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Surgical Team

Thanassi Athanassopoulos studied medicine at Oxford University and King’s College Hospital London qualifying with distinction prior to embarking on Plastic Surgery Training in Scotland. He is an expert in cosmetic facial and breast surgery and, in particular, complex secondary revision surgery. Read More…

Marc-James Hallam is a consultant plastic surgeon at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary. He is also a clinical lecturer at the Aberdeen University Medical School and has published over 30 academic articles and textbook chapters, many of which he has presented at international meetings.
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Mark has been in nursing for nearly 30 years. He gained his DipHEN from RGU in 2000 and went onto do a post grad at the university of Dundee in 2006, gaining a BN in Anaesthetics & Recovery, and Theoretical Nursing. He has worked in Scotland and Canada for both the public and private sectors predominantly in the peri-operative environment. He is passionate about teaching and peer support having worked alongside practice education and staff wellbeing. Mark joined Alpha Hospital in January 2023.

Valerie is a registered nurse with over 30 years experience. She is currently the Senior Charge Nurse at the Burns and Plastics Department at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary and works as part of the bank team. Valerie’s qualifications include Degree of Bachelor of Nursing, Diploma in Leadership and Management and has a wealth of experience in wound management.

Aesthetics Team

Sinead has over 20 years of experience in medicines management working within the community pharmacy sector and the NHS. Her qualifications include Mpharm (master of pharmacy), IP (Independent prescriber), GPHC registered, advanced facial augmentation trained for both botulinum toxin and dermal fillers. Also provides hyperhidrosis treatment, mesotherapy, micro needling and vit b12 injections, prescribing of prescription only skincare. Sinead joined Alpha Hospital Group in August 2022.

Saoirse is a passionate aesthetician with over 15 years experience. Saoirse originally studied beauty therapy but quickly realised that her interests were more in line with medically led skin treatments. Saoirse particularly enjoys using energy based devises to achieve effective and long lasting results for her clients. She performs a range of treatments with lasers to treat vascular and pigmentation concerns as well skin rejuvenation and hair growth reduction. She also performs microneedling, radiofrequency, chemical peels and performs a range of clinically proven facials using various technologies. She believes that the right skincare is essential to optimal skin health so is passionate about educating her clients on the use of medical grade skin care to transform their skin and maintain results of any in clinic treatments.