Karina Cox is an experienced breast cancer surgeon and a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons of England. She was appointed as a Consultant Breast and Oncoplastic Surgeon at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in 2011 and moved to Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in September 2024. She was then appointed as the Clinical Lead for Breast Surgery in November 2024 and is the current chair of the UK Association of Breast Surgery’s Clinical Practice and Standards Committee.

Karina graduated from Imperial College School of Medicine at St Mary’s in 1998 and completed her basic surgical training in London. She then spent two years as a clinical research fellow at Imperial College London investigating the function of immune cells in lymph nodes draining breast cancer and gained a Medical Doctorate degree. Following on from her research, she continued her training as a general surgeon with The London Deanery before sub-specialising in Breast and Oncoplastic surgery and was awarded the National Breast Oncoplastic Fellowship in Manchester. She was the Chair of the Trustees at the charity Breast Cancer Kent for 10 years.

Karina is an active researcher working on new ways to image lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer to avoid unnecessary lymph node removal and leads Clinical Trials. She is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at The University of Kent and maintains an interest in the link between lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise and breast cancer risk and survival. She also has an interest in non-cancerous breast problems including those related to breast-feeding.

As a surgeon, she is fully trained in breast reconstruction and breast conservation techniques with the aim to avoid a mastectomy wherever possible. She also performs revision surgery to correct cosmetic problems after breast cancer treatment.

Professional Website

• karinacoxbreastsurgeon.co.uk

• Breast Cancer Diagnosis
• Benign breast disease diagnosis
• Breastfeeding problems including mastitis and abscesses
• Breast Pain
• Hormonal breast changes
• Treatment of armpit lymph nodes in breast cancer
• Breast cancer surgery
• Benign (non-cancerous) breast surgery
• Breast Reconstruction.
• Breast symmetrising surgery
• Managing menopausal symptoms after breast cancer treatment
• Improving the appearance of the breast after surgery and radiotherapy.
• Advanced breast conservation for breast cancer including chest wall perforator flaps (LiCAP) and therapeutic mammoplasty

• British Medical Association
• Association of Breast Surgery
• British Association of Surgical Oncology