Dr Lydia Morton is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, specialising in skin cancer surgery, facial reconstruction and trauma. Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a specialty that requires university degrees in both Medicine and Dentistry. It then takes years of dedicated training to become a consultant is this field. Dr Morton began with a degree in Medicine from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. She then worked as a doctor in Newcastle, Brisbane and the French Alps, focusing on trauma management. Having decided that a career in surgery was what she wanted to pursue, she completed her surgical training in London (where she met Dr Rebecca Lewis). With a passion for anatomy, she taught this to medical and dental students at Kings College London University. Inspired by the head and neck anatomy she applied for and gained, a sought-after place on the accelerated dental degree course, where she won a coveted prize in her final year examinations.

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The specialty of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery involves management of facial trauma and deformity, dental pathology, mouth cancer and skin cancer. Lydia has honed her surgical skills in various locations including  Newcastle, London, Birmingham, the south coast of England and further afield to Costa Rica, Cuba, Venezuela and Morocco. She has also been fortunate enough to be trained by Prof Shan Baker, one of the most eminent skin cancer surgeons in the USA. Lydia has published papers and articles in specialty journals and presented at several national surgical and educational conferences.

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Lydia’s interest in skin cancer management in the head and neck area started because of the complex anatomy in this region. She understands the behaviour of skin during and after surgery. She endeavours to give the best aesthetic outcomes possible by using the natural contours and creases of the skin to hide any surgical scarring.

 

She works as an NHS Consultant at University Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust on the south coast of England and keeps up-to-date with the latest evidence-based management. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and a member of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, Women-in-Surgery, the General Medical Council and the General Dental Council.