RAMiss Reena AgarwalConsultant Plastic, Burns & Hand Surgeon

About

Miss Reena Agarwal

A practising NHS Consultant with over a decade of specialist plastic, burns and hand surgery experience, and an active record of national leadership in surgical education and training.

Background

Miss Reena Agarwal is a Consultant Plastic, Burns and Hand Surgeon at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, where she has been a substantive Consultant since 2014, having previously served as a Locum Consultant between 2011 and 2014. She has extensive experience in the assessment and management of both adult and paediatric patients with a wide range of plastic surgical conditions.

Her specialist interests include burns, hand injuries, scar management, reconstructive plastic surgery, traumatic soft tissue injuries and skin lesions. She undertakes medico-legal work relating to Personal Injury and is actively involved in surgical education, research and national leadership within plastic surgery.

Current Clinical Role

Consultant Plastic, Burns & Hand Surgeon at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust since 2014. Lead for Burns and Lead for Plastic Hand Surgery at the Trust since 2011, and a Core Member of the Midland Burns Operational Delivery Network.

Leadership & Academic Roles

A selection of current national and regional roles; a full list of appointments is available in the academic CV on request.

  • Honorary Secretary

    BAPRAS

  • Regional Training Programme Director, Plastic Surgery (East Midlands)

    Health Education England

  • Advisory Appointments Committee Assessor

    Royal College of Surgeons of England

  • Honorary Senior Lecturer

    University of Leicester

Awards & Recognition

  • Most Inspiring Role Model Educator Award (2024)
  • NHS 25 Years' Service Recognition (2023)
  • Founder of the Regional Microsurgery Training Centre, Leicester

Publications & Recognition

Miss Agarwal has published extensively in the fields of plastic surgery, burns, hand surgery and scar management, including recent work on scar management following burns, burns service development, hand injury referral pathways, and skin cancer surgery. Her work has appeared in the European Burns Journal, Burns, the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery (JPRAS) and JPRAS Open, and she has contributed to the Oxford Handbook of Operative Surgery.

A full academic curriculum vitae, including complete publication list and conference presentations, is available on request.