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

Post Graduate Diploma in Aesthetic Surgery

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

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

International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ISAPS)

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

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)
Arm contouring (brachioplasty, arm reduction, bingo wings correction)
Back lift
Blepharoplasty (upper and lower eyelid surgery for hooded eyes or for eye bags)
Body contouring following weight loss
Breast augmentation
Breast lift (mastopexy, nipple lift)
Breast reduction
Breast symmetrizing surgery
Ear surgery (correction of prominent ears, earlobe reduction / repair)
Fat grafting
Gynaecomastia correction (male breast reduction)
Inverted nipple correction
Labiaplasty, monsplasty
Lipomodelling (liposuction, fat grafting)
Nipple reduction
Thigh lift

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