About
Miss Katherine George is a Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon specializing in conditions of the face, head, and neck. On account of her clinical expertise, Miss George is one of the few surgeons in the UK trained in minimally invasive salivary gland surgery. She qualified in both dentistry and medicine, achieving distinctions when she graduated from St Bartholomew's and the Royal London Medical School. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England and has won several awards and prizes for both academic and clinical excellence throughout her career. Miss George is a core member of the multidisciplinary skin cancer team and specializes in the surgical treatment of facial skin cancer. She is also an Advanced Trauma Life Support Instructor, teaching fellow medical professionals about the current approach to the management of trauma patients. Miss George was the first person in the world to use intracorporeal lithotripsy to break a salivary gland stone into small pieces, thus preventing the need for invasive surgery. Her areas of expertise include facial aesthetics and reconstructive surgery, orthognathic surgery (including straightening surgery to improve the bite/relationship of the jaws), oral and maxillofacial surgery, oral medicine (removal of lumps on lips, inside the mouth, diagnosis and management of oral ulceration, burning mouth syndrome, and other oral conditions), facial plastic surgery and non-surgical facial rejuvenation (including fillers, Botox, etc.), tongue tie management, and the management of facial skin lesions, including skin cancer.