Simon Kay

Simon Peter Jabir Kay OBE is a British consultant plastic surgeon, born and educated in Guernsey, Channel Islands, based in Leeds.[1] Kay carried out the UK's first hand transplant operation.[2] Kay trained in plastic surgery in the UK in Wexham, Birmingham, and Manchester, with secondments for specialist training in Adelaide, Australia and Louisville, Kentucky, United States. In November 2001, "The Times" named Kay as one of the top doctors employed in Britain at that time.[3]

Kay's decision to become a surgeon, particularly a plastic surgeon, came about due to his own childhood where he burnt his finger on a small electric fire when he was five. He had to endure many operations, which he states were unnecessary and led him to want to become a surgeon, but also someone who would always ask "what is in the best interests of the patient".[4]

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Complex Reconstructive Hand Surgery including Hand Transplantation.[5]

References
  1. "Guernsey-born professor is UK's first double hand transplant surgeon". Bailiwick Express. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. "Simon Kay: 'It's not a one-man show... I have never wanted people to say it's all about me'". The Yorkshire Post. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. "Aesthetics Journal". aesthetics journal.com. 20 November 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. McPhee, Rod (8 February 2012). "Meet the Leeds surgeon with life in his hands". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. "Double hand transplant surgeon gets OBE". BBC News. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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