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About Dan Prinsloo
Mr Dan Prinsloo is a cosmetic
and reconstructive plastic surgeon serving North
Staffordshire and Shropshire.
 He first qualified in 1987 as a Medical Doctor at the University of Pretoria, South Africa, where he graduated as a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB). He was always interested in plastic and reconstructive surgery and had extensive exposure to surgical procedures even as a junior doctor. In 1989, he joined the extensive training programme in plastic and reconstructive surgery at the University of Pretoria.
He qualified as a plastic surgeon in 1995 after completing his Master’s degree in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (MMed Plast Surg). In the same year, he also achieved the distinction of becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of South Africa (FCS Plast (SA)).
Expertise and special interests
Mr Prinsloo is an experienced breast surgeon and performs mainly reconstructive
breast surgery within the NHS. He also provides a service in specialised head and neck skin cancer surgery, limb reconstruction and general
plastic surgery.
Further training
and experience
Mr Prinsloo was appointed as Consultant Plastic Surgeon within the NHS in South
Africa (Pretoria) in 1996. He decided to gain further specialised training
and experience by undertaking fellowships in some of the best plastic surgery
units in the world. He received further extensive training in Taipei (Taiwan),
Tokyo (Japan) and Glasgow (Scotland). He then returned to South Africa
to continue his work as a consultant within the NHS as well as working as a private
cosmetic surgeon. He moved to the UK in 1998 and in 1999 was appointed
as Consultant Plastic Surgeon within the NHS in North
Staffordshire (Newcastle-under-Lyme) and Shropshire
(Shrewsbury).
Training of plastic surgeons
Mr Prinsloo is actively involved in the training of plastic and reconstructive surgeons in the West
Midlands rotation.
He is very excited by the recent growth in cosmetic
surgery and is very positive about its future. He would like to ensure, however, that the plastic surgeons of tomorrow are fully equipped to take up their places in this expanding area.
Cosmetic surgery
Mr Prinsloo has private consulting rooms in North
Staffordshire (Newcastle-under-Lyme) and Shropshire (Shrewsbury).
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