Profile

Andy Williams is an internationally recognised burn surgeon. He graduated M.B., B.S. from Adelaide University in 1994, was made a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Plastic Surgery in 2008, and a Fellow of the European Board of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery in 2015. Since 2012 he has been appointed as a consultant at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, the busiest burn service in the UK, where he has a particular focus on innovative scar management.

Andy has a special interest in burns education. He regularly travels to developing countries on surgical missions to operate on acute and chronic burn injuries and teach about burn care. Since 1997 he has been teaching the Emergency Management of Severe Burns course. He is an International Course Director and has taught over 2000 participants on the principles of early burn management.

Mr Williams regularly performs scar management surgery, plus general plastic surgery procedures including tummy tucks, breast reduction, liposuction, body contouring and treatment of skin lesions.

Non-surgical aesthetic procedures undertaken include muscle relaxing injections, fillers, micro-needling and laser therapy.

Professional expertise

Acute burn surgery (adults and children), surgical and non-surgical scar management (adults and children), pigmentation management, skin rejuvenation, anti-ageing treatments, wound management, body contouring, liposuction, reconstructive surgery, aesthetic surgery

Other contributions

• Audit Lead for the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Burns Service
• Educational supervisor and trainer for Plastic Surgeons in Training
• Treasurer, British Burn Association
• Chair, Education Committee, British Burn Association

Professional memberships

The General Medical Council (GMC), British Burn Association, European Burns Association, Australian and New Zealand Burns Association, International Society for Burn Injuries