Mr Jonathan Dawson

Jonathan Dawson qualified as a doctor from Imperial College, London in 1982. Since that time his post graduate training was in colorectal and breast surgery. He was a lecturer at University College London for eight years, during which time he undertook research in the treatment of colorectal and breast cancer and which led to being awarded a Master of Surgery (MS thesis). During this time he published and presented work extensively in the UK and abroad on laparoscopic and hernia surgery, colorectal and breast cancer and photodynamic therapy. He was awarded the Blackwell prize and shortlisted for the Moynihan prize (Association of Surgeons Great Britain and Ireland), a travelling Fellowship by the Royal Society of Medicine and spent fellowships in Hong Kong and Cleveland Clinic, USA. In 1996 he was appointed consultant surgeon at Northampton General Hospital specialising in breast surgery. He was lead surgeon for the Breast unit at Northampton from 2000 – 2005, and 2008 – 2018 during which time techniques of Sentinel Node biopsy, Mammotome excision and symptomatic Ultrasound of the breast by surgeons in the clinic was introduced. He was lead clinician for the Northampton Breast unit, responsible for the delivery of breast cancer service at Northampton General Hospital from 2013 – 2018 During his career as a consultant the speciality of oncoplastic surgery developed and through extensive training, mentoring and steadily extending his practice, he introduced oncoplastic techniques into Northampton General Hospital. These include breast reduction, therapeutic mammoplasty and implant based reconstruction following mastectomy. These are all now part of mainstream practice in Northampton

Breast cancer, breast reduction, therapeutic mammoplasty, oncoplastic breast surgery, breast reconstruction, breast reduction, gynaecomastia surgery in men. I also undertake hernia repair, laparoscopic hernia repair, minimal access surgery for hernia