Mr Timothy Goodacre is a British plastic surgeon who was senior Consultant for his Department at the Oxford University Hospitals from 1991 to 2017. He was elected Vice President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2020 – 2023, and is currently Chair of the Research and Quality Committee as well as Chair of Global Affairs for the RCSEng. He was previously President of the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS) in 2011, and has served as President of EBOPRAS (the European Board for Plastic Surgery), remaining on it’s Exco as lead for Education.
His lifelong reconstructive surgical practice had a particular interest in problems pertaining to children with cleft-related disorders, and past research involved the development of novel tissue expanders for paediatric work and the evaluation of the role of early psychological intervention in cleft management. He is a great enthusiast for improving the field of reconstructive care in less developed areas of the world, with amongst other activities being an Adviser to the Semiliki-Trust – working in war-torn east DRC, the Chair of Interface Uganda, and a trustee of IMET2000. He is also a trustee of Cleft (UK), and of IDEALS, which has involved him in regular support of plastic surgical training within Gaza.