Clinical expertise
Miss Jana Torres-Grau specialises in reconstructive and plastic surgery in adults and children.
She regularly treats patients with conditions such as:
- adolescent breast concerns, including benign breast lumps (fibroadenomas), breast tissue development in boys (gynaecomastia), and extra nipples
- benign skin and soft-tissue lumps, such as cysts, fatty lumps (lipomas), skin tags, and other non-cancerous skin growths
- birthmarks, including red birthmarks (such as strawberry marks/haemangiomas), port-wine stains, and small visible blood vessel marks (spider naevi)
- blood vessel abnormalities, including vascular malformations
- ear concerns, including prominent ears, ear shape differences, and split or damaged earlobes
- external genital concerns, including lumps, skin changes, or discomfort
- hand conditions, including extra fingers or toes, joined fingers (syndactyly), and trigger finger
- moles, including those present from birth
- recurrent skin infections and cysts, including hidradenitis suppurativa and pilonidal disease (painful cysts near the tailbone)
- scars, including raised or problematic scars
- tongue-tie
She performs treatments such as:
- breast and chest wall surgery, including removal of benign breast lumps, treatment for breast tissue development in males, and removal of extra nipples
- ear pinning surgery (pinnaplasty) for prominent ears
- hand surgery, including correction of extra or joined fingers and treatment for trigger finger
- laser treatments for a wide range of skin and soft-tissue conditions
- procedures to repair split or damaged earlobes
- removal of moles, cysts, fatty lumps, warts, skin tags, birthmarks, and other skin lesions
- scar improvement and revision, including raised or keloid scars
- surgical treatment for pilonidal disease and hidradenitis suppurativa
Locations
Our specialist provides care at these locations:
Biography
Miss Jana Torres-Grau is a consultant plastic surgeon who specialises in reconstructive and plastic surgery.
She qualified from the University of Bristol achieving BSc Hons in cellular and molecular pathology, after which she spent a year as a nursing assistant. She then went on to study medicine and surgery through the fastback route in The University of Bristol and qualified in 2009.
She started her early post graduate surgical training in the areas of Bristol and Bath and then secured higher plastic surgical specialist training in the London Deanery, achieving all of her competencies working in Royal Free Hospital, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, Royal London Hospital and Wexham Park Hospital.
She became a Fellow of the RCSEng in 2020, followed by a period of fellowships in Great Ormond Street Hospital in craniofacial and general paediatric plastic surgery. Since 2021 she has been a consultant in paediatric plastic surgery at Evelina London Children’s Hospital and adults plastic surgery at St Thomas’ Hospital.
Research
Throughout her career, she has been involved in Children’s charity work, starting with a set-up in South Africa in collaboration with youth programmes, as well as being an ambassador for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital and Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
She works as part of a multidisciplinary team with ophthalmic surgeons, neurosurgeons, interventional radiologists, dermatologists, pathologists, scar and hand therapists, physiotherapists and psychologists.
Teaching
She also teaches trainees and is involved in clinical research.
