The Careful Surgeon by Shehan Hettiaratchy
Stories of care, crisis and compassion from a trauma surgeon.
Shehan Hettiaratchy is one of the UK's leading surgeons, Major Trauma Director of one of the busiest trauma centres in London, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Professor of Practice at Imperial College and National Advisor to the NHS on Armed Forces healthcare. He led the team treating victims of the Grenfell fire and the Westminster Bridge attack (as documented by BBC's Hospital), among other tragic events that have occurred in recent years. He has been named as a Daily Mail Health Hero of the Year and included as part of The Times Alternative Rich List. He has served in the British Army since he left school as a regular and reservist, serving mainly with Airborne Forces, and was deployed to Afghanistan twice. He has worked in war zones (Abkhazia, Georgia, Chechnya, Kosovo) and disaster areas (the Haiti earthquake) with various UK NGOs. Since 2022 he has worked with UK-Med on surgical missions to Ukraine and Gaza. He was awarded an OBE in 2025 for his humanitarian work.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781529350654 |
| ISBN 10 | 1529350654 |
| Title | The Careful Surgeon |
| Author | Shehan Hettiaratchy |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2025-06-26 |
| Number of pages | 304 |
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