Mr. Justin Chatterjee

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Primary Services

Areas of Expertise

Cosmetic surgery. Plastic surgery. Hand and wrist surgery. Breast reconstruction. Skin cancer.

About

Education & Experience

Mr. Justin Chatterjee is a Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon at Mater Private Network, Cork.

Mr. Chatterjee graduated from Glasgow Medical School in 2000 and completed Basic Surgical Training in 2003. He trained as a plastic surgeon for 10 years (2003-13) undertaking Higher Surgical Training in Scotland. He completed his senior 3 years of training (2010-2013) at the world renowned Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit in Glasgow obtaining Certificate of Completion of Training, and entered onto UK Specialist Register in Plastic Surgery in August 2013. 

He subsequently undertook a Post-CCT Orthoplastic Hand Fellowship in the Birmingham Hand Centre in 2013–14. Following this he undertook a Post-CCT Breast Reconstruction Fellowship at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada which also afforded him further cosmetic surgery experience. This dual fellowship training enabled Mr. Chatterjee to gain a breadth of expertise.

On his return to the UK in 2015 he was appointed as a Locum Consultant Burns & Plastic Surgeon at Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Buckinghamshire, prior to a substantive Consultant appointment in the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle for two years.  Mr. Chatterjee returned to Scotland in 2017 to open a new Plastic Surgery Unit at NHS Lanarkshire in Greater Glasgow, where he commenced a new breast reconstruction service and was Clinical Lead for Skin Cancer from 2017 - 2019.  Mr. Chatterjee worked privately at the Ross Hall Hospital in Glasgow from 2019 with Circle Health Group.

Mr. Chatterjee was appointed as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Cork University Hospital and South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in 2021. He joined Mater Private Network in Cork in 2024.

Special Interests 

Mr. Chatterjee's special interests include:

• Cosmetic surgery (aesthetic surgery)
• Plastic surgery
• Hand and wrist surgery
• Breast reconstruction
• Skin cancer

His clinical practice includes Breast Reconstruction, Hand & Wrist Surgery, Skin Cancer Surgery, and Aesthetic Surgery.  He has a special interest in Aesthetic Breast & Body Contouring Surgery, as well as Aesthetic Facial Surgical and Non-Surgical Treatments.

Clinical Research & Professional Memberships 

While at Canniesburn Plastics Unit in Glasgow Mr. Chatterjee was awarded a Fellowship in Plastic Surgery from both the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, as well as the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery.

Mr. Chatterjee completed the European Diploma in Hand Surgery (2013) and the British Hand Diploma (2014).  Mr. Chatterjee was the first plastic surgeon from the Pan Scotland Plastic Surgery Training Programme to be awarded the British Hand Diploma.

Mr. Chatterjee has several research publications and was awarded MSc in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair from Cardiff University in 2007. He is involved in the training of plastic surgeons and is a faculty instructor on several postgraduate courses. He has held honorary academic appointments at a number of universities including Dundee, Newcastle and Glasgow, and is currently a Clinical Senior Lecturer at University College Cork.  He is an Examiner for the BSSH / University of Manchester Hand Diploma Examination.

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FRCSI)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC)
• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
• Fellow of the Royal College of Physician and Surgeons of Glasgow
• Fellow of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
• Fellow of the International College of Surgeons (Chicago)
• Full Member of the Irish Association of Plastic Surgeons (IAPS)
• Full Member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)
• Full Member of the British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH)
• Full Member of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS)