Mr Abid Rashid

Consultants

Profile

Mr Rashid is passionate about teaching and is a recognized trainer by the General Medical Council. He also participates regularly in training of plastic surgeons overseas.

Mr Rashid qualified in 1993 and following his extensive training in various plastic surgery units throughout Britain and Taiwan. He has held a number of hospital consultant posts since 2007 and also treats paediatric patients.

He has published tens of papers in peer reviewed medical journals and has also authored a chapter in a book on neurofibromatosis. He also has presented his work widely in national and international meetings.

Current NHS Posts

Consultant in Burns and Plastic Surgery
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, Belfast

Personal profile

Mr Rashid enjoys gardening and golfing.

Qualifications

FRCSI Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 1997

FRCS(plast) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland 2006

PGDipAesSurg Queen Mary University, London 2009

Fellowship in Aesthetic Surgery

The McIndoe Centre, East Grinstead, UK 2009

Fellowship in Advanced Microsurgery

China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan 2012

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (BAPRAS)

British Burn Association (BBA)

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS)

International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI)

UK Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons & Consortium of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Clinic Owners (UKAAPS/CAPSCO)

Pakistan Association of Plastic Surgeons (PAPS)

British Lymphology Society

Specialist Register Plastic Surgery, 2009

2007 - 2010

Selly Oak Hospital (University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust)

2010 - 2011

Whiston Hospital (St Helen's and Knowsley NHS Trust)

2012 - Present

Royal Victoria Hospital (The Belfast HSC Trust)

Treatment Areas

Treatments and areas of interest

Abdominal Procedures (abdominoplasty, apronectomy, liposuction)
Anti wrinkle treatment
Arm lift
Breast Enlargement (breast augmentation) Surgery
Breast Lift (mastopexy) Surgery
Breast Reduction
Breast Reduction (Male) – Gynaecomastia
Breast Surgery Procedures
Burns surgery (skin grafting)
Carpal tunnel release
Cosmetic Surgery
Cyst removal
Divarication of recti correction
Dupuytren’s contracture correction
Ear surgery (correction of prominent ears., earlobe reduction/repair)
Facial Procedures
Fat grafting
Gynaecomastia correction (male breast reduction)
Inverted nipple correction
Labiaplasty
Lipoma removal
Liposuction | lipomodelling
Mole and skin tag removal
Mummy makeover
Nipple reduction
Plastic Surgery
Pubic lift
Keloid scar management (scar/contracture release and reconstruction, fat grafting)
Skin cancer surgery (named referrals only)
Split earlobe repair
Sweating under the arm pits (non-surgical and surgical)
Tattoo removal (surgical)
Tummy Tuck
Thigh lift
ThermaVein® treatment of thread veins
Tumescent liposuction
Vaser® liposuction

Referral Requirements

Named referrals only for skin cancers
Self-funding patients only.
Does not do rhinoplasties, facelifts, gender re-assignment surgery, complications from elsewhere.
Does not do telephone consultations. Will do telephone reviews in selected cases but review fee will apply.

Fees