Simon Kay

Simon Peter Jabir Kay OBE is a British consultant plastic surgeon, born and educated in Guernsey, Channel Islands, based in Leeds.[1] Kay carried out the UK's first hand transplant operation.[2] Kay trained in plastic surgery in the UK in Wexham, Birmingham, and Manchester, with secondments for specialist training in Adelaide, Australia and Louisville, Kentucky, United States.

Kay's decision to become a surgeon -- particularly a plastic surgeon -- came about due to his own childhood where he burnt his finger on a small electric fire when he was five. He had to endure many operations, which he states were unnecessary and led him to want to become a surgeon, but also someone who would always ask "what is in the best interests of the patient?"[3]

He was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to Complex Reconstructive Hand Surgery including Hand Transplantation.[4] In November 2001, "The Times" named Kay as one of the top doctors employed in Britain at that time.[5]

References
  1. "Guernsey-born professor is UK's first double hand transplant surgeon". Bailiwick Express. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. "Simon Kay: 'It's not a one-man show... I have never wanted people to say it's all about me'". The Yorkshire Post. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2016.
  3. McPhee, Rod (8 February 2012). "Meet the Leeds surgeon with life in his hands". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  4. "Double hand transplant surgeon gets OBE". BBC News. 28 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  5. "Aesthetics Journal". aesthetics journal.com. 20 November 2001. Retrieved 6 February 2019.


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