About Andrew Fleming

Andrew Fleming spent his early training years in both South Africa and Zimbabwe. After studying medicine at the
world-renowned University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, he worked as a General Surgeon in Zimbabwe
for eight years before returning to Cape Town, where he qualified further in General Surgery, Trauma Surgery and in Plastic
and Reconstructive Surgery. After completing an additional Fellowship in Hand Surgery, he was a Visiting Scientist

with the Departments of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at both Emory University in Atlanta and at Washington
State University in Seattle.

On his arrival in the UK in 1998, Mr Fleming super-specialised in Congenital Hand Surgery at Great Ormond Street Hospital and studied advanced adult hand surgery at The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital and at the Windsor Hand Clinic. At this time he was awarded a Pulvertaft Hand Fellowship by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand. He then went on to complete an Aesthetic (Cosmetic) Fellowship at the Wellington Hospital, London under the guidance of some of the country’s leading aesthetic surgery specialists.

In 2000 Mr Fleming was appointed as an NHS Consultant in Plastic Surgery at St. Georges Hospital, London where his
special interests are Child and Adult Hand Surgery and Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery. He is a Senior Lecturer in
Plastic Surgery at the St George’s Medical School and on faculty of the Windsor Hand and Upper Limb anatomy Course. During his career Mr Fleming has published and presented many academic papers.

Mr Fleming is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh(FRCS -Edin) and is a member of the following
Associations and Societies: The British Association of Plastic, Reconstructine and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS), The British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) - Council member, The College of Surgeons of South Africa and the Medical Protection Society.

Useful Links
British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons www.baaps.org.uk
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh www.rcsed.ac.uk
British Association of Plastic Surgeons www.bapras.co.uk
British Society for Surgery of the Hand www.bssh.ac.uk

Department of Health guidelines on aesthetic surgery www.dh.gov.uk/cosmeticsurgery