Mr Donald Sammut

Orthopaedics, Hand Surgery

Professional profile

Mr Sammut is a Consultant Hand Surgeon who now works exclusively in private practice in Windsor, Bath, and London, with his main bases at Circle Clinic Windsor and CircleBath.

After qualifying from Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, University of London, Mr Sammut trained in General Surgery and Plastic Surgery and is accredited in Plastic Surgery. Following fellowships in Aesthetic and Craniofacial Surgery (Paris) and Hand Surgery (London, Strasbourg and Barcelona), he has specialised virtually exclusively in all aspects of Hand Surgery.

He established the Hand Unit at Frenchay Hospital, Bristol and the Congenital Hand Unit at the Bristol Children's Hospital and ran these services between 1993 and 2003.

Currently Mr Sammut is extensively involved in the Organisation, Education and Training of Hand Surgery in Britain and the rest of Europe and is the examiner in the final examinations in Hand Surgery for both the British and European Diploma.

He also leads a bi-annual surgical programme in a leprosy hospital, latterly in India and now in Nepal mostly involving the re-animation of paralysed hands. Furthermore he is a teacher and accredited illustrator of Anatomy and Surgery.

Mr Sammut has written a number of articles on various clinical conditions you may find of interest. Further biographical detail: www.donaldsammut.com

Current NHS or research position

Consultant Hand Surgeon at Circle Clinic Windsor and CircleBath Hospital

Year of first medical qualification

Special clinical interests

• Congenital Hand Surgery

• Nerve Microsurgery (and the reconstruction for hand paralyses)

• Dupuytren's Disease

• Nerve Compressions

• Paralyses and Tendon Transfers

• Reconstruction after Trauma

• Skin Cover

• Wrist Surgery

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies

• Fellow Royal College of Surgeons of England

• British Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive surgery

• British Medical Association

• British Society for Surgery of the Hand

• European Association of Medical Illustrators

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