Mr Andrew Yelland
MB BS, FRCSEd, MS, FRCS
In this Article
Mr Yelland qualified MB BS from St George's Hospital, London in 1986 and subsequently trained on the South-West Thames rotation. During this time, Mr Yelland gained experience on prestigious breast reconstructive units including St George's Hospital (London), The Royal Surrey County Hospital (Guildford) and Royal Marsden Hospitals (London & Sutton).
Mr Yelland became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 1991 and also became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2001.
Between 1990 and 1991 he undertook a period of scientific research at St George's Hospital Medical School and Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, investigating the role of growth factors in breast cancer. The work lead to the award of a Master of Surgery degree from the University of London.
Mr Yelland spent another period of specialist study at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta, USA in 1996. The Plastic and Reconstructive Unit in Atlanta pioneered breast reconstructive techniques in the 1980s and more recently endoscopic plastic surgical techniques.
Returning to England in 1996 Mr Yelland completed his studies and was appointed as a Consultant in Breast Onco-Plastic Surgery at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.
Present Appointment
Mr Yelland is a Lead Consultant in Breast Surgery, Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust, with a special interest in cosmetic and related onco-plastic preocedures.
Hospitals
Mr Yelland consults and operates at the Nuffield Hospitals, Brighton and Haywards Heath and and BUPA Hospital, Gatwick Park.
Nuffield Hospital, Brighton has 56 private bedrooms with en suite facilities, 3 state of the art operating theatres and 10 consulting rooms. It also has a 24 hour resident medical cover.
Nuffield Hospital, Haywards Heath has 42 private bedrooms with en suite facilities, 2 operating theatres, 8 consulting rooms and 24 hour resident medical cover
BUPA Gatwick Park Hospital is located on the Surrey/Sussex border close to Crawley, with good access to London. It has 64 private en suite bedrooms, 3 operating theatres and 9 consulting rooms and also has 24 hour resident medical cover.
All three hospitals are of course fully registered with the Healthcare commission.
Mr Yelland lives locally and over the last 10 years has developed expert teams for cosmetic surgery in both the out-patient and operating suites.
Qualifications
| MB BS | 1986 | University of London (St. George's Hospital) |
| Primary FRCS | 1988 | Royal College of Surgeons, Glasgow |
| Final FRCS | 1993 | Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh |
| MS | 1994 | University of London |
| FRCS | 2001 | Royal College of Surgeons, England (ad eundem) |
Membership of Medical Societies
- American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- American Society of Liposuction Surgery
- European Academy of Cosmetic Surgery
- European Society of Surgical Oncology
- British Medical Association
- Hospital Consultants & Specialists Association
- Brighton & Sussex Medico-Chirurgical Society
- British Association of Surgical Oncology
- British Association of Sclerotherapists
- Association of Breast Surgeons
- Royal Society of Medicine (Plastic surgery, Surgery, Oncology)
Professional Development
- Advanced Course in Breast Reconstruction
- Management of Breast Disease Course
- Fundamental Techniques in Breast Reconstruction
- State of the Art Surgery for Breast Specialists
- Breast Augmentation Workshop
- International Masterclass in Cosmetic Breast Surgery
- Liposuction Course
- Millennium Masterclass in Breast Reconstruction
- Surgical Workshop in Breast Reduction
- Botox Study Workshop
- Masters Meeting (Cosmetic Surgery)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (Annual Meeting)
- Interprofessional Masterclass for Breast Reconstruction
- Global Breast Cancer Summit
- Masterclass - Current Trends in Breast Reconstruction
- Aesthetic Surgery of the breast & trunk
- What's new in oncoplastic breast surgery
- Sentinel Node Biopsy Training Course
- Advanced Plastic Surgery of the Breast
- Aesthetic Surgery of the Breast: Safe Surgical Approach
- British Association of Sclerotherapy
Sample Publications of Cosmetic Surgery
Radiotherapy & Tamoxifen in Women with Completely Excised DCIS
Lancet 2003; 362:1154
The Use of Neo-Adjuvant CMF Chemotherapy to Avoid Mastectomy
European Journal of Surgical Oncology 1999:25; 50-53
The use of the latissimus dorsi musculocutaneous flap for immediate correction of the deformity resulting from breast conservation therapy
British Journal of Plastic Surgery 1999; 52:420-421
Initial experience of intramammary prostheses in breast conserving surgery
European Journal of Surgical Oncology 1999; 25:638
Conservative Management of Fibroadenoma of the Breast
British Journal of Surgery, 1996; 83:1653
Acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors in human breast tissue
European Journal of Cancer 1994; 30A(4):496-503
Bilateral Breast Carcinoma
European Journal of Surgical Oncology 1993; 19: 259-264
Diagnosing Breast Carcinoma in Young Women
British Medical Journal 1991; 302: 618-620
Forward - Mastalgia
Targeted Therapeutic News: No 49, December 1999
Breast Reconstruction
Sussex Life Magazine, February 1997
Breast Care - Consultation, Diagnosis & Treatment
Brighton & Hove Life, June 2000
Management of localised ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) by breast conserving surgery without adjuvant therapy
Poster 40, BASO Annual Conference, November 2004
Core Biopsy: Predictive value in postoperative chest wall radiotherapy & selection for implant based immediate breast reconstruction
Poster 17, BASO Annual Conference, London 2002
Specimen-Orientated X-Rays in the Assessment of Resection Margin in Conservative Surgery of Palpable Invasive Breast Cancer
Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference, September 2001
Mastectomy for Ductal Carcinoma In Situ: Is Synchronous Axillary node sampling Appropriate?
Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference, September 1999
Atypical Ductal Hyperplasia detected by Core Biopsy - Correlation with subsequent Excisional Histology.
Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference, September 1999
Using Vascular Embolisation Coils As A Metal Marker Inserted Percutaneously Directly into Breast Cancers to identify Their Position Prior to Chemotherapy - Preliminary Report.
Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference, September 1999
Development and Implementation of a departmental database system - Implications for assessing and improving the management of breast cancer.
Nottingham International Breast Cancer Conference, September 1997
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