Mr Rajiv Grover, Plastic Surgeon

Consultant Plastic Surgeon
President at British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)
Hunterian Professor

Member of British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS)

An NHS Consultant in Plastic Surgery by training, with a thriving private practice on London’s posh Harley Street, Mr Rajiv Grover is among the most eminent consultant plastic surgeons in the UK. He performs his brilliant natural looking facelifts, eyelid surgeries, and rhinoplasties along with the occasional breast enhancement or lift, tummy tuck and liposuction at London’s King Edward VII Hospital, renowned for its charter to serve the Royal Family. He sits on the council of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) and is responsible for the UK national audit of cosmetic surgery and safety performed through the Royal College of Surgeons.

Mr Grover graduated in medicine with a triple distinction from London University in 1989. In 1993 he became a Fellow of The Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) having been awarded the Hallett Prize and Gold Medal for the highest score in the United Kingdom. He then entered eight years of higher surgical training in Plastic Surgery during which he was awarded a scholarship from the Royal College of Surgeons to train at Harvard Medical School in Boston, USA. In addition to be being awarded a Doctorate of Medicine (MD) by London University in 1998 he was appointed as a Hunterian Professor at The Royal College of Surgeons. At the completion of his training he was awarded the FRCS (Plast) by the Royal College of Surgeons and admitted to the GMC’s specialist register.

During his career Mr Grover has been awarded several coveted prizes. These include awards from the European Association of Plastic Surgeons (EURAPS medal 1996 and 1999) and the American Association of Plastic Surgeons (AAPS Gold medal 2000). For his work in the field of Aesthetic Surgery he has twice been awarded the Hackett Memorial Prize by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS). In 2001 he was awarded the Mentor Prize in Aesthetic Surgery by The British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAPS) for his published work on improving safety in the field of Facial Cosmetic Surgery.

Mr Grover has published widely in international literature (over 60 scientific publications) and has a number of papers in the UK and USA on improving safety and enhancing outcome after cosmetic surgery. In 2004 he was invited to sit on the council of The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) and has served as Secretary of the Association from 2006 to 2010, Vice President of BAAPS from 2010 to 2012 and the President of the Association from 2012 to 2014.

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