Vivien Lees

Consultant Plastic Surgeon Professor Vivien Lees was elected to College Council in 2014. She is a Professor of Plastic Surgery at Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester where she is a specialty lead and has clinical interests in hand surgery including wrist, rheumatoid, and children’s hand disorders. Her principal scientific interests are in functional anatomy of the distal radioulnar joint and forearm biomechanics. She gave the Hunterian Oration at the College in 2010 on this work. She is the past editor of the European Journal of Hand Surgery. Professor Lees was an undergraduate in Oxford and undertook clinical studies in Cambridge qualifying in 1985. She underwent plastic surgery training in Billericay and Leeds/Bradford before undertaking an overseas fellowship in Louisville, Kentucky. Having previously served as Chair of the SAC Plastic Surgery, Professor Lees has been an active member of the Councils of BAPRAS, BSSH, and BAAPS. She has also acted as an examiner for the Intercollegiate Specialty Examination in Plastic Surgery. Professor Lees is President British Society for Surgery of the Hand for 2014/15. She has particular interests in the development of educational programs and led the development of the Postgraduate Diploma in Hand Surgery and the rewriting and reconfiguration of the Plastic Surgery Curriculum in its current modular format. Duties on College Council include the Academic & Research Committee, Patient Safety Committee and International Committee. She is particularly concerned with issues of access to surgical careers in the UK in the face of rising costs of training. Recreations include hill walking, PPL, history, and pottery.