professional profile

Keith Thomas is Consultant Clinical Specialist at the St. Andrews Institute of Prosthetics and Camouflage, situated at the world renowned St. Andrews Centre for Plastic Surgery and Burns, Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex England.

First qualified in 1975, with over 28 years experience specifically within the field of facial and body prosthetics.

Former visiting lecturer in facial prosthetics for the HNC Maxillofacial Technology Course, London, 1989 – 1994.

Lecturer in Prosthetic Rehabilitation for Pan - Thames Post- graduate Plastic Surgery education.

Lecturer in Prosthetic Rehabilitation to English Nursing Board, post -graduate courses in Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Hand Trauma.

Lecturer in Facial and Body Prosthetics, King's College, London, MSc Maxillofacial Prosthetics.

Former Consultant in Hand and Upper limb Prosthetics to the Institute Fur Epithesen, Germany.

Technical consultant to Technovent Magna-Cap system.

Member of the editorial board of The Journal of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists.

Member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Anaplastology

Presenter and Organiser of Forum 98, Forum 2000, Forum 2006 International Facial and Body Prosthetics Conferences.

International reputation for quality prosthetics, having lectured and published widely at both National and International level.

Contributing author to three professional textbooks, in addition to being sole author of Prosthetic Rehabilitation, Quintessence Publishing, 1994.

Fellow of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists and Technologists.

Honorary Professor and Member, Centre of Investigations for Medical and Surgical Research, Havana, Cuba.