Chair and head of the Dupuytren section
Anna Schurer
Retired veterinarian Anna became involved with the British Dupuytren’s Society in 2011 and became chair in 2014. She has Dupuytren’s and Ledderhose disease and has had two operations on her right hand. Both her parents also had Dupuytren’s, and her father had several procedures for it.
Anna has been involved in the Society from the start and is one of the founders, and she has worked with the International Dupuytren Society and with NICE on patient issues.
Ledderhose section:
Professor George Flanagan, Consultant Podiatric Surgeon
Mr Flanagan is a consultant podiatric surgeon and visiting professor in podiatric medicine & Surgery with NHS & private clinics in Northamptonshire and Private Clinics in Lancashire. He performs surgery for a range of foot & ankle conditions as well as many innovative non surgical treatments. He has a particular interest in Ledderhose Disease (Plantar Fibromatosis) having seen the varying treatment options offered throughout the UK and the significant impact this chronic condition can have on mobility. Mr Flanagan trained throughout the United Kingdom with externships in Germany and the USA. Mr Flanagan leads a busy county wide NHS foot surgery service, is involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and lectures extensively on foot & ankle treatments.
Peyronie’s section:
Mr David Ralph BSc MS FRCS (Urol)
Prof David Ralph is a full-time Urologist at The St Peter’s Andrology Centre and the Institute of Urology, University College London. He has previously been President of the BAUS section of Andrology, the British Society for Sexual Medicine and the European Society for Sexual Medicine. He has a wide interest in all aspects of sexual medicine and leads an active research programme with PhD and MD fellows. He has written many chapters on Priapism, Peyronie’s Disease and surgical and medical management of erectile dysfunction. He is the biggest implanter of penile prostheses in the UK with two clinical fellowship programmes to teach on this. He completed his higher degree on Peyronie’s Disease and has written over 50 peer reviewed papers on the subject. He teaches on courses in America and Europe on the topic and is currently the chairman of the international guidelines committee for Peyronie’s Disease.
Dupuytren’s Disease specialist surgeons:
Professor Dominic Furniss DM MA, MBBCh, FRCS (Plast)
Prof Furniss is a specialist registrar in plastic and reconstructive surgery in Oxford. In 2012 he was awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship – the first ever awarded to a plastic surgeon – and began working in NDORMS, studying the molecular genetic basis of Dupuytren’s Disease. Since then, his research interests have broadened to investigate the genetic and non-genetic causes of common hand surgery conditions. His clinical interests are in the fields of hand surgery, and supermicrosurgery for the treatment of lymphoedema.
Mr Henk Giele MBBS, MS, FRCS, FRACS (Plastics), MRACMA
Prof Henk Giele is an experienced consultant in the field of plastic reconstructive and hand surgery working at Oxford University Hospitals. He is a surgical specialist who trained in Australia and is accredited in plastic surgery in both its reconstructive and cosmetic aspects. His training included a year of microsurgical research at the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery, St Vincent’s Surgery run by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (2000-2005), and by running the training programme for plastic surgical trainees in the Oxford-Wessex region as the programme director.
Radiotherapy Treatment:
Dr Richard Shaffer MBBS, BSc (Hons), MRCP, FRCR
