Awwad m Awwad, MB, BCh, MSc (Bioengineering), FRCS, FICS. Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Bupa Cromwell Hospital, London. I was trained in Plastic Surgery at Canniesburn Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland and at Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark. My research in Glasgow and Denmark was centred on Microsurgery and factors affecting blood flow in Free and Island skin flaps. I have always had a special interest in Skin reconstruction and complex wound management and healing.