Add your review of Ms Rebecca Lewis MBBS BSc(Hons) FRCS PGDip RCPathME

Miss Rebecca Lewis is a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon with extensive experience in breast cancer diagnosis and surgical management, both using breast conservation and breast reconstruction techniques. Miss Lewis graduated from King’s College, London in 2005. She achieved a first class honours degree in anatomy as part of her undergraduate training. Miss Lewis completed her higher training in general and oncoplastic breast surgery in various units around London, achieving her certificate of completion of training (CCT) whilst at Imperial College London. She has also travelled to the United States to complete several observerships in the advanced treatment of breast cancer (The Simpson Smith Travelling Fellowship) . Before taking up her post as a consultant oncoplastic breast surgeon at Kingston NHS Foundation Hospital, she undertook a prestigious oncoplastic fellowship in advanced oncoplastic breast surgical technique at The Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Miss Lewis achieved her Postgraduate Diploma in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery from the University of East Anglia in 2021. She has an active interest in surgical research and has published widely in peer reviewed journals. Her work has been presented at multiple national and international conferences. She has been a finalist for several national surgical prizes. Miss Lewis regularly attends national conferences and courses to ensure her knowledge is current. She is the unit educational lead and is involved in the training of future surgeons, both at Kingston Hospital and on the faculty of national courses. Professional memberships Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons The Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) The American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) The British Association of Surgical Oncology (BASO) Key publications Letter to the editor regarding 'six-year experience of oncoplastic volume replacement using local perforator flaps' by Quinn et al. Lewis, RS, St John, ERC, Muktar, S, Heeney, A, Gonen-Yildirim, N, Barry, P. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2021 Apr 2;S1748-6815(21)00142-X. PMID: 33865729. Nipple-sparing mastectomy in women at high risk of developing breast cancer. Lewis, RS, George, A and Rusby, J. Gland Surgery. 2018 Jun 7;3:325-336. PMID 29998082. Does Immediate Breast Reconstruction using Free Flaps Lead to a Delay in the Administration of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer? Kontos, M, Lewis, RS, Lüchtenborg, M, Holmberg, L and Hamed, H. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2010 Aug 36;6:745-749. PMID: 20605080. Autologous tissue immediate breast reconstruction: desired but oncologically safe? Lewis, RS. and Kontos, M. The International Journal of Clinical Practice. 2009 Nov 63;11:1642-1646. PMID 19832820.