Ms Gael Maclean

Ms MacLean received her MBBS from King’s College, London before going on to complete her surgical training at various hospitals across the UK, including Reading, London, and Oxford. She is also a member of Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. In addition to her training in the UK, Ms MacLean has also completed a fellowship in breast reconstruction surgery at Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. She has been a consultant surgeon in the NHS since 2014. Ms MacLean is an expert in oncoplastic breast surgery, with extensive experience in a wide range of procedures. She currently runs private clinics at GenesisCare Orion House (Diagnostic Centre) in Oxford and also at The Nuffield Manor Hospital also in Oxford. She is also a consultant oncoplastic surgeon at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and is head of the NHS Breast Surgery Department, a position she held throughout the COVID pandemic. Ms MacLean offers ‘one stop’ breast clinics in Oxford. In these clinics imaging (mammography and ultrasound) is available at the same time as your consultation, along with biopsy facilities, if required. Ms MacLean works with consultant radiology doctors in these clinics providing excellent care and allowing rapid diagnosis. Ms MacLean uses in-patient and daycase operating facilities at The Nuffield Manor Hospital. She works with all the major insurance companies and also treats self funded patients. Ms MacLean has extensive experience in surgical education and has recently been appointed as an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons. She was the first Honorary Secretary of the prestigious Faculty of Surgical Trainers at the Royal College of Surgeons. Ms MacLean has also lectured on surgical training internationally. She has published several medical articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, on topics such as therapeutic mammoplasties, lymphoedema and diagnosis of potentially malignant lesions.

Breast cancer surgery Mastectomy Mastectomy with immediate implant breast reconstruction Sentinel node biopsy Axillary lymph node clearance Therapeutic mammoplasty Breast reduction surgery