Professor David Dunaway CBE

Plastic and Craniofacial Surgeon, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Biography

Professor David Dunaway CBE is a leading UK plastic and craniofacial surgeon and Professor of Craniofacial Surgery at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. He is a member of the Craniofacial Team at Great Ormond Street Hospital and is also participates in the adult craniofacial service at University College London Hospital and the Eastman Dental Hospital.

Professor Dunaway graduated from the University of Manchester in 1989 and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1992. He completed higher surgical training across the UK and at the Australian Craniofacial Unit in

Adelaide. He is also a qualified dentist and Fellow Dental Surgeon of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Internationally recognised as a pioneer in craniofacial distraction and the management of craniosynostosis, he has helped establish innovative surgical techniques across Europe and regularly lectures worldwide. His clinical interests include complex facial deformity, the management of craniosynostosis, and the separation of craniopagus twins.

His research focuses on craniofacial morphometrics, congenital facial anomalies, and advanced technologies including 3D surgical planning and patient-specific device design. He led the development of LSFM, the world’s largest facial statistical model, and was awarded a Hunterian Professorship by the Royal College of Surgeons for his contributions to surgical research.

Professor Dunaway has held numerous leadership roles, including past President of the Plastic Surgery Section of the Royal Society of Medicine and Secretary General of the European Society of Craniofacial Surgeons. 

In 2016, he was awarded a CBE for services to facial surgery.

Presentation

Neonatal craniofacial abnormalities

Monday 23 November 15.00