The Careful Surgeon: Stories of Care, Crisis and Connection

Dr Shehan Hettiaratchy is one of the UK's Leading Surgeons, London's Major Trauma Director, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, part of Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College and University College London and Clinical Lead on the Veterans Trauma Network within the NHS. He led the team treating victims of the Grenfell fire and the Westminster Bridge attack (as documented by BBC's Hospital), amongst other tragic events that have occurred in our city in recent years. Dr H has been named as a Daily Mail Health Hero of the Year and included as part of The Times Alternative Rich List. He has served in the British Army since he left school and is currently a reservist serving with Airborne Forces. He has worked in war zones (Afghanistan, Chechnya, Kosovo) and disaster areas (the Haiti earthquake) as a British Army reservist and volunteer.