Mr  Wee Sim Khor 

Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgeon

BSc (Hons), MB ChB (Hons), FRCS(Ed) Plast, FEBHS
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Overview

Medico-Legal experience

Mr Khor has been preparing medico-legal expert witness reports since 2023 and enjoys receiving instructions from both Claimant and Defendant law firms in personal injury and clinical negligence cases.

Clinical Practice & Experience

Mr Wee Sim Khor is a dual‑fellowship‑trained Consultant in Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery who works for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, providing services at Royal Preston Hospital and Chorley & South Ribble Hospital. His NHS practice covers skin cancer excision and reconstruction, complex reconstructive plastic surgery, and the full spectrum of hand surgery including tendon, nerve, fracture, amputation and fingertip injuries. Since 2023 he has also operated as a medico-legal expert witness, producing more than 50 detailed reports each year on hand trauma, burns, scarring and lower limb reconstruction. He holds the Cardiff University Bond Solon Civil Expert Witness Certificate.

Clinical Interests

His clinical focus lies in skin cancer management and aesthetic reconstruction, broad reconstructive plastic surgery (scar revision, flap and graft coverage), and hand surgery, with a subspecialty emphasis on reconstructive techniques such as revision tendon surgery, staged flexor‑tendon reconstruction and soft‑tissue coverage, as well as the treatment of small‑joint arthritis through injections, joint replacement and fusion.

Research Interests

Mr Khor is widely published in the fields of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, having authored numerous peer reviewed publications and co-authored a book chapter in hand surgery. He has also contributed to the development of NICE-accredited guidelines for the management of thumb base arthritis.

Management Experience

Mr Khor is a member of the regional specialist skin cancer multidisciplinary team that guides the treatment of skin cancer at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals.

Summary of Publications

Mr Khor has authored twelve peer‑reviewed articles in journals such as Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and The Journal of Hand Surgery. He co‑authored a book chapter on hand surgery and contributed to the NICE‑accredited guidelines on the management of thumb‑base arthritis.

Teaching & Training

Mr Khor is the course organiser for the well-received Preston FRCS (Plast) examination preparatory course.

Memberships of Professional Bodies & Learned Societies

British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons

British Society for Surgery of the Hand

British Medical Association

Case Coordinator

Anthony Evans

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