Dr Kazem Nassar

Skin cancer and reconstructive practice in Edinburgh.

Dr Nassar's NHS practice is primarily based at St John's Hospital and the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, where his work includes melanoma, other skin cancers, breast surgery and reconstruction following major cancer operations.

Dr Kazem Nassar is the plastic surgery lead for the South East Scotland melanoma multidisciplinary team (MDT) and also sits on the South East Scotland non-melanoma skin cancer MDT, providing specialist surgical input into the assessment and management of melanoma, non-melanoma skin cancer and complex skin cancer cases.

These professional roles do not imply NHS endorsement of the private Skin Surgeons service.

Plastic surgery training in Scotland and international experience.

Kazem graduated from the University of Edinburgh and completed his junior doctor training at the Ministry of Defence Hospital Unit in Portsmouth while serving as an RAF medical officer. His RAF service took him across the UK and abroad before he began his plastic surgery training in Scotland.

He trained in plastic surgery units across Scotland and spent time at the Melanoma Institute Australia in Sydney, developing further experience in the management of melanoma and complex skin cancer cases.

Selected PubMed-indexed publications

• IV3000 semi-occlusive dressing use in simple and complex fingertip injuries: efficacy and affordability Journal of Wound Care · 2022
• The internal pudendal artery turnover (IPAT) flap: a new, simple and reliable technique for perineal reconstruction JPRAS · 2021
• Managing aesthetic referrals in NHS Scotland: outcomes from 1122 patients in the East of Scotland JPRAS · 2018

Skin surgery with Dr Kazem Nassar.

At Skin Surgeons Edinburgh, Dr Nassar assesses and treats patients at Waterfront Private Hospital. Explore the dedicated pages for each procedure, including suitability, technique, pricing and aftercare.