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Mr Matt Ives is an experienced consultant plastic surgeon based at St Mary's Hospital (The Lindo Wing) and St John and St Elizabeth Hospital.

He has expertise in the following areas:

• Elective hand surgery;
• Dupuytren's disease;
• hand trauma surgery;
• Lower limb reconstruction;
• open fracture management;
• pretibial injuries;
• peripheral nerve surgery;
• skin cancer surgery;
• benign lesion surgery;
• management of complex wounds;
• pelvic reconstruction;
• soft tissue reconstruction.

Additionally, he is interested in the management of acute and chronic wounds, including burns. He has expertise in skin surgery for benign and malignant lesions and is highly experienced in scar revision.

Mr Ives received his medical degree from Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, where he also undertook a bachelor's degree in immunobiology and pathology. He went on to complete basic surgical training followed by plastic surgery training at various institutes in London, including the renowned plastic surgery centre at East Grinstead. Has has worked hard to develop his professional skillset at every opportunity and also completed a hand surgery fellowship at St Andrews as well as a reconstruction fellowship at the major trauma centre at St. Mary's Hospital.

Following this, he was appointed as a consultant at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.