Healthcare Information Network) Access PHIN profile


Registration and licensing

GMC:6149896


Procedures offered


Cosmetic Surgery:

  • Abdominoplasty
  • Arm and thigh reduction
  • Breast augmentation
  • Breast reduction
  • Breast lift (mastopexy)
  • Fat grafting/lipofilling
  • Liposuction
  • Otoplasty
  • Scar revision
  • Tuberous breast correction
  • Upper lid Blepharoplasty
Breast reconstruction:
  • DIEP flap
  • Microsurgical breast reconstruction
  • TUG flap
Hand Surgery:
  • Arthritis in hand, fingers and thumb
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • Cubital tunnel syndrome
  • DeQuervains
  • Dupuytren's contracture
  • Ganglions
  • Hand injuries/trauma including fractures, dislocation, tendon and ligament injuries
  • Mallet finger
  • Nerve compressions
  • Tenosynovitis
  • Toe to hand transfer
  • Trigger finger and trigger thumb;
  • Wide Awake Hand Surgery
Lower limb reconstruction:
  • Free tissue transfer with ALT flap
Nasal reconstruction:
  • Complex nasal reconstruction with forehead flap or radial forearm flap
Skin Surgery:
  • BCC
  • Cysts
  • Dermatological surgery
  • Facial plastic surgery
  • Groin and Axillary Dissection
  • Lipoma
  • Melanoma
  • Reconstructive surgery
  • Scar revsion
  • SCC
  • Sentinel node biopsy
  • Skin cancer
  • Wounds

Clinical interests


  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Chest wall reconstruction
  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • Hand surgery
  • Reconstructive surgery

Research interests


  • Hand Surgery
  • Tendon surgery
  • Outcomes research in plastic surgery
  • Toe to hand transfer
  • Microvascular reconstruction of digits
  • Free flap Surgery
  • Replantation Surgery

Mr Dariush Nikkhah, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon is available to be seen for consultations at Royal Free Hospital