Charles Nduka

Thank you for visiting my blog. As a plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgeon I have a very varied professional life. I work for the NHS at the world famous Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, as well as my private practice based in Sussex and London. Here you will find information about my working day, my work with the Facial Palsy Trust, the Breast Reconstruction For Life charitable fund, as well as my work with the Safer Cosmetic Surgery initiative.

Friday, 1 September 2006

3D Research wins Hackett prize

Researcher and trainee plastic surgeon Marlene See was awarded the Memorial Hackett prize by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) at their annual meeting in September. The work, supervised by consultant plastic surgeon Mr Charles Nduka, demonstrated for the first time the application of 3D imaging for objective evaluation of the changes in facial morphology in mother-daughter pairs.

Thursday, 6 July 2006

Can technology measure the aging process?

Research presented to the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) shows how technology can measure the aging process.

Thursday, 15 June 2006

Plastic Surgery: Living Portaiture?

Mr Charles Nduka gives a talk at the National Portraiture Gallery entitled 'Plastic Surgery: Living Portraiture?'

National Portrait Gallery will host a seminar on 3D and Installation Portraiture on Thursday 15 June 2006. This is the third in a series of challenging seminars on contemporary portraiture and its place in modern art at the gallery. The event is organised by Alla Tkachuk, artist-in-residence, Queen Mary, University of London, in conjunction with the National Portrait Gallery.

This seminar will bring together leading artists and critics. It offers a rare opportunity with such participants to present and discuss the representation of human form and identity in sculpture, sound, mechanical & maquette formats and in 3D modelling and animation.

The event will be chaired by Tim Teeman, visual arts editor, The Times. Other participants are Heidi Reitmaier, the Tate Gallery, Jim Thacker, editor of 3D World magazine, and Charles Nduka, a leading facial surgeon.

Friday, 3 March 2006

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons hold their first course on Photography and Photodocumentation

The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons will be holding their first course on Photography and Photodocumentation. The one-day course, to be held later this month, will offer advice on data-protection issues, and explore advances in digital imaging as well as teach surgeons how to improve the accuracy of their before-and-after photographs.'

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