Professor Kefah Mokbel FRCS is the lead consultant breast surgeon at the London Breast Institute of the Princess Grace Hospital, Professor of Breast Cancer Surgery at Brunel University London, an honorary consultant breast surgeon at St George's Hospital.
16 Facts About Kefah Mokbel
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Kefah Mokbel is the founder and current president of Breast Cancer Hope; a UK-based charity "dedicated to improving the quantity and quality of life in women diagnosed with breast cancer".
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Kefah Mokbel was appointed as a substantive consultant breast surgeon at St George's Hospital NHS trust in February 2001.
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Kefah Mokbel was named in Tatler magazine's Best Doctors Guide as one of the featured "Top Breast Surgeons" in 2006,2007 and 2013.
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Kefah Mokbel was born in 1965 in the currently occupied Golan Heights in Syria.
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Kefah Mokbel learned English in Eastbourne and then studied A levels in a boarding school in Shrewsbury.
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Kefah Mokbel graduated from the University of London in 1990.
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Kefah Mokbel was granted the Master of Surgery degree in 2000 by The Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine for his research in the field of molecular biology of breast cancer.
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In 2002, Mokbel was appointed an Honorary Professor at The Brunel Institute of Cancer Genetics and Pharmacogenomics at Brunel University in recognition of his contribution to breast cancer research.
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Kefah Mokbel has extensive experience in the field of reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery including augmentation mammoplasty, reduction mammoplasty and mastopexy.
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Kefah Mokbel has written 14 books in various disciplines including surgery, oncology, breast cancer, and postgraduate medical education.
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Kefah Mokbel is a member of the editorial board of several international medical journals and a peer reviewer for medical journals including The Lancet.
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Kefah Mokbel has been featured in many publications and interviews regarding breast cancer and surgery in the national and international media including: The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian, New York Post, The BBC, ITV, NBC Washington, Hello Magazine, ABC News, MSN, Yahoo, The Daily Express, The Independent, The Medical Daily, The Evening Standard.
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Kefah Mokbel writes medical articles for totalhealth and is one of totalhealth's specialist consultants.
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In 2013, Kefah Mokbel featured on BBC world news regarding the news that actress Angelina Jolie had preventative double mastectomy after finding that she is a BRCA1 gene carrier He was depicted by Silas Carson in the BBC drama The C Word, about his real-life patient Lisa Lynch.
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Kefah Mokbel is currently the Director of Breast Surgery at The London Breast Institute of The Princess Grace Hospital, chair of the multidisciplinary breast cancer program of the London Breast Institute, Professor of Breast Cancer Surgery, Honorary Consultant Breast Surgeon at St George's Hospital and President of Breast Cancer Hope Foundation.