The Careful Surgeon
finding light, courage and compassion in the face of life and death
$54.73
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
22 June 2026
Summary
The Careful Surgeon: Life, Death, and Precision on the Operating Table
A teenage victim of a knife attack. A young girl who has nearly lost her leg in a boating accident. A survivor of a major terrorist attack at Westminster Bridge. Trauma surgeon Shehan Hettiaratchy has seen all these people on his operating table. In The Careful Surgeon he explains how it feels to take the lives of these people into his hands.
In this powerful, blood-stopping and incisive insight …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529350654 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529350654 |
| Author: | Dr Shehan Hettiaratchy |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Yellow Kite |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 22 June 2026 |
| Weight: | 41g |
| Dimensions: | 240mm x 156mm |
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About The Author
Dr Shehan Hettiaratchy
Shehan Hettiaratchy is one of the UK’s leading surgeons, Major Trauma Director of one of the busiest trauma centres in London, Consultant Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Professor of Practice at Imperial College and National Advisor to the NHS on Armed Forces healthcare. He led the team treating victims of the Grenfell fire and the Westminster Bridge attack (as documented by BBC’s Hospital), among other tragic events that have occurred in recent years. He has been named as a Daily Mail Health Hero of the Year and included as part of The Times Alternative Rich List. He has served in the British Army since he left school as a regular and reservist, serving mainly with Airborne Forces, and was deployed to Afghanistan twice. He has worked in war zones (Abkhazia, Georgia, Chechnya, Kosovo) and disaster areas (the Haiti earthquake) with various UK NGOs. Since 2022 he has worked with UK-Med on surgical missions to Ukraine and Gaza. He was awarded an OBE in 2025 for his humanitarian work.
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