Dr Ashok B C is HOD- Department of Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery; & Chief of Medical Services at Aster Whitefield Hospital. Plastic surgery has many subspecialties and Dr Ashok comes with rich experience of 26 years in it.
Dr Ashok started his career as Associate professor in Plastic surgery at St. Johns medical college from 1997- 2004. He then practiced as a Consultant Plastic Surgeon from 2004-2023 at Manipal Hospital Bengaluru old airport road. He also was HOD from 2010-2018, Adjunct professor of plastic surgery MAHE university, DNB teacher and examiner along with Co-director in Breast fellowship under MAHE
Area of expertise
- Aesthetic surgery faciomaxillary surgery
- Gender Reassignment Surgeries
- Hand Transplantation
- Brachial Plexus Birth Palsy surgery
- General/Burns trauma surgical management
- Breast and lymphoedema surgery
- Oncoplastic surgery
- Microvascular surgery
- Oculoplastic surgery
- Hair transplant, are some of the main areas we cover however we also trouble shoot any emergency in terms of plastic surgery
Awards and recognitions
- Faculty in many national and international meets and workshops to demonstrate lymphoedema and breast reconstruction.
- Recipient of first Gaga Johnson and Johnson microsurgery fellowship.
Memberships
- Association of Plastic Surgeons of India
- Indian association of aesthetic plastic surgery
- Brachial plexus group
- Indian society for surgery of the hand
- Indian society of reconstructive microsurgery
- The association of surgeons of India
- Ex – National secretary association of breast surgeons of India.