Mr Masha Singh
FRCS(Plast) · MSc(Surg Sci) · MRCS(Eng) · MBBS · BSc(Hons)
Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgeon
St George's Hospital, London
GMC reference 6141386
Biography
Mr Masha Singh is a Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeon at St George's Hospital, London — home to one of the busiest skin cancer units in the UK, where he sits on the Specialist Skin Cancer multidisciplinary team (MDT). He qualified from St George's Hospital Medical School in 2006, completed specialist plastic surgery training in London, and undertook a dedicated skin cancer fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
His clinical practice centres on skin cancer surgery and complex oncological reconstruction, with a particular interest in melanoma. He is Principal Investigator for the EORTC Mini-Tub trial — a landmark melanoma randomised controlled trial — and has recruited to international skin cancer studies, authored peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, and presented at BAPRAS, ABS and BSSH. He is a professional member of Melanoma Focus.
As Editor-in-Chief, he is responsible for the overall editorial standard of skinoncology.net, leads its surgical and reconstructive content, and coordinates specialty review across the editorial board.
Areas of expertise & content overseen
- Cutaneous melanoma — diagnosis, staging and management.
- Wide local excision and surgical margins.
- Sentinel lymph node biopsy and management of the regional nodal basin.
- Complex oncological reconstruction (the site's reconstruction atlas).
- Skin-cancer MDT working and UK referral pathways.
Background & training
- 2006 — MBBS, St George's Hospital Medical School, London.
- Specialist plastic surgery training, London.
- Skin cancer fellowship, the Royal Marsden Hospital.
- 2018 — FRCS(Plast), Royal College of Surgeons.
- 2012 — MSc Surgical Science (Distinction), Imperial College London.
Roles & memberships
- Lead, Specialist Skin Cancer MDT, St George's Hospital.
- Principal Investigator, EORTC Mini-Tub melanoma trial.
- Professional member, Melanoma Focus.
- Presenter at BAPRAS, the Association of Breast Surgery (ABS) and BSSH meetings.
Declarations of interest
No commercial conflicts of interest are declared in relation to skinoncology.net content. Mr Singh receives no payment for his editorial work on the site. [Specimen text — confirm or amend, including any trial-sponsor or advisory relationships, before publication.]