Maharukh Daruwalla has been a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Trust since 2012.
After qualifying as a doctor (MBBS), she trained in surgery for three years. Subsequently, she trained and worked as a plastic surgeon at Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust, North Thames Post-Graduate Training Rotation (including Mount Vernon Hospital and Lister Hospital) and University Hospitals of Leicester.
She entered the UK General Medical Council Specialist Register (Plastic Surgery) in 2010. At Leicester, she was chair of the specialist skin-cancer multi-disciplinary team (MDT), set up the weekly fast-track skin-cancer clinic and remodelled the hypospadias (a birth anomaly) service previously offered there.
She continues her work in skin-cancer and hypospadias at Lister, in addition to providing a general plastic surgery service. She is a core member of the skin-cancer MDT and one of only two surgeons offering a certain higher level of surgical-care for skin-cancer patients in the region.
Currently, she is the clinical director/head of plastic surgery department at Lister Hospital, skin cancer lead/ chair of the MDT, clinical and education supervisor for surgeons in training, full member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS), Surgical Specialities Lead for the British Medical Association (BMA), National Peer Reviewer (skin-cancer) and a Care Quality Commission (CQC) specialist-advisor.
