Mr Farrokh Pakzad

Mr Farrokh Pakzad is a Consultant General Surgeon, appointed as Consultant Oncoplastic Breast and Skin Cancer Surgeon working within an expert multidisciplinary team at Royal Surrey County Hospital, incorporating state of the art surgical and oncological treatment for both breast cancer and melanoma. Mr Pakzad is also currently the clinical lead for the regional specialist skin cancer multidisciplinary team, clinical lead of the department of breast and skin surgery unit and chair of the Alliance Cancer Network Specialist Skin Cancer Multidisciplinary Team. Mr Pakzad expertise in the management of all aspects of benign and malignant breast disease, oncoplastic breast conservation, immediate and delayed breast reconstruction and correction of breast asymmetry, with wide expertise in the use of Intraoperative Sentinel Node Analysis using both the Metasin and the OSNA systems.

His other area of clinical expertise is in male breast reduction surgery and the management of skin cancers, particularly and melanoma.

Mr Pakzad studied at Sherborne School, undertaking his medical degree at Barts and Royal London Medical School. He completed his higher surgical training in London and was selected onto the highly competitive National Oncoplastic Fellowship program. This background in both plastic and oncological surgery enables him to provide the most effective treatments for both breast and skin cancer, while preserving cosmetic and functional outcomes wherever possible.

Mr Pakzad has a wide and active academic interest in cancer biology, stemming back to his undergraduate training. He completed his post graduate M.D. thesis in molecular imaging of cancer and continues to be involved in both translational and clinical research.

Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments

• Excision Of Skin Lesion
• Video Consultation
• Acellular Dermal Matrix
• Breast Pain Management
• Breast Reconstruction
• Cosmetic Breast Surgery
• Mastectomy
• Oncoplastic Surgery
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
• Breast Surgery
• Breast Cancer
• Skin Cancer
• Melanoma