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Spencer Beasley

Paediatric surgeon

Paediatric surgery is a specialty that involves an exciting and broad mix of conditions, and requires additional skills in dealing with children and their families. Good surgery is usually rewarded with good outcomes, and operations have to accommodate subsequent growth and development of the child, and last more than 70 years! Whereas I gained an adult general surgical Fellowship before embarking on a paediatric surgical career, nowadays trainees enter the SET training programme in paediatric surgery directly. Once "through", you become a member of a friendly and close-knit group of surgeons who, as advocates for children, are committed to a small but fascinating specialty. My own inspiration comes from my children (all six of them), and I still have the opportunity to follow my varied interests that include music, photography, cycling and mountain running.