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🎉 Exciting News! 🥳 I am honoured to share that I have been awarded an Honorary Clinical Chair by the University of Manchester, and am now officially Professor James Harvey. To be honest I don’t really feel like a Professor and I’m certainly not sure how to act like one so I’m guessing I will just be staying as me 🤣🤣 A huge thank you to everyone who has supported me on this journey, very excited to be making my mum so proud. ❤️
Our latest publication is published today. A huge collaborative effort run by our trainee Fiona. It’s been our privilege as a network of surgeons to witness a complete change in practice over 5 years. Five years ago the vast majority of units were still using wires to localise breast cancers. They have to be put in on the day of surgery and cause stress for patients, surgeons and the radiologists who had to rush to put them in. Now the majority of units use modern localisation devices that are placed in advance of surgery, prebooked, less stressful, and proven to be more effective in many ways. Congrats team Ibra-net 🎩 chapeau.
Another 5⭐️ Breast Reduction/mastopexy review via our Top Doctors page. 👏👏.
Its so good to see the positive feedback on a Monday morning ☕️
#review #5star #topdoc #topdoctors #Manchester #breastsurgeon
One of our patients felt that there were not enough photos of smaller breasted women on our feed, especially those having Risk Reducing Mastectomies and Implant reconstructions…..so this feed is for you 🤩. This patient had nipple sparing mastectomies and implant reconstruction and wanted to go slightly larger than her previous breast to feel more in proportion and confident. All her photos are with her explicit permission. She is super pleased with the results. All the scars are in the fold under her breast. Thankyou for sharing 🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌. We both hope sharing these photos helps inform other women considering this type of surgery. #prepectoralbreastreconstruction #nipplesparingmastectomy #riskreducingmastectomy
Thankyou so much for your card. This was a patient who came as a second/third opinion to my care. Dear Mr Harvey, I hope this card finds you well rested and healthy! It has been a year since you (and your team) operated on me so masterfully. And I thank all of you warmly. I tell everyone that you are my hero because, when I was exasperated and desperate, you immediately, seriously, patiently and kindly listened to me! You warmly greeted my daughter and I and more importantly allowed me the courtesy to explain my year-long journey to you in my own passionate way - without judgement. Your skill in effect relieved a lot of the depression that comes with cancer recovery, and restored this definitely restored my dignity and confidence 100%. I also keep your hilariously dry sense of humour too! ☺️ All the best Sir!!! What a wonderful card xxx heartfelt and very special. Always a pleasure for us to hear feedback like this . ❤️❤️
Friday was a hectic day split between speaking at the Trainee Interface Group in Liverpool and an afternoon doing reconstructive surgery in Manchester. The Trainee Interface group runs a National Fellowship programme whereby the top breast trainees in the country are funded for a full years Fellowship where they are trained in top quality sites where they have access to Plastics and Breast training, ie training at the interface between two specialities. Rachel Foster (right of me in this photo) our current TIG fellow in Manchester (and consultant colleague in August!) had the task of organising the meeting 👏🏼 which was a huge success and allows next year’s fellows to meet with current fellows and trainers. The TIG fellowship has been hugely important to oncoplastic training in the UK and ensuring that patients get access to well trained surgeons. It’s also a great opportunity to Network and collaborate and catch up with old friends. 👌
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We have reached 30 5⭐️ reviews on our Google page which is amazing 👏.
We are so happy we hear/see so much positive feedback 🫶
You can also leave reviews on our Top Doctors page found in our bio 🤩.
Read this patients full review below:
"I had a double mastectomy with immediate reconstruction in February this year under the expert care of Dr. James Harvey, and I honestly couldn’t be more grateful or happy with the entire experience. As a BRCA2 gene carrier, the decision to have surgery was not taken lightly, but from the very first consultation, Dr. Harvey made me feel informed, supported, and completely at ease.
With a two year wait expected on the NHS waitlist, I made the decision to proceed with Dr. Harvey privately. Dr Harvey made it very clear that the care would be exactly the same which ever route I chose, just the time frame would be shorter. I never felt any pressure from him to choose the private route.
His professionalism, kindness, and calm confidence reassured me every step of the way. He explained everything clearly and answered every question with patience and compassion. The process was incredibly well-organised, and I always felt I was in the best possible hands.
The surgery went smoothly, and I am absolutely thrilled with the results. Dr. Harvey’s skill as a surgeon is truly remarkable — the outcome has exceeded my expectations both physically and emotionally. I feel like myself again, and even stronger for having gone through this journey.
From start to finish, the care I received was outstanding. I can’t thank Dr. Harvey enough for helping me through such a life-changing decision with so much empathy and expertise. I would recommend him without hesitation to anyone facing a similar path.
I would also like to thank Milly, who was also extremely helpful and kind from the very first moment I got in contact.
Thank you, Dr. Harvey — you’ve made a huge difference in my life"
#googlereview #review #happypatient #positivevibes #positive #feedback #prevent #preventative
Dream day! Big thanks to Porsche Experience centre at Silverstone for the BEST day. Got to drive my dream car for a day around the tracks at the centre and then do 20+ laps around Silverstone. Learnt so much from coach Simon, just very sad to have to hand the keys back at the end of the day 🤣🤣. ….. maybe one day 💭
Outcomes from surgery are always variable. This patient had significant excess skin prior to bilateral risk reducing/ prophylactic mastectomy. The skin was tightened as part of the mastectomy hence the scars down the lower front of the breast and under the breast. To reduce the risk of cancer developing in her nipples we removed them completely and then placed them back on in the right place as a skin graft. Not all patients will look this good after implant reconstruction, this is definitely a good result and it’s also easier to be symmetrical when you have the same procedure performed on both breast. The scars are still quite pink in areas and will still benefit from some silicone scar tape. It also shows that a natural breast shape is achievable with implants. Thankyou from all of us to the patient who is happy for her photos to be shared so that other patients know what to expect from surgery. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Another great breast augmentation review on our Top Doctors page.
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This is a lady who had a complex breast augmentation revision with us and is super happy 💥🙌.
#topdoctors #review #happy #happypatient #patientreview #5star
A quick visit to the Association of Breast Surgery today in Birmingham. Great to meet up with so many friends and colleagues in a whirlwind of a day. The highlight of the meeting was Raabia (far right of photo) our Foundation doctor smashing a presentation on our research project on the main stage. A really strong delivery for her first ever podium presentation. 🙌🙌🙌 Congrats also to all the other trainees and medical students presenting data at the conference. Back to Manchester now 🚊 ready for operating again tomorrow .
🤓 New publication 🙌🙌🙌
We’re proud to share the release of a significant research paper — the result of a collaborative project led with one of my medical student’s called Jude, and has grown into something we believe will make a real difference in the way we care for women undergoing breast surgery for cancer.
This study challenges long-standing surgical dogma around breast cancer reconstruction. For years, I’ve advocated for synchronous bilateral breast reduction — performing both sides at the same time — for women undergoing breast reduction surgery for breast cancer. Conventional wisdom said it wasn’t safe, might delay treatment, or that patients should wait for the first side to settle before operating on the other breast.
Our research tells a different story.
📌 Synchronous surgery is safe.
📌 It doesn’t delay adjuvant therapy.
📌 It leads to excellent outcomes with minimal need for revision.
This paper not only validates what many of us intuitively knew — it offers data to support better, more balanced care for women at a vulnerable time in their lives.
We’re incredibly proud of this work and what it means for the future of breast cancer surgery.
📖 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejso.2025.110109
#BreastSurgery #OncoplasticSurgery #BreastCancerAwareness #MedicalResearch #WomensHealth #PlasticSurgery #EvidenceBasedMedicine #CollaborativeMedicine #SurgicalInnovation
