Mr Yazan Masannat

MBBS, MRCSI, MRCSEd, DBRM, FEBS, FRCSEd, MD

Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon

Yazan Masannat is an award-winning Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon specialising in Breast Cancer Surgery. His NHS practice is based at Broomfield Hospital in Essex and his private practice is at the London Breast Institute at Princess Grace Hospital and 108 Harley Street in Central London and Springfield Hospital, in Chelmsford, Essex. He has many areas of specialist interest in Breast Cancer Surgery including Breast Reconstruction, Oncoplastic Breast Surgery using the different techniques like therapeutic mammoplasty and Chest Wall Perforator Flaps when indicated to conserve the Breast and Revision Surgery after breast cancer treatment. Yazan has more than 60 peer reviewed publications and has been awarded numerous research grants. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Aberdeen/Scotland and an E-Tutor with the University of East Anglia/England. He is the Meetings Secretary and an elected member of the Board of Trustees of the Association of Breast Surgery, in addition to being an examiner at the European Board of Surgical Oncology and the European Board of Breast Surgery exams (UEMS).

He is also the creator of www.iBreastBook.com which is a free online resource with contributions from many of the leading Breast and Plastic surgeons across the world. The iBreastBook Webinar series, which he started during the covid pandemic with the support of colleagues has been a huge international success. As a result, Yazan is regularly invited worldwide as an international expert to lecture and teach on the different Oncoplastic Breast Surgical Techniques.

Areas of Specialist Interest

  • Breast Cancer Surgery (Lumpectomy, Mastectomy, etc)
  • Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (Mammoplasty, Chest Wall Perforator Flaps, etc)
  • Axillary Surgery (Sentinel Node Biopsy, Targeted dissection, and axillary clearance)
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Symmetrisation Surgery after breast cancer
  • Lipomodelling (Fat Grafting) to improve symmetry after breast cancer surgery
  • Benign Breast Conditions
  • Breast Pain Management