Mr Chris Hoo

Consultants

Profile

Mr Hoo is a Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon working at the Belfast City Hospital in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. He completed training in Plastic Surgery before embarking on further training in breast surgery, which is his sub-speciality interest

Mr. Hoo's training in Plastic Surgery was undertaken in Northern Ireland with fellowships in Newcastle and Liverpool.

His special interest is primarily in Breast reconstruction following breast cancer or conditions people are born with (e.g. congenital conditions resulting in uneven sized/shaped breasts). Other areas he provides for include breast and body aesthetic surgery, treatment of skin lumps/cancers and non-surgical interventions.

His private practice rooms are with Kingsbridge Private Hospital.

Personal profile

Outside of medicine, he has a keen interest in teaching and medico-politics. Mr Hoo is active in pre-medical, undergraduate medicine and post-graduate / specialist training. He sits on various committees including those in the British Medical Association, standing up for and improving doctors’ working conditions.

Mr Chris Hoo is a proud supporter of Kingsbridge Foundation. Contributing monthly to aid charitable causes in Northern Ireland.

Qualifications

MB ChB Queens University Belfast - 2000

MD in Medicine Queens University of Belfast - 2008

Additional Training

Fellow in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle 2017

Fellow in Plastic Surgery

Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool 2018

Committee member of the Northern Ireland Council British Medical Association

2018 - Current

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

Fellowship Of RCPSG (Plast) Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow - 2016

Chair of Northern Ireland Junior Doctors Committee British Medical Association

2016-2018

PLASTA (Plastic Surgery Trainee Association) representative to Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT)

2013-2016

Publications

Radical excision of vulval disease and multidisciplinary tissue flap reconstruction: the belfast experience.

Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2012 Feb;22(2):323-7. (PMID: 22080881)

Changes in Surgical Training: more than just European Working Time Regulations and Modernising Medical Careers

Ann R Coll Surg Engl (Suppl) 2013; 95: 74-75

The Role of Screening Audiometry in the Management of Otitis Media with Effusion in Children with Cleft Palate in Northern Ireland

P. Eastwood, K.H. Hoo, C. Hill. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 2014 Jul; 51(4):400-5(PMID : 24588580)

Survey of Assessment and Management of VPI among Cleft Surgeons in the British Isles; Journal of Plastics, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

N. Hodgins, K.H. Hoo, P. McGee, C. Hill. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2015 Apr;68(4):485-91 (PMID: 25563974)

Credentialing in Surgical Specialities : Recommendations by the Association of Surgeons in Training; International Journal of Surgery

PJ McElnay, C McGoldrick, AJ Beamish, C Hoo, VJ Gokani, RL Harries. Int J. Surg. 2016 Nov; 36 Suppl 1:S10- S13 (PMID: 27664557)

Variation in the provision and practice of implant-based breast reconstruction in the UK : Results from the iBRA national practice questionnaire

iBra Steering Group, the Breast reconstruction Research Collaborative. The Breast 2017 Aug (PMID : 28768227)

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

Breast Enlargement with implants or fat (Augmentation)
Breast Reduction
Breast Uplift (Mastopexy)
Aesthetic Breast Surgery
‘Tummy tuck’ (Abdominoplasty)
Lipomodelling (includes liposuction and fat grafting/transfer)
Prominent Ear Surgery (Pinnaplasty)
Eyelid surgery (Blephroplasty)
Reconstructive Breast Surgery - Correction of Breast Asymmetry
Breast reconstruction with implants, adjustments to existing reconstruction, nipple reconstruction, correction of gynaecomastia (male breast enlargement)
Skin lesions - removal of lesions or moles, reconstruction with local tissue or skin grafts
Non-surgical Aesthetic - Anti-wrinkle injections, Filler injections, Thread lifts
Fat dissolving treatments
Hyperhidrosis - underarms and hands
Keloid scars
Split earlobe
Earbuddies
Steroid injections
Gynaecomastia