Personal profile
In 2004, she qualified from the University of Leicester and then completed both her membership (MRCS, 2007) and fellowship (FRCS, 2013) exams with the Royal College of Surgeons. She also completed an MSc (2011) in Orthopaedic surgery.
In 2012, Miss Deans was awarded an educational bursary award by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. In 2014-15 she completed one of 11 nationally competitive advanced training programme hand and wrist surgery fellowships in Manchester, which are recognised by the British Society for Surgery of the Hand (BSSH) as the best hand surgery training programmes. Miss Deans worked for three highly experienced hand and wrist surgery consultants, one of whom was the president of the BSSH at that time.
She is keen to remain up to date with techniques and research, she regularly attends the BSSH scientific meetings. Her last systematic review of the evidence for surgical treatment of STT joint wrist arthritis was published in the Journal of Hand Surgery (AP volume), in which she presented this evidence at the BSSH scientific meeting in Bath.
Miss Deans teaches medical students, physios and orthopaedic doctors in the specialism of hand and wrist problems, diagnosis, and treatment. This also involves staying up to date with evolving evidence and new treatment approaches. In addition, she helps with assessing doctors prior to their specialist orthopaedic exams.
Miss Deans does not require a GP referral for booking, for private and self pay referral patients, but does for NHS patients.
