Mr Nigel Mercer

Cosmetic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Breast Surgery

Professional profile

Nigel Mercer is a Cosmetic/Plastic Surgeon at CircleBath.  He is also a Senior Consultant Cleft and Plastic Surgeon at the North Bristol NHS Trust, who divides his time between BPS and his NHS practise which specialises in paediatric plastic surgery and general plastic surgery.

He received his medical degree at Bristol University and four years later passed his Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons. Through his plastic surgery training Nigel worked in hospitals in Glasgow, Bristol, London and Canada and in 1993 completed his Plastic Surgery Master's degree.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health in 1997. Mr Mercer now also works as an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol.

Nigel has been recommended as one of the top face life surgeons in the UK (Dr Mark Porter, in Sainsbury's Magazine, February 2008) and has a standout reputation for all forms of cosmetic surgery procedures.

Nigel Mercer  was President of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons in 2008 and 2010.

Nigel also is a founder member of a charity set up to improve cleft care throughout Europe (ECO) and has worked in support of cleft teams in Russia and Bulgaria. Currently, he is helping to set up a cleft unit in China

Personal profile

Nigel enjoys watching his children play sport. He also plays lawn tennis and does to the gym in order to maintain his fitness. He also enjoys performing and visual arts, in particular he loves the theatre.

Current NHS or research position

Senior Consultant Cleft and Plastic Surgeon at the North Bristol NHS Trust

Year of first medical qualification

Special clinical interests

• Cosmetic - Facelift, eyelid surgery, rhinoplasty, facial rejuvination, breast augmentation and reduction, abdominoplasty and liposuction

• Skin cancer

• Paediatric plastic surgery

• Cosmetic surgery, wound healing and cleft lip and palate

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

• General Medical Council

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

• President of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons

• President of the European Association of Societies of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

• Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

• Member of the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland

• Member of the American Cleft Palate Association