Dr. Veronica Grassi
Consultant General Surgeon
Consultant general surgeon specialising in oncoplastic and reconstructive breast surgery, FRCS, formerly clinical lead of an NHS breast surgery unit.
LocationMediclinic City Hospital
Experience25-30
LanguagesEnglish, French, Italian
NationalityUnited Kingdom
About
Dr. Veronica treats benign and malignant breast disease, performing breast cancer surgery with a particular focus on breast conservation, using oncoplastic and mammoplasty techniques to remove the cancer while preserving the breast's appearance. Volume matters in this surgery; she has performed more than 5,000 operations, guiding each patient from diagnosis to follow-up. She offers immediate and delayed reconstruction, sentinel node surgery, risk-reducing surgery for familial breast cancer, and breast lipomodelling, a fat-transfer technique she refined in France. She holds a PhD.
Qualifications
FRCS
MBBS
PhD
Areas of expertise
Breast
Special interests
All aspects of symptomatic benign and malignantBreast cancer surgeryBreast diseasesBreast screeningGeneral surgical lumps and bumps and minor anorectal diseaseImmediate and delayed breast reconstruction except microvascular proceduresManagement and treatment of familiar breast cancerOncoplastic breast reconstruction with special interest in breast conservation using oncoplastic and mammoplasty techniquesProphylactic breast surgery and immediate breast reconstructionSentinel node surgery and all modalities of breast surgery and in cooperating all oncoplastic techniques
