Ms Katherine George

Miss Katherine George is a Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon specialising in conditions of the face head and neck. On account of her clinical expertise, Miss George is one of the few surgeons in the UK trained in minimally invasive salivary gland surgery.

She qualified in both dentistry and medicine, achieving distinctions when she graduated from St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Hospital Medical School. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has won several awards and prizes for both academic and clinical excellence throughout her career.

Miss George is a core member of the multidisciplinary skin cancer team at Kings College Hospital and specialises in the surgical treatment of facial skin cancer as well as an Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor, which teaches fellow medical professionals about the current approach to the management of trauma patients.

Miss George was the first person in the world to use intracorporeal lithotripsy to break a salivary gland stone into small pieces, thus preventing the need for invasive surgery.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Facial aesthetics and reconstructive surgery
• Orthognathic surgery, inc. straigtening surgery to improve bite/relationship of the jaws
• Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
• Oral medicine - removal of lumps on lips, inside the mouth, diagnosis and management of oral ulceration, burning mouth syndrome and other oral conditions
• Facial plastic surgery and non-surgical facial rejuvenation, inc. fillers, botox, etc.
• Tongue Tie
• Management of facial skin lesions, including skin cancer

Primary Medical Qualification

MB BS 2004 University of London

Additional Qualifications

BSc University of London 1995

BDS University of London 1992

MFDS RCS Royal College of Surgeons of England 2000

MRCS Royal College of Surgeons of England 2006

FRCS (OMFS) Royal College of Surgeons of England 2011

Fellowship in Reconstructive Cosmetic Surgery JCST 2012