Shehan Hettiaratchy

The Careful Surgeon

Stories of light, courage and compassion in the face of darkness

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Produktbeschreibung

Stories of care, crisis and compassion from a trauma surgeon.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hodder & Stoughton
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 41g
• ISBN-13: 9781529350654
• ISBN-10: 1529350654
• Artikelnr.: 62915723

Autorenporträt

Prof Shehan Hettiaratchy is one of the UK's Leading Surgeons, Major Trauma Director of one of the busiest Trauma Centres in London, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Professor of Practice at Imperial College and National Advisor to the NHS on Armed Forces healthcare. He led the team treating victims of the Grenfell fire and the Westminster Bridge attack (as documented by BBC's Hospital), amongst other tragic events that have occurred in our city in recent years. He has been named as a Daily Mail Health Hero of the Year and included as part of The Times Alternative Rich List. He has served in the British Army since he left school as a regular and reservist, serving mainly with Airborne Forces, and was deployed to Afghanistan twice. He has worked in war zones (Abkhazia, Georgia, Chechnya, Kosovo) and disaster areas (the Haiti earthquake) with various UK NGOs. Since 2022 he has worked with UK-Med on surgical missions to Ukraine and Gaza. He was awarded an OBE in 2025 for his humanitarian work.