Mr Peter Kalu
Qualifications
MBBS, BSC (Hons), FRCS (Plast)
GMC number: 4420567
Practising since: 1997
Specialties
Plastic Surgery
Consultation times
- All day Tuesdays
- Friday afternoons
- Overview
About
Mr Peter Kalu is a Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon at The Manor Hospital. He holds a substantive Consultant appointment at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust where he specialises in Breast Surgery and in particular microvascular breast reconstruction. He offers an extensive skin surgery service in addition to the management of skin tumours and is a member of the Oxford Specialist Skin Multi-disciplinary team.
Mr Kalu helps shape the careers of up-and-coming surgeons as the Plastic Surgery trainee lead for Oxford and has been elected by his peers as a Non-Regional Council member for the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS). He also leads in monitoring national microsurgical practice for the UK National Flap Registry (UKNFR).
As a graduate of Imperial College, London, Mr Kalu has worked in leading Plastic Surgery units in London, Yorkshire and Newcastle. He undertook a period of research at the Royal Free in London in Microsurgery and how outcomes could be improved after trauma. He completed his specialist surgical training in Newcastle and is on the GMC’s Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery. He was appointed as a Senior Microsurgery Fellow in Oxford before taking up an appointment as a Consultant.
Special interests
Breast reduction and augmentation, breast reconstruction after cancer, skin oncology.
Other interests
Breast reduction and augmentation, breast reconstruction after cancer, skin oncology.
Languages spoken
English
Treatments and tests offered by Mr Peter Kalu at Nuffield Health
- Mole removal
- Skin grafts for leg ulcers
- Breast uplift (mastopexy)
- Breast reconstruction
- Vulval lesion excision
- Skin assessment clinic
- Breast augmentation (enlargement)
- Facial surgery
- Blepharoplasty (Eyelid Reshaping)
- Breast lipomodelling
- Hand surgery
- Breast reduction
- Skin cancer surgery
- Labial reduction (labiaplasty)
- Lateral intercostal artery perforator (LICAP) Flap breast reconstruction
- Reconstructive surgery
- Capsulectomy
- Ear pinning cosmetic surgery (Pinnaplasty)
- Arm reduction (Brachioplasty)
- Post bariatric surgery (or body contouring)
- Thigh lift
- Breast oncology
- Excision of skin lesion
- Fat transfer
- Carpal tunnel release
- Gynaecomastia surgery (male breast reduction)
- Otoplasty (ear correction / ear repositioning)
- Liposuction
- Trauma Surgery
- Tummy tuck (Abdominoplasty)
Locations Mr Peter Kalu works with
Related experience
Research
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32113963/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16142791/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15645419/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33455868/
Memberships
- British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons
Other posts held
- Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Insurers Mr Peter Kalu works with
Mr Peter Kalu works with the following private medical insurance providers:
- Aviva Health
- AXA Health
- Cigna
- Vitality Health (Pru Health)
- Bupa
- Aetna
- WPA
- Allianz
Declaration
Mr Peter Kalu does not hold a share or financial interest in this hospital, another Nuffield Health hospital or the company.
Mr Peter Kalu does not have a share or financial interest in equipment used at this hospital or another Nuffield Health hospital.
Mr Peter Kalu does not hold any paid advisory role(s) at this hospital or on behalf of Nuffield Health.