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Plastic Surgery

Dr Yusuf completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of surgery (M.B.B.S) from Govt Medical College, Pariyaram, Kerala. As a young doctor who took keen interest on service to the society, he worked as a volunteer in the Institute of Palliative Care, Calicut, Kerala. He then went on to complete 3 years of his general surgery training from Jubilee Mission Medical College and Research Institute, Thrissur Kerala where he briefly worked with one of the doyens of plastic and cleft surgeries in India, Dr Hirji S Adenwalla, who transformed his outlook on the subject. This led him to specialize in the field of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery from the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Sion, Mumbai from where some of the best plastic surgeons in the country have trained. During his time in Mumbai, he worked in Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital to become proficient in plastic surgical procedures in children and the famous Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, the largest oncological institution in the country where he mastered the finesse of microvascular reconstruction. Dr Yusuf believes that a doctor’s education never ends and continued his training by working with Dr Anand Joshi, a plastic surgeon specializing in hair transplantation and completing a fellowship in Cosmetic Surgery in New Delhi under Dr Rajat Gupta. He also regularly attends conferences and CMEs to keep up to date in this ever evolving field of medicine.