Richard D. Price 

Mr Richard Price FRCS (Plast) is a Plastic and Cosmetic Surgeon working in Cambridge and Peterborough.

Mr Price works as a Consultant in both the NHS and privately, in both Cambridge and Peterborough, performing a full range of Reconstructive and Cosmetic Plastic Surgery procedures which vary from Face Lift Surgery to Breast Enlargement and Abdominoplasty. His particular area of interest is Facial Reconstruction and Aesthetics.

Mr Price is one of the latest Plastic Surgeons to be awarded the CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training) in Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. As such, he is formally trained in all aspects of Cosmetic Surgery and has passed the national Intercollegiate Examination in Plastic Surgery (including Cosmetic Surgery) run by the Joint Committee on Intercollegiate Examinations.

Qualifications

• MBBS (Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, London)

• MD (Doctorate of Medicine; Research at University of London)

• FRCS (Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons, England)

• FRCS(Plast) (National examination in Plastic Surgery)

• Certificate of Completion of Training in Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery

• Early Surgical Training

After Medical School, Mr Price began his surgical training in Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Buckinghamshire, and then moved to London for his general surgical training including Breast Surgery, Renal Transplantation, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Vascular Surgery and Accident & Emergency. He then commenced his Plastic Surgery training in Billericay, then Chelmsford before commencing a period of formal research.

During his time in research Mr Price worked on a material known as Hyaluronic Acid – used today in the dermal filler Restylane®. At the end of his period of research, Mr Price attained the qualification of Doctorate of Medicine from the University of London. Shortly thereafter he began his Registrar training in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in the North West region (Manchester & Preston).

During his Registrar training Mr Price attended 3 fellowships; with Professor Ian Taylor in Melbourne, Australia researching blood vessel anatomy, with Mssrs McGeorge, Whitby & Hancock, an aesthetic fellowship, and finally a year-long fellowship with Mr Jim Katsaros in Adelaide, Australia doing Head & Neck Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery and Facial Reconstruction.

Current Positions

Mr Price was appointed in October 2006 as a Consultant in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, a position he took up on 1st February 2007. As well as his Cosmetic Surgery interests his specialist interests in the NHS include Head & Neck Reconstruction and Facial Reconstruction.

Professional Organisations

• BAAPS (British Association of Aesthetic Surgeons)

• BAPRAS (British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons)

• IPRAS (The International Association of Plastic & Aesthetic Surgeons)

• BAHNO (British Association of Head & Neck Oncologists)

• UKAAPS (United Kingdom Association of Aesthetis Surgeons)

Consultation

Mr Price sonsults privately at Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, the Nuffield Cambridge Hospital, the Fitzwilliam Hospital Peterborough and, for non-surgical treatments only, Devonshire House Dental Practice.

During your consultation you will be able to ask all the questions you have and to gain an assessment of your concerns. Mr Price will give you his honest opinion of your best course of action, even if that means not recommending surgery.

Mr Price usually takes photographs at each consultation – this is to help guide the consultation process and allows both you and him to determine where improvements can be made.

At the end of the consultation you are free to walk away – there is no obligation to proceed with surgery if you do not wish to, or if Mr Price does not feel that you would receive significant benefit.