Helen studied medicine at Cambridge University and graduated in 1998. She undertook surgical training in London becoming a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2001. She spent time in research gaining her MSc with distinction. She then progressed onto higher surgical training in Plastic Surgery, gaining experience in major teaching hospitals throughout London.

She became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS Plast) in 2008 and then went on to specialist training in cancer reconstruction, being awarded a fellowship at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.

She works closely with her dermatology colleagues at the St Johns Institute of dermatology and provides surgical management of various skin conditions. She also performs all types of cosmetic surgery.