Mr Shaheel Chummun

Mr Shaheel Chummun has been a cleft and plastic surgery consultant with the South West Cleft Service at University Hospitals Bristol since 2017, and sees private patients in Bristol, Bath and Gloucester. He graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2001, trained in plastic surgery, then in craniofacial surgery at the Australian Craniofacial Unit in Adelaide and in cleft lip and palate surgery at Guy's and St Thomas'. He earned a master's in craniofacial surgery from Macquarie University in Sydney, with a prize for his thesis on patient safety, and completed two aesthetic fellowships, at The London Clinic and the Cadogan Clinic. In the NHS he performs complex cleft rhinoplasty; privately he treats the face, nose, breast and body.

MBBS, Medical School, University of Newcastle upon Tyne (2001)
plastic surgery trainee from 2006, registrar 2008, specialist registrar 2010
craniofacial fellowship, Australian Craniofacial Unit, Adelaide (2014)
cleft lip and palate training, Guy's and St Thomas' (2016)
Master's in advanced surgery (craniofacial), Macquarie University Sydney (Ethics Prize)
aesthetic fellowships at The London Clinic and the Cadogan Clinic (BAAPS / ScarFree Foundation aesthetic fellow)
Certification: MRCS; FRCS(Plast) 2014; MASurg (Cranio)