About Hiroshi
About Hiroshi
Beginnings
Hiroshi Nishikawa was born in Tokyo. His father was a naval architect whose work took him to England. It was unusual in those days to be a Japanese citizen in the UK, but the whole family moved to London when Hiroshi was three years old.
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Training
Hiroshi won a scholarship to Dulwich College aged ten and after a gap year spent exploring the Silk Road and trekking in the Himalayas, he entered St Johns College Cambridge to study medicine. He graduated in 1982. During his medical student training he had an elective for three months in Papua New Guinea where he first experienced medicine and surgery in a developing country. This would go on to influence him later in his career. He underwent training in orthopaedics, general surgery and neurosurgery before entering into the field of reconstructive plastic surgery.
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Specialism
Hiroshi had specialist plastic training in London, Leeds, Adelaide, Taiwan and Tokyo. He became interested in the management of cosmetic patients, facial deformity, craniofacial anomalies, facial palsy and vascular malformations. He was appointed Consultant plastic reconstructive surgeon in Leeds in 1996 and then moved to Birmingham Children’s Hospital in 2000 as consultant plastic and craniofacial reconstructive surgeon, where he became the Clinical Lead of the Plastic Surgery Department and then head of the craniofacial unit until January 2013. He previously led the multidisciplinary department managing vascular anomalies and continued to be part of the plastic and craniofacial teams at Birmingham Children’s Hospital and at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital for adult patients, before going full time into his private cosmetic surgery practice in 2019.
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The Westbourne Centre
Hiroshi is one of the co-founders of The Westbourne Centre in Edgbaston, Birmingham where he has carried out his private practice since 2008. He is an examiner for Plastic Surgery and is involved in humanitarian surgical charity work in Ethiopia for the treatment of facial deformities in adults and children.
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GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery
Hiroshi has over 25 years of private aesthetic practice as a consultant plastic surgeon including extensive experience in the rejuvenation of the face and reshaping of the breast, trunk and limbs with the use of techniques such as facelifts, blepharoplasty, endoscopic brow lifts, rhinoplasty, liposuction, breast augmentation, mastopexy and breast reduction. He is on the GMC Specialist Register for Plastic Surgery and is a full member of the specialist associations BAAPS and BAPRAS. He was an examiner for 12 years and for 3 of those years was responsible for examining the future examiners. Hiroshi is also a member of the ISCFS (International society for Craniofacial Surgery) and the RSM (Royal society of Medicine).
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Quality, Safety, Honesty
At The Westbourne Centre in Edgbaston, Hiroshi works alongside some of Birmingham’s most distinguished consultant anaesthetists and clinical nurse specialists. His caring, experienced and supportive team are here to assist you right from the very beginning of your journey, all the way through to your aftercare and beyond. Hiroshi never discharges anyone and believes that cosmetic surgery is a long-term commitment for both the surgeon and the patient. Hiroshi’s practice is committed to patient safety and care of the highest standards and when you decide to choose our practice for your treatment or surgery, you can rest assured that you will be offered outstanding advice, treatment, aftercare and support.