Mr Wael Ismail

I am a Consultant Breast Surgeon whose private practice is based primarily at Spire Hartswood private hospital in Brentwood, Essex.  I operate on more than 200 women with breast cancer every year, aiming to deliver high quality breast care and excellent results to both his private and NHS patients. My breast service is built on a strong multidisciplinary ethos and follows all guidelines and evidence-based protocols for breast cancer treatment. I am also an accredited breast screening surgeon and operates on women who have no breast symptoms and whose cancer has been detected during routine mammography screening. For these patients, I use the wire localisation technique to confirm diagnosis and plan treatment. In addition to the wire localisation technique, I offer the following surgical treatments at Spire Hartswood Hospital :     wide local excision of breast lump     mastectomy     skin sparing mastectomy     mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction performed in conjunction with a specialist plastic surgeon     reconstruction options include implants, implant plus latissimus dorsi (LD) flap, and deep inferior epigastric pedicle (DIEP) flap as appropriate     blue dye sentinel node biopsy (SLNB) to determine spread of cancer to the lymph system, with minimum lymph node removal     axillary clearance of lymph nodes Patients with breast symptoms who come to my Monday evening private breast clinic can normally have investigations (mammography, breast ultrasound, fine needle aspiration and/or core biopsy) on the same evening. This is classed as a One Stop clinic. Spire Hartswood Hospital's specialist breast care nurses support all private breast patients and treatment planning is done by a multi-disciplinary team including surgeon, oncologist, radiologist and pathologist before and after surgery.

Breast cancer Breast pain Breast lumps and excision Axillary clearance Mastectomy Sentinel Node Biopsy Excision of Lymph Nodes Excision of Benign Lesions Male Gynaecomastia Mastalgia