Mr David Gault

I was Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Mount Vernon and Great Ormond Street Hospitals, and Honorary Senior Lecturer at UCL. I trained in Plastic Surgery in London, Paris, Tokyo and California. I designed a flush-out kit for extravasation to prevent devastating limb damage due to chemotherapy, and was involved in the original research into laser depilation and PSR technology for ageing skin. I founded the UK's first ear reconstruction unit, at Mount Vernon Hospital, in 1991, and was Visiting Professor to the Chinese University of Hong Kong. I developed EarBuddies when my first child was born with a deformed ear. Now used in over 100 countries, the aim was to cut the number of failed ear operations worldwide by correcting deformities non-surgically at birth. I enjoy painting, sculpting and planting in my spare time.

I now work solely in private practice, based in London. I specialise in aesthetic plastic surgery and the correction of failed surgery. I have a special interest in skin laser surgery and the correction of ear deformity and am an expert witness. Over one third of all ear procedures I undertake currently is to correct surgery which has failed in other centres. I have developed a number of new techniques for surgery for ear deformity, including ear reconstruction for microtia (a small or missing ear) and pinnaplasty (for mishapen ears), which have permitted better results with shorter procedures and less risk. I am passionate about reducing the risks of surgery; over 70% of my cases are undertaken under local anaesthetic, for example, and about reducing the need for surgery at all, for example by early intervention in a clinic setting, treating pre-auricular deformities with clips, and stick-out and misshapen ears with splints. I have written over 170 academic papers, and am a regular faculty member at international meetings.