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Mr Farrokh Pakzad
General Surgeon
Guildford, GU1 3LX
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24 years of experience
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24 years of experience
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17 Apr 2024
Extremely kind and caring Consultant. A fantastic Clinician and a highly skilled Surgeon. We have...
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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
Subspecialties
- Breast Surgery
All conditions and treatments
- Armpit Lump
- Benign Breast Disease
- Breast Asymmetry
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Lump
- Ductal Carcinoma In Situ (DCIS)
- Gynaecomastia
- Mastalgia (Breast Pain)
- Mastitis
- Basal Cell Carcinoma
- Abscess Incision and Drainage
- Acellular Dermal Matrix
- Axillary Clearance
- Breast Augmentation (Enlargement)
- Breast Consultation
- Breast Genetics
- Breast Implant Exchange
- Breast Implant Removal
- Breast Implants
- Breast Lump Excision
Registered with
General Medical Council
No. 4634090
Qualifications
- BSc (Hons) in Tumour Biology 1995 University College London
- MMBS 1999 Bart's and the London Schoold of Medicine and Dntistry
- FRCS (Gen Surg) 2009 Royal College of Surgeon of England
- Doctorate of Medicine (M.D.) 2009 University College London
- Post-Certification JSCT TIG National Oncoplastic Fellowship 2010 Portsmouth
languages spoken
- English
- Persian
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Extremely kind and caring Consultant. A fantastic Clinician and a highly skilled Surgeon. We have managed a number of patients together and I would recommend him unreservedly.
17 Apr 2024Dr. Jonathan Slater
Dermatologyvery helpful and responsive. great opinion and amazing surgeon.
11 Mar 2024Dr Ghanem Aldik
Pulmonology (Respiratory Medicine)Farrokh is an highly skilled and knowledgable colleague who gets the best results for his patients. We regularly share mutual patients and he comes highly recommended. Patients value his excellent clinical care and approachable demeanour.
03 Mar 2024Mr Adam Blackburn
Plastic SurgeryMr Pakzad is a leader in breast and skin oncoplastic surgery. Patient feedback has consistently been excellent . I would recommend him unreservedly.
27 Jan 2024Professor Aftab Ala
Gastroenterology