Mr Paul Thiruchelvam was awarded the iWantGreatCare certificate of excellence in 2024 for delivering outstanding care.
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Mr Paul Thiruchelvam
2019-10-11
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11th October 2019
I can't believe that I am struggling to put into words what amazing human beings Mr Paul Thiruchelvam and nurse Orla O'Neill are. Both of these wonderful people have helped me above and beyond what's required of them. Paul took the time to explain everything to myself and my husband. He was also present at my operation and visited straight after too. He also rang Orla to let her know that I was out of theatre and she also came to see me. They truly are the golden team and any patient that falls under their care will be so much better for it. AMAZING and thank you both so much for everything.
Mr Paul Thiruchelvam
2019-09-12
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12th September 2019
I was very lucky, upon my diagnosis of breast cancer to be assigned Dr Paul Thiruchelvam
He is completely the best choice I could have had.
Professional, considerate, thorough, knowledgeable, and allowed me to keep my dignity at all times. He is well liked and respected by the other medical staff he liaises with which is a positive reflection of the medical care which he provides.
I would give him the highest recommendation, he always takes the time to address all your issues completely and I totally trust him.
Mr Paul Thiruchelvam
2019-09-05
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5th September 2019
When I was recently diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma in the breast with metastic carcinoma in the lymph nodes, I was both shocked and very anxious. However, I was blessed to be referred to Mr Paul Thiruchelvam at Charing Cross Hospital. Mr Thiruchelvam is a very special man. Not only is he clearly a very skilled surgeon, he has a lovely manner and the ability to explain the diagnosis, surgical procedures and treatments in a way that is easy for his patients to understand. Immediately after my first consultation with Mr Thiruchelvam, it was clear to me that he was the consultant under whose care I wanted to be. I was blessed a second time by the assignment of Orla O'Neill as my breast care nurse. She is simply wonderful. She is compassionate, caring and very knowlegable. I cannot thank Mr Thiruchelvam and Orla enough for the exceptional care I have received from them. They are both first class professionals.
Mr Paul Thiruchelvam
2019-08-24
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24th August 2019
WELL WHAT CAN I SAY ABOUT MR PAUL THIRUCHELVAM
I AM A CANCER SUFFERER AFTER 11YEARS OF BEING CANCER FREE I WENT FOR MY
MAMAGRAM AND WAS TOLD THAT I HAD CANCER IN THE RIGHT BREAST ANYWAY I
WAS SEEN BY DOCTOR THIRUCHELVAM AND HE WAS VERY CAREING
AND UNDERSTANDING HE TOOK THE TIME TO EXPLAIN TO ME EXACTLY WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN DURING THE OPERATION AND EXACTLY WHAT THE EFFECT
COULD HAPPEN AFTER THE OPERATION THE NURSES WAS JUST AS CAREING AND
UNDERSTANDING I WAS SHOCKED BUT REST ASSURED DR THIRUCHELVAM AND
ORLA O NEILL WHO WAS MY BREAST CANCER NURSE PUT ME AT EASE
I MUST SAY THAT BOTH DR THIRUCHELVAM AND ORLA GAVE ME THE BEST CARE
THAT ANYONE CAN ARK FOR YOU ARE THE BEST
THANK YOU AGAIN
ANGELA DELSOL (MRS)
Mr Paul Thiruchelvam
2019-08-14
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14th August 2019
After a routine mammogram I was diagnosed with early stage bilateral multi focal breast cancer.
I was recommended to Mr Paul Thiruchelvam my husband’s oncologist.
From my first consultation I found Mr Thiruchelvam to be an excellent communicator who inspired total confidence and able to put me and my family at ease. He fully explained my condition illustrating his proposed treatment with easily understood diagrams and explaining all options of highlighting all the permutations of possible side effects.
I felt fully and clearly informed and was able to trust him 100% from the outset. His measured, friendly, calm and approachable manner is something both I and my family truly appreciated and it made it possible to face my surgery with total confidence that this was not the ‘end of the world ‘ that I had first assumed
I could not recommend this brilliant surgeon and his team highly enough.
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- General surgery
Profile
Paul is a Consultant Breast and Reconstructive Surgeon at Imperial College NHS Trust and an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Surgery at Imperial College, London.
He graduated from Imperial College in 2000 and undertook his Surgical Training in North West Thames, during which time he rotated through the breast units at Imperial College and The Royal Marsden. He completed his surgical training as a National Oncoplastic Group (TIG) fellow at the Nottingham Breast Institute, where he undertook research mapping the anatomy of chest wall perforator flaps (LICAP & LTAPs) in partial and total breast reconstruction.
Paul has undertaken travelling fellowships to the MD Anderson, Mayo Clinic, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centers, and was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship in 2016, visiting the United States and Japan to observe the use of axillary reverse mapping (ARM) and Lymphatic Microsurgical Preventing Healing Approach (LYMPHA) in primary lymphoedema prevention. Paul is actively involved in lymphedema prevention and surveillance.
As a member of the member of the expert panel on breast cancer related lymphoedema, he was involved in drafting best practice guidelines for the American Society of Breast Surgeons. He is the current Chair of oncoplastic breast surgery for the American College of Surgeons and the and serves on the oncoplastic faculty for the American Society of Breast Surgeons and teaches on Surgical Techniques for the Prevention and Management of Lymphedema for the American Society of Breast Surgeons.
Paul received his PhD in Molecular Oncology from Imperial College in 2010, under supervision from Professors Simak Ali, Laki Buluwela and Charles Coombes. He was awarded the first joint clinical research fellowship from the Royal College of Surgeons and Cancer Research:UK to fund his research. He is actively involved in clinical trials, including the multi-centre PRADA trial.