Congenital vascular malformations, the medical term for abnormal blood vessels at birth, occur in 1% of births. The impact on the patient can be significant, often requiring treatment to prevent the abnormality interfering with the normal blood flow around the body.
Professor Nigel Standfield has spent the past 20 years furthering our understanding and medical management of this specific type of birthmark. During his inaugural lecture he will chart his career to becoming a leading authority in congenital vascular malformations via an interest in surgical education and training.
Biography
Nigel Standfield graduated from King’s College Hospital Medical School in 1975 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1978. In 1990 he was appointed Consultant Vascular Surgeon at the Hammersmith Hospital and Royal Postgraduate Medical School, and the Royal Brompton Hospital. He has a very varied clinical vascular practice with a particular interest in congenital vascular malformations, for which he is recognised as an expert both nationally and internationally.
He has always had a major interest in postgraduate surgical education and training and has trained many current consultant surgeons in London. Through this interest he was appointed Associate Dean for Surgery in the London Deanery in 2005 and the first Head of the Postgraduate School of Surgery in London in 2008, posts that he still holds.
Since 2001 Nigel has been an Intercollegiate Examiner for General Surgery and is also the Chairman of the Intercollegiate Speciality Board in General Surgery.
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