Miss Deborah Foong

Miss Deborah Foong is a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon based in Birmingham. Her NHS practice is based at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham and the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust where she specialises in complex reconstruction following cancer treatment and trauma. Miss Foong’s specialist interests are in soft tissue reconstruction following cancer treatment or trauma. In her NHS practice, she is the principal plastic surgical reconstructive surgeon at the Birmingham Sarcoma Unit, and manages complex extremity trauma at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.  She has a special interest in amputee surgery and is a core member of two specialist multidisciplinary amputee clinics. Her scope of work includes refashioning of amputation stumps and all forms of nerve surgery for neuroma, including targeted muscle reinnervation (TMR) and regenerative peripheral nerve interface (RPNI) surgery. She is the lead plastic surgeon on the the team performing osseointegration surgery for British Veterans at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital Birmingham. Miss Foong completed undergraduate medical training at the University of Nottingham, qualifying in 2003. She trained in the West Midlands and Manchester before completing her Higher Surgical Training in Nottingham. In 2017, she had conferred upon her the Specialty Fellowship of the Royal College Of Surgeons (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, FRCS (Plast)). Prior to her appointment as a Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon, she completed fellowships in Microsurgical Reconstruction in Nottingham, and in Hand Surgery at the Pulvertaft Hand Centre, Derby. She has been a member pf the Joint Committee of Intercollegiate Examinations FRCS (Plast) MCQ Writing Group since 2020.

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2003–2009
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   Universitat de València (GB)

2. 2009–2013
   Residency · Plastic Surgery

   Universidad de Sevilla (GB)

3. 2013–2014
   Fellowship · Subspecialty training

   Karolinska Stockholm, SE

1. 2013-09–2014-08
   Junior consultant

   Universitat de València Teaching Hospital — Plastic Surgery

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Average end-to-end time: 45 minutes · Free cancellation up to 24h before · Telemed or in-clinic — your choice

h-index: 17 · i10: 12

Selected publications

1. Outcomes of Plastic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Miss Deborah Foong, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.3667/euroclin.2025.0 · cited by 115

2. European registry analysis of Plastic Surgery outcomes

   Miss Deborah Foong, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2024

   DOI: 10.3750/euroclin.2024.1 · cited by 137

3. Outcomes of Plastic Surgery in adults — a multi-centre cohort

   Miss Deborah Foong, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2023

   DOI: 10.4420/euroclin.2023.2 · cited by 23

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