Mr Yazan Masannat
Yazan Masannat is an award-winning Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon specialising in Breast Cancer Surgery. His additional expertise includes a one-stop breast clinic to assess patients with breast-related problems, breast reconstruction, symmetrisation surgery after breast cancer and benign breast conditions.
Bio
Yazan Masannat is an award-winning Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon specialising in Breast Cancer Surgery. He has many areas of specialist interest in Breast Cancer Surgery including Breast Reconstruction, Oncoplastic Breast Surgery using the different techniques like therapeutic mammoplasty and Chest Wall Perforator Flaps when indicated to conserve the Breast and Revision Surgery after breast cancer treatment.
Yazan has more than 70 peer reviewed publications and has been awarded numerous research grants. He is a Visiting Associate Professor at Anglia Ruskin University, an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen/Scotland and an E-Tutor with the University of East Anglia/England. He is the Meetings Secretary and an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Breast Surgery, in addition to being an examiner at the European Board of Surgical Oncology and the European Board of Breast Surgery exams (UEMS).
He is also the creator of www.iBreastBook.com which is a free online resource with contributions from many of the leading Breast and Plastic surgeons across the world. The iBreastBook Webinar series, which he started during the covid pandemic with the support of colleagues has been a huge international success. As a result, Yazan is regularly invited worldwide as an international expert to lecture and teach on the different Oncoplastic Breast Surgical Techniques.
Mr. Masannat has expertise in the following areas:
- One stop breast clinic to assess the patients with breast related problems, including, breast pain, breast mass, breast lump, armpit mass, axillary lymph nodes, nipple changes, nipple eczema, nipple discharge, breast infection, breast abscess, mastitis and of course breast cancer.
- Breast Cancer Surgery and benign breast surgery (Lumpectomy, Mastectomy, breast conserving surgery, Benign Breast Lump Excision, duct excision)
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (Mammoplasty, Chest Wall Perforator Flaps, breast remodelling afteter breast cancer excision)
- Axillary Surgery (Sentinel Node Biopsy, Targeted dissection, and axillary clearance)
- Breast Reconstruction (implant reconstruction with or without the use of a mesh ADM, DIEP flap with the plastic surgery colleagues)
- Symmetrisation Surgery after breast cancer
- Benign Breast Conditions
More information
The London Clinic Rapid Diagnostic Centre
142-146 Harley Street
W1G 7LD
Treatments
- Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
- Therapeutic mammoplasty
- Chest Wall Perforator Flap
- Breast Lump Excision
- Duct Excision
- Fibroadenoma excision,
- Breast reconstruction with implants
- Breast reconstruction with free flaps
- Sentinel node biopsy
- Targeted axillary dissection
- Axillary node clearance
Conditions
- Breast pain
- Mastalgia
- Nipple eczema
- Breast mass
- Axillary lymph node
- Armpit lump
- Breast abscess
- Qualified 2000
- MBBS, Jordan University of Science and Technology 1994-2000
- MRCSEd (Edinburgh) The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Elected 2005
- MRCSI (Dublin), The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Elected as a member 2006
- PG Dip, Post Graduate Diploma in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair, Wound Healing Research Unit, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK 2005
- P/G Cert Post Graduate Certificate in Health Research University of Leeds 2007
- MD, Doctor of Medicine by thesis, Research in Breast surgery, University of Leeds (Research 2005-2007, thesis submitted in 2008, viva held in 2009)
- FRCSEd General Surgery Intercollegiate Speciality Board 2011
- FEBS Breast Surgery, European Board of Surgery Qualification Exam, Amsterdam 2013
- National Oncoplastic Fellowship in Breast Surgery Training interface Group in Oncoplastic Breast Surgery, Joint Committee of Surgical Training in the UK, JCST 2013
- Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in General Surgery CCT, Joint Committee in Surgical Training
2014 - Diploma in Breast Reconstructive Microsurgery, DBRM UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2015-2017
- FEBS Surgical Oncology, Honorary Degree, European Board of Surgery Qualification Exam 2020
- Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon
Mid and South Essex NHS Trust Chelmsford
- Simulation Lead
Mid and South Essex NHS Trust Chelmsford - Visiting Associate Professor
Anglia Ruskin University - Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
University of Aberdeen - E-Tutor MS Oncoplastic Breast Surgery
University of East Anglia Norwich - Creator and editor
www.iBreastBook.com - a free online website and webinar provider for Breast Cancer and Breast Surgery education
Mr Yazan Masannat has over 70 peer reviewed publications. These include:
- Post-mastectomy radiation therapy after breast reconstruction: from historic dogmas to practical expert agreements based on a large literature review of surgical and radiation therapy considerations. Belkacemi Y, Moran MS, Ozden BC, Masannat Y, Geara F, Albashir M, To NH, Debbi K, El Tamer M.Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2024 Jun 12;200:104421. doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2024.104421. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38876160 Review.
- Current axillary management of patients with early breast cancer and low-volume nodal disease undergoing primary surgery: results of a United Kingdom national practice survey. Fairhurst K, McIntosh SA, Cutress RI, Potter S; Our Citable Collaborators. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 May 10. doi: 10.1007/s10549-024-07328-4. Online ahead of print.PMID: 38724821
- Targeted axillary dissection: worldwide variations in clinical practice. Kontos M, Kanavidis P, Kühn T, Masannat Y, Gulluoglu B; TAD Study Group. Breast Cancer
You can view Mr Yazan Masannat's dedicated Youtube for iBreastBook here.