Mr Tomas Madura

Tomas Madura is a Consultant Plastic Surgeon specialising in hand and peripheral nerve surgery working at the Birmingham Hand Centre and Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury Service at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham. He was appointed to this position in 2017. He is a fully accredited, UK-trained plastic surgeon registered with the General Medical Council and he is a member of the British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons, British Society for Surgery of the Hand, and Migraine Surgery Society. TRAINING & EXPERIENCE: Graduated with Doctor of Medicine (High Honours) from the University of P. J. Safarik in Slovakia in 1999 PhD in Neurobiology focusing on repair of spinal cord and nerve injuries from the Osaka University in Japan in 2005 Basic surgery and specialist plastic surgery training in Manchester between 2006 – 2016 1 year fellowship training in reconstructive microsurgery and treatment of brachial plexus paralysis in the world-renowned centre in Ogori Daiichi Hospital in Japan 1 year fellowship training in peripheral nerve and hand surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Birmingham Postgraduate Diploma in Hand Surgery from the British Society for Surgery of the Hand in 2018 RESEARCH AND SURGICAL INNOVATION: More than 20 years of experience in research focusing on novel treatments of peripheral nerve injuries and paralysis with numerous publications in leading journals in the field and presentations at international conferences Currently a Honorary Senior Research Associate at the Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of Birmingham Professional expert for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence advising on adoption of new treatments in the peripheral nerve surgery field Medical director for Tulavi Therapeutics Inc., a California-based medical technology company developing new treatments for nerve injury and paralysis (2022-23) Research committee of the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (2017 -19) Academic Clinical Lecturer in plastic surgery for the National Institute for Health Research at the University of Manchester (2014-2017) Syme Medal for outstanding contribution to surgical research from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: General Medical Council – Registration number 6127146. On specialist register for Plastic Surgery British Association of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons – full member Migraine Surgery Society Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh – Fellow of the College in Plastic Surgery British Society for Surgery of the Hand British Medical Association European Society for the Study of Peripheral Nerve Repair and Regeneration LANGUAGES: Mr. Madura can undertake consultations in English, Japanese, Russian and Slovak.

In his practice Mr. Madura treats the whole spectrum of peripheral nerve conditions including brachial plexus injuries peripheral nerve injuries in all areas of the body nerve compression - carpal tunnel syndrome, cubital tunnel syndrome, peroneal tunnel syndrome with foot drop, tarsal tunnel syndrome nerve tumours neuroma after nerve injury long-lasting pain after an injury or an operation chronic regional pain syndrome reanimation of paralysis by nerve transfer and nerve grafting complex microsurgical reconstructions of the hand and upper extremity treatment of paralysis by transferring muscle from the leg to the arm (free functioning gracilis transfer)