Consultants
Sekharan Chandrasekharan
Breast Surgery
Colchester Hospital
I deal with all aspects of breast diseases including diagnoses, surgical management and holistic care of breast cancer patients. I am actively involved in research.
Rosamond Jacklin
Breast Surgery
Colchester Hospital
I joined Colchester hospital as a Consultant breast surgeon in 2016. I look after patients with all types of breast problems including benign breast disease as well as breast cancer.
Prior to joining the Trust, most of my surgical training was within the North West Thames region, including a PhD at Imperial College London. My final two years of specialist training were at Broomfield Hospital, where I trained with both breast and plastic surgeons.
Risha Lane
Breast Surgery
Ipswich Hospital
I joined ESNEFT in 2023. I am based at Ipswich hospital as a Consultant Breast Surgeon having previously trained in the region.
I deal with all aspects of breast diseases including diagnoses, surgical management and holistic care of breast cancer patients. I am actively involved in research and am interested in education.
I qualified from Sheffield University Medical School. I trained in these deaneries:
- Yorkshire
- East of England
- Kent Surrey, Sussex
I completed an Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Fellowship in Nottingham City Hospital.
Peter Liptay-Wagner
Breast Surgery
Colchester Hospital
I have worked for the Trust since 2016. I have also worked at Ipswich Hospital and Broomfield Hospital.
I specialise in breast cancer and breast reconstruction.
Evangelos Mallidis
Breast Surgery
Ipswich Hospital
I joined Ipswich Hospital in 2017. I trained as a surgeon overseas and then came to the UK in 2013 to specialise in Breast Care/Surgery. I trained in Medway Hospital, Castle Hill Hospital in East Yorkshire. I had an Oncoplastic Fellowship in Frimley hospital and a Diploma in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery at the University of East Anglia.
Before joining the Ipswich team I worked as a Consultant Surgeon in Kingston upon Thames Hospital and Oxford University Hospitals.
I specialise in all range of breast operations and excellent and safe patient care and treatment is the centre of my everyday practice
Simon Marsh
Breast Surgery
Colchester Hospital
I trained at Trinity College Cambridge and the Clinical School, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and was one of the few students to be awarded the William Harvey Studentship in consecutive years. I qualified in 1987, receiving the London FRCS in 1992, an MD on the molecular biology of breast cancer at the University of Cambridge and the Intercollegiate Fellowship in General Surgery in 1996.
In 1999 I was appointed Consultant Surgeon in Colchester and joined 108 Harley Street, where I am Surgical Director of the Gilmore Groin and Hernia Clinic and a member of the London Breast Clinic. In 1996 I set up, and still run, the Ivry Street Minor Surgery Unit in Ipswich, performing local anaesthetic surgery, including 200 vasectomies a year.
I established the MD research programme at the University of Essex, where I am an Honorary Senior Lecturer. I also teach at the University of East Anglia. I have produced articles for the BBC and local radio, and a documentary for Channel 4.
Inge Peerlinck
Breast Surgery
Ipswich Hospital
I started my surgical training in Belgium in 1994 and came to the UK in 2000 to complete my training at Exeter. In 2003 I went to London to do a Masters degree in Surgical Science at Imperial College. Then I did a PhD in Molecular Oncology at Barts’ Institute of Cancer.
I worked as a Breast Surgeon at NWLH from 2009 to 2018 and came to Ipswich hospital in January 2019.
I have been involved in surgical training, teaching and research throughout my career and have published in peer reviewed journals.
Sunita Saha
Breast Surgery
Colchester Hospital
I qualified from Bart’s and the Royal London Medical School and went on to train in the Essex and London region as part of the NE Thames rotation.
Having previously enjoyed working at Colchester hospital during my training, it was a pleasure to join the Colchester breast team as a Consultant breast surgeon in October 2016.
Hussein Tuffaha
Breast Surgery
Ipswich Hospital
I was appointed as a substantive consultant at Ipswich Hospital in April 2018. I completed my specialty training in London and the East of England in major teaching hospitals including Imperial College Healthcare NHS trust, Royal Free Hospitals NHS trust and NHS Tayside Trust in Scotland.
I completed an Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Fellowship in Frimley Park Hospital after obtaining my CCT (Certificate of Completion of Training).
I am an associate member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers in the Royal College of Edinburgh, and the Association of Breast Surgery and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons Of England.
I have active interest in research and have published in peer reviewed journals and presented in national and international conferences.
I cover all aspects of breast benign and malignant diseases, with an extensive repertoire of Oncoplastic and Reconstructive breast procedures.
My areas of interest and expertise focuses on achieving safe cancer outcomes while obtaining the best cosmetic result for the patient.