Mr Chidi Ekwobi

Mr Chidi Ekwobi is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with an NHS practice at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He graduated from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2000. He completed his higher plastic surgery training in Manchester and Preston. After completing his higher training he completed prestigious fellowships at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in microsurgery with a focus on breast reconstruction and head & neck reconstruction. He worked as a consultant at The Royal Marsden Hospital prior to joining The Royal Preston Hospital in 2016. Mr Ekwobi is currently the Clinical Lead for Burns and Trauma. He has a strong interest in the education of trainee surgeons for which he has won a number of awards. In 2022 he was appointed as Training Programme Director for Plastic Surgery for HEE North West (Lancashire & South Cumbria).  Patient satisfaction is at the heart of his practice: He has been the recipient of the Certificate of Excellence in 2018, 2019 and 2022 awarded by iWantGreatCare, the world’s largest independent patient experience website. Recipients are those clinicians with the most consistently positive patient feedback throughout the year.

Aesthetic breast surgery (breast reduction, breast augmentation (inc. lipofilling) , mastopexy (breast uplift), correction of asymmetry); Male breast surgery (gynaecomastia); Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck); Reconstructive surgery for breast cancer; Reconstructive surgery for Head and Neck cancer; Skin cancer surgery;  Scar revision; Post-bariatric surgery (following massive weight loss); Liposuction / lipomodelling Prominent ear correction