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About

Mr Anthony Barabas BM, MRCS (Eng), Dip Hand Surgery (UK, EU), FRCS (Plast) is a highly trained Consultant Plastic Surgeon with extensive experience in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.
 

Originally from Bury St Edmunds, he completed his surgical training in East Anglia, working in the plastic surgery departments at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

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He later undertook specialist plastic surgery training in London at leading institutions including Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, St George’s Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and the internationally recognised Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, known as the birthplace of modern plastic surgery.

Mr Barabas holds the prestigious FRCS (Plast) qualification from the Royal College of Surgeons and a Diploma in Hand Surgery, reflecting advanced specialist training. His clinical expertise includes skin cancer surgery, breast reconstruction, post weight loss body contouring, and hand and wrist surgery.

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His research into melanoma earned him the Royal Society of Medicine Surgical Trainee of the Year award, and he has authored and co authored multiple scientific publications and textbook chapters in plastic and hand surgery.

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With specialist fellowships in hand surgery and international training experience, Mr Barabas provides safe, evidence based and patient focused care, offering advanced surgical techniques tailored to each patient’s needs.

Mr Anthony Barabas

BM,  MRCS(Eng), Dip Hand Surgery(UK,EU)

PLASTIC SURGEON
FRCS (Plast)

Having been born and raised in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, I returned to East Anglia to complete my basic surgical training. During this time, I worked in the Plastic Surgery departments at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, gaining a strong foundation in reconstructive and aesthetic surgery.
 

I was later awarded a highly competitive National Training Number in Plastic Surgery in London. My specialist training included rotations through several leading institutions, including Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, St George’s Hospital in Tooting, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, widely recognised as the birthplace of modern plastic surgery.
 

Throughout my career, I have developed particular expertise in several key areas of plastic and reconstructive surgery.

Skin cancer surgery has been a major focus of my work. During my training at St George’s Hospital, I worked closely with Professor Powell, UK Reader in Skin Cancer. During this time I conducted research and published work on melanoma, which led to being awarded the Royal Society of Medicine UK Surgical Trainee of the Year in 2010, also known as the Norman Tanner Prize and Glaxo Medal.
 

I have also developed extensive experience in breast reconstruction. My training in this field was further refined at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead, an internationally recognised centre of excellence. There I performed a wide range of reconstructive techniques including liposculpture, implant based reconstruction, pedicled flaps and complex free flap procedures.
 

In addition, I have significant experience in body contouring surgery, particularly for patients following major weight loss. The rise in bariatric surgery has increased the demand for post weight loss body contouring procedures, and my work focuses on restoring both function and body shape after significant weight reduction.

I spent six months working with Mr Soldin at St George’s Hospital, one of the few surgeons in the UK whose NHS practice focuses predominantly on body contouring surgery. During this time I co authored chapters on body contouring with Mr Soldin for the Oxford Textbook of Plastic Surgery.
 

Hand and wrist surgery forms a significant component of plastic surgery training. During the final two years of my training I gained extensive experience in elective hand and wrist surgery while working in internationally recognised specialist hand centres.
 

I was awarded scholarships from both the British Society for Surgery of the Hand and the Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand, which allowed me to undertake a four month fellowship at the Martin Singer Hand Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. During this fellowship I had the opportunity to observe and perform complex reconstructions of severely injured hands.
 

Following this, I completed a six month Congenital Hand Fellowship at Great Ormond Street Hospital, where I was involved in the full range of paediatric hand surgery.
 

I later completed a twelve month interface hand fellowship at the Pulvertaft Hand Unit in Derby. This unit provides comprehensive upper limb surgery and is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence and innovation in wrist surgery.
 

Through this training I developed extensive experience in the assessment and surgical management of both adult and paediatric hand and wrist conditions. Nine of my twenty three publications relate specifically to hand surgery, and I have also co authored textbook chapters on rarer upper limb compression syndromes and hand infections in a specialist hand surgery textbook published by Churchill Livingstone.

  • Click on the links below to read some of the articles I was featured in.

  • INTERNATIONAL

    Full thickness skin grafts do not increase complications when used with the modified Flatt technique in syndactyly release
    Barabas A, Pickford M
    3rd European Paediatric Hand Conference, GOSH, London, 13-14 Jan 2014

    Fanconi Anaemia: Examining guidelines for testing all patients with radial ray or thumb anomalies
    Barabas A, Gill Smith
    ASSH 2013 Conference, San Francisco, USA

    Syndactyly release
    Barabas A, Pickford M
    9th Croatian Plastic Surgery Congress, Zagreb, 5th Oct 2012

    Matriderm: A new option for post burn reconstruction
    Barabas A, Leon-Villapalos J
    South African Burn Society, Cape Town, 10-12th Nov 2011

    Morbidity and outcomes of pelvic sentinel node biopsy
    Barabas A, Kaoutzanis C, Allan R, Hussain M, Powell B
    7th International Sentinel node meeting, Yokohama, Japan, 18th Nov 2010

    NATIONAL
    Fanconi Anaemia: Examining guidelines for testing all patients with radial ray or thumb anomalies
    Barabas A, Gill Smith
    BSSH meeting, London, 16-17th Nov 2014

    Complications do not increase complications when used with the Flatt technique in syndactyly release surgery
    Barabas A, Mehta S, Pickford M
    BSSH meeting, Harrogate, 25-26th April 2013

    Fanconi’s anaemia referral patterns
    Barabas A, Smith G,
    London and East of England Genetic meeting, 6th Feb 2013

    Chemotherapy for aggressive infantile digital fibromatosis secondary to syndactyly release
    Barabas A, Harley O, Fleming A
    BSSH meeting, Nottingham, 30th Mar 2011

    When should pelvic sentinel nodes be harvested?
    Barabas A, Kaoutzanis C, Allan R, Hussain M, Powell B
    BAPRAS Winter meeting, 5th Dec 2010

    Procedure specific consent in carpal tunnel surgery
    Teoh V, Barabas A, Colville J, Fleming A
    BSSH meeting, London, 11th Nov 2010

    The bilateral DIEP flap: Anastomoses to ipsilateral internal mammary vessels
    Barabas A, Shafighi M, Sassoon E, Haywood R
    BAPRAS Winter meeting, 5th Dec 2007

    Vascular supply to the distal spinal cord to explain a focal spinal infarct following AAA repair
    Barabas A, Pandis D, Clarke J
    British Assoc. of Clinical Anatomists, Winter Scientific Meeting, Dec 2006, University of East Anglia

    REGIONAL

    Comparison of capillary refill techniques in monitoring free flaps
    Barabas A, Howieson A, Haywood RM
    East Anglian Regional Plastic Surgical meeting, May 2007

    Problematic persistent dribbling associated with acquired Andy Gump deformity, Barabas A, Clibbon J
    East Anglian Regional Plastic Surgical meeting, Jan 2007

    Posters

    INTERNATIONAL

    Hand fellowship in Cape Town, Barabas A
    FESSH conference, Antwerp Belgium, 20 -23rd June 2012

    A review of anastomotic techniques for the bilateral DIEP flap and our modification for anastomosis of both pedicles to the int. mammary vessels
    Barabas A, Shafighi M, Sassoon E, Haywood R
    ORBS meeting 22 – 24 September 2008, Nottingham, UK

    The effect of Ice Vests on evaporative losses in Burns Surgery Theatre Staff, Martin A, Barabás A, Rudd M
    The International Society of Burns Injuries conference in Yokohama, Japan, Aug 2004

    NATIONAL

    BSSH Sponsored Hand fellowship to South Africa, Barabas A
    BSSH conference, York, 10 – 12 Oct 2012

    Standardising Measurement Techniques Improves Capillary Refill Measurements in Free Flaps
    Barabas A, Howieson A, Haywood RM
    British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery conference, Deauville, France, 4th- 6th July

  • 1. Distribution of basement membrane pores in bronchus revealed by microscopy following epithelial removal
    Howat W, Barabás T, Lackie P
    The Journal of Structural Biology, Sept 2002; 139(3):137-45

    2. Complex scalp wound defects from cicatrical pemphigoid and ionizing radiation
    Liew V, Rudd M, Martin A, Barabas A, Pegg S
    Burns Aug 2004; 30(5): 495-8

    3. Christmas in the Outback
    Barabas A
    BMJ Career Focus Dec 2006; 333:240

    4. A personal response to a personal view of plastic surgeons
    Barabas AG, Barabas AP
    BMJ Epub Jan 2007

    5. Surgical technique. The ambidextrous surgeon’s knot: an alternate way to tie the surgeon’s knot.
    Jha PK, Barabas A, Sharma H
    Can J Surg. Dec 2007;50(6):470-1

    6.Knot burying technique in epitendinous repair of tendons
    Barabas A
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008;61(2):228-9. Epub 2007 Nov 12

    7. The bilateral free DIEP flap: a method of bipedicled anastomosis to a single internal mammary artery and venae commitans,
    Barabas AG, Shafighi M, Sassoon EM, Haywood RM,
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2008 Oct;61(10):1249-51. Epub ’08 Jun26.

    8. Midair microanastomosis made easier: syringe and suture pack foil as a platform and background
    Barabas AG, Soldin M
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2009 Jun;62(6):846-7. Epub 2009 Apr

    9. A simple technique for secure external fixation of hand fractures: bent k-wires wrapped in cement
    Barabas A, James M
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2010 Feb,63(2)e202-3. Epub 2009 Jun 6

    10. Reconstruction of a thumb defect with Integra following wide local excision of a subungual melanoma
    Smock ED, Barabas AG, Geh JL
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2010, Jan,63(1)e36-7. Epub 2009 Jul 18

    11. When should pelvic sentinel nodes be harvested?
    Kaoutzanis C, Barabas AG, Allan R, Hussain M, Powell BW
    J ISNS 2010, Nov 151

    12. Body contouring surgery – the neglected sibling of bariatric surgery!
    Barabas AG, Leckenby J, Soldin M
    BMJ epub 19 Nov 2010

    13. The “periosteal anchor stitch”: opening up the surgical field
    Shah A, Barabas AG, Matthews A, Sassoon E, Haywood R
    Microsurgery March 2011 31:251-252

    14. A biocompatible silicone framework for external ear reconstruction using a phosphorylcholine coating
    Link C, Barabas AG, Tanner B
    PRS July 2011;128(1):22e-3e

    15. Audit of acute hand trauma services in the Pan-Thames region: have things changed in 7 years?
    Hussain A, Sen S, Walker R, Barabas AG, Skillman J, Fleming AM
    Accepted RCS Annuals, July 2011

    16. When should pelvic sentinel nodes be harvested in melanoma?
    Kaoutzanis C, Barabas AG, Allan R, Hussain M, Powell BW
    J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2012 Jan;65(1):85-90. Epub 2011 Sep 21.

    17. Flexor pollicis longus tendon repair in patients with Linburg-Comstock anomaly.
    Barabas AG,
    J Hand Surg Eur Vol. 2013 Feb;38(2):203-4

    18. A future for injection lipolysis?
    Tanner B, Barabas T, Crook D, Link C
    Aesthet Surg J. 2013 Mar;33(3):456-7

    19. Improved patient awareness and satisfaction using Procedure Specific Consent Forms in Carpal Tunnel Decompression Surgery
    Teoh V, Arnander M, Barabas A, Umarji S, Fleming A
    J Hand Surg (E). 2013;18(1):53-7

    20. Results of syndactyly release using a modification of the Flatt technique
    Barabas A, Pickford M
    J Hand Surg (E). Vol. 2014. 2014 Nov;39(9):984-8

    21. Surgical tips to optimize digital flexor sheath washout
    Nikkah D, Barabas T
    Hand Surg 2014; 19(2):293-5

    22. The “pole and tent” pressure dressing
    Salibi A, Barabas A
    Emerg Med J 2014 Sep 19 (epub)

    23. Fanconi Anaemia: Examining guidelines for testing all patients with radial ray or thumb anomalies
    Barabas A, Wallner C, Hurst J, Smith G
    J Hand Surg (E). Submitted Jan 2014

Plastic Surgery

Anthony is an amazing surgeon and makes you feel at ease all the way through from consultation
to the end result.

Lisa James

Dr Barabas was calm, kind, patient and extremely informative throughout. His aftercare was
second to none .

Dolly

Mr Barabas immediately put me at ease and took plenty of time to answer all questions and make
sure we picked the correct procedure for me.

Kitty Tiz

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