Mr Raj Ragoowansi

Mr Ragoowansi is a renowned expert in the field of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand/Wrist Surgery and is a senior Consultant at Barts Health NHS trust. He has over 19 years of experience with Medico-Legal reports and with acting as expert in Clinical Negligence cases.

SPECIALITIES
General Plastic Surgery & Reconstructive Surgery: Accident and trauma (industrial, domestic) surgery, scarring & skin defects, lacerations, crush injuries, animal bites which have necessitated skin graft, local flaps and free flaps. Burns and scalds, Sports injuries.
Hand & Wrist surgery Emergency: soft tissue lacerations and fractures, amputation finger/thumb, finger/thumb replant, burns, crush injuries.
Peripheral nerve injuries
Hand & Wrist surgery Elective: Dupuytren’s contracture, joint rebalancing for osteo and rheumatoid arthritis and post trauma, tendon repair or transfer, nerves injuries/neuroma relocation/excision, ligament reconstruction. Hand swellings, upper
limb nerve decompression – carpal and cubital tunnel. RSI, DeQuervain’s tenosynovitis, Vibration white finger, Raynaud’s disease.
Soft tissue trauma including scars: hypertrophic, keloid scars
Burns & scalds
Skin lesions/lumps: benign, pre-malignant, malignant

He completes between 120-150 medicolegal reports annually, with the majority pertaining to Personal Injury (road traffic accidents, trauma in the work place, domestic injuries – in the kitchen, DIY, gardening and assaults).

Medico-legal report profile is 65% claimant, 30% defendant, 5% joint.

Personal Injury cases include Hand & Wrist surgery, Skin lacerations and scars, Burns and Scalds and Aesthetic Surgery – specifically breast and body contouring.

Clinical negligence cases include causation, prognosis or a combination of the two. Between 3-7 per year, are carefully vetted and selected (in order to avoid conflict of interest).

OUTPATIENT VENUES & FACILITIES
Patients/clients are seen within 3-4 weeks of instruction, within and out of hours, at the following locations in London – NW8, W1 and IG4.

Minors under the age of 16 years are also routinely seen, with a paediatric nurse, at Hospital of St John’s & St Elizabeth’s, NW8.

101 Harley Street, London, W1G 6AH – minors and adults
Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, NW8 – minors and adults
Spire East London Hospital, IG4 – adults only

Turn around for a report is 3-4 weeks after the consultation and assessment.

Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Certificate

Bond Solon Courses, Excellence in report writing, Courtroom skills, Cross Examination, Law and Procedure (Civil, Criminal and Family), Certificate of Attendance

Full member of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons and an active member of the Hand & Wrist Surgery facility.