Dominic Furniss
DM MA MBBCh FRCS(Plast)
Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Honorary Consultant Plastic Surgeon
- Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
I studied medicine as an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, where I was a Junior and Senior Scholar, and graduated with a first class degree in genetic pathology.
I then moved to Christ Church, Oxford to study clinical medicine at the Oxford University Clinical School. Following graduation, I undertook basic surgical training in London, before returning to the Oxford Plastic Surgery Department in 2003.
In 2004, I began a three year D.M. research degree investigating the molecular genetics of congenital limb malformation, under the guidance of Professor Andrew Wilkie at the WIMM, for which I won the Pushpa Chopra Award and the Plenary Prize of the MRS.
I was then appointed NIHR Clinical Lecturer in 2007, which enabled me to begin researching into the molecular genetics of Dupuytren's Disease, whilst continuing my specialist registrar training in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
In 2012, I was awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship - the first ever awarded to a plastic surgeon - and began working in NDORMS.
Since then, my research interests have diversified to investigate the genetic and non-genetic causes of common hand surgery conditions, as well as other conditions of interest. My clinical interests are in the fields of hand surgery, and supermicrosurgery for the treatment of lymphoedema.
Key publications
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Handedness, language areas and neuropsychiatric diseases: insights from brain imaging and genetics.
Journal article
Wiberg A. et al, (2019), Brain, 142, 2938 - 2947
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A genome-wide association analysis identifies 16 novel susceptibility loci for carpal tunnel syndrome.
Journal article
Wiberg A. et al, (2019), Nat commun, 10
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Genetic variants of calcium and vitamin D metabolism in kidney stone disease.
Journal article
Howles SA. et al, (2019), Nat commun, 10
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A Genome-wide Association Study of Dupuytren Disease Reveals 17 Additional Variants Implicated in Fibrosis.
Journal article
Ng M. et al, (2017), Am j hum genet, 101, 417 - 427
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Wnt signaling and Dupuytren's disease.
Journal article
Dolmans GH. et al, (2011), N engl j med, 365, 307 - 317
Recent publications
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Epidemiology of acute flexor tendon injury and an analysis of outcomes - a study of 91,239 patients in England and Wales.
Journal article
Mawhinney JA. et al, (2025), J hand surg eur vol
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Reducing routine group and save testing in emergency laparoscopic appendicectomy surgery: a quality improvement project assessing the triple bottom line.
Journal article
Mackintosh C. et al, (2025), Bmj open qual, 14
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Benchmarking transformer-based models for medical record deidentification: A single centre, multi-specialty evaluation
Preprint
Kuo R. et al, (2025)
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Management of partial extensor tendon lacerations of the hand and forearm: A national survey of practice in the United Kingdom.
Journal article
Reed AJ. et al, (2024), J plast reconstr aesthet surg, 101, 46 - 52
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Causal inference in health and disease: a review of the principles and applications of Mendelian randomization.
Journal article
Lovegrove CE. et al, (2024), J bone miner res
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Genetic variants predisposing to increased risk of kidney stone disease
Preprint
Lovegrove CE. et al, (2024)
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Identifying Non-Genetic Factors Associated with Trigger Finger
Journal article
Guggenheim L. et al, (2024), Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery
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Stakeholder perspectives towards diagnostic artificial intelligence: a co-produced qualitative evidence synthesis.
Journal article
Ling Kuo RY. et al, (2024), Eclinicalmedicine, 71