Mr Richard Parkin

Richard Parkin is an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon, who performs all cosmetic and plastic surgery of the face, practicing throughout Cardiff, Newport, and the whole of south Wales and as a private Oral and Maxillofacial & cosmetic surgery consultant at Vale Healthcare near Cardiff, South Wales.

Richard's special interests include facial cosmetic surgery and all aspects of surgery of the mouth, face, neck and jaws. He is a member of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the Association of Facial Plastic Surgeons. He is an honorary clinical tutor for Cardiff Medical / Dental School in South Wales and is a peer reviewer for the Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Before locating in South Wales, Richard was born and educated in Yorkshire, obtaining both a medical degree from Southampton University and a dental degree with distinction. He won the prize for oral and maxillofacial surgery before completing full surgical training for the FRCS.

Richard undertook his higher surgical training on the All Wales programme and obtained his Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery in 2006. He holds a Fellowship in Maxillofacial Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and the Fellowship in Dental Surgery from both London and Edinburgh.

His NHS appointment is Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon at the Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport where he is lead clinician for surgery and reconstruction of head and neck / facial deformities following cancer, he also reconstructs faces after trauma and developmental conditions along with provision of a routine oral and maxillofacial service.

He lives in Cardiff, South Wales, with his partner Jayne a GP, and their two young children, Rhys and Jessica who are all Welsh speakers forcing him to keep up! In his spare time he is an avid sports fan particularly rugby and has recently taken up cycling.

“My aim is to provide the highest quality treatment in a personalised and patient centred environment. My entire practice is devoted to treatment of the face, jaws, mouth and neck and specialising in this alone allows concentration of expertise in a defined anatomical area”.