Background

Mr Baldwin is a consultant hand surgeon at the Hand Centre at the Northern General Hospital and the Children’s Hospital in Sheffield.

After completing his medical training at Imperial College, London, Mr Baldwin undertook his specialist plastic surgery training in Leeds, Manchester and London.

During his training, he completed a research degree in tissue engineering for burn injured patients as an MRC fellow, publishing widely in the literature and presenting the work internationally.

After completing his plastic surgery training, Mr Baldwin gained further advanced training in all aspects of hand surgery culminating in a further qualification in specialist hand surgery.

As a consultant, Mr Baldwin enjoys looking after all aspects of hand problems, both in adults and children. As research lead at the Hand Centre, he continues to develop new treatments and improve patient care. He is involved in teaching new doctors, surgeons-in-training and specialist hand surgeons. He sits on the national examination committee for the British Society of Surgery of Hand.

Mr Baldwin continues to use his skills overseas in the developing world where there is less developed healthcare, recently returning from Sierra Leone with a team of reconstructive surgeons.

Professional memberships: Royal College of Surgeons, London, British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (BAPRAS), British Society of Surgery of the Hand (BSSH)