Mr Baljit Dheansa
Consultant Plastic Surgeon

Specialist interests: Burns; scarring; burn reconstruction; skin cancer; leg trauma; breast surgery; vascular anomalies.
Mr Baljit Dheansa was appointed as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the hospital in 2003 having trained at QVH as well as several London teaching hospitals.
He also works at Royal Sussex County Hospital to support the major trauma centre there and provides specialist plastic surgery input for complex cases there. He also runs burns clinics at Brighton for adults and children and has recently set up joint clinics with paediatric surgeons based at the Royal Alexandra Hospital.
In addition to the burns service he has a keen interest in managing patients with skin cancer, leg trauma, breast surgery, as well as general plastic and reconstructive surgery. More recently he has also developed a sub specialist interest in vascular anomalies. He is a member of the Sussex Skin Cancer Network and South East Burns Network. He is involved in many aspects of research being a member of the Research and Development Committee, and in several clinical trials in the field of burns, as well as supporting basic and translational science projects.
In addition to his Queen Victoria Hospital roles he is a member of the London and South East Burn Operational Delivery Network, British Burns Association Research Committee and the Scar Free Foundation Research Council.
Baljit is committed to training the plastic surgeons of the future and takes an active role in developing the skills of the junior doctor team. He is also an examiner for the specialist FRCS (Plast) examination.
Baljit is a key supporter of the innovative technologies developed at the hospital such as the excellent telemedicine system, having presented to the Parliamentary Health Select Committee on its benefits to patient care. He is a founding member of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetics Innovation Special Interest Group which aims to help bring new ideas and innovative products to patients requiring plastic surgery.
Consultants
- Mr Aakshay Gulati
- Mr Adam Blackburn
- Mr Alex Cash
- Miss Alexandra Molina
- Dr Ali Diba
- Dr Alison Chalmers
- Dr Amanda Jewison
- Mr Andre Litwin
- Mr Andy Mellington
- Miss Anita Hazari
- Miss Artemis Matsou
- Mr Asit Khandwala
- Mr Baljit Dheansa
- Dr Ben Carey
- Dr Bill Barrett
- Mr Brian Bisase
- Mr Charles Nduka
- Dr Chetan Patel
- Mr Christopher Davis
- Dr Colin Lawrence
- Mr Damian Lake
- Dr Edward Pickles
- Ginny Kingsmill
- Dr Glenn Wearne
- Mr Gokulan Ratnarajan
- Mr Ian King
- Miss Jennifer O’Neill
- Mr John Tighe
- Dr Jonathan Sanders
- Dr Joy Curran
- Dr Julian Giles
- Miss Katia Sindali
- Mr Keith Altman
- Mr Ken Sneddon
- Miss Lauren Hardwick
- Mr Laurence Newman
- Dr Lindsay Winchester
- Mr Mark Cutler
- Mr Mark Pickford
- Mr Martin Jones
- Mr Mike Shelley
- Mr Navdeep Upile
- Dr Niamh Gavin
- Mr Nikhil Maini
- Mr Paul Drake
- Mr Paul Norris
- Professor Adrian Williams
- Professor Jag Dhanda
- Miss Rachael Harrison
- Dr Rachael Liebmann
- Mr Raman Malhotra
- Mr Robert Pearl
- Mr Ruben Kannan
- Mr Sam Orkar
- Mr Samer Hamada
- Dr Sarah Bailey
- Mr Simon Harvey
- Mr Simon Mackey
- Mr Siva Kumar
- Miss Sofia Ahmad
- Mr Stefano Stea
- Mr T C Teo
- Miss Tania Cubison
- Dr Timothy Vorster
- Mr Zaid Sadiq