Mr Thomas Bragg is a Consultant Plastic, Reconstructive and Sarcoma Surgeon at Sancta Maria Hospital, Swansea. He is the MDT Lead of the Welsh Sarcoma Service and Chair of the Welsh Sarcoma Advisory Group, making him one of the most senior sarcoma surgeons in Wales.

Mr Bragg is the Training Programme Director for the All Wales Plastic Surgery Higher Surgical Training Programme, and is a Senior Lecturer at Swansea University, where he contributes to the Graduate Entry Medical Degree course.

Specialist Interests

• Sarcoma surgery and reconstruction
• Skin cancer surgery
• Lymphoedema surgery
• Hand surgery
• Wound healing and reconstruction
• Abdominal wall and chest wall reconstruction

Conditions Treated and Procedures Offered at Sancta Maria Hospital

Sarcoma

• Sarcoma assessment, MDT discussion and surgical management
• Soft tissue sarcoma reconstruction

Skin Cancer and Skin Lesions

• Skin cancer clinical assessment and biopsy
• Skin cancer reconstruction, including lymph node surgery
• Keloid scar removal
• Skin tags and benign skin conditions
• Split earlobe repair

Hand Surgery

• Dupuytren’s contracture
• Carpal tunnel release
• Cubital tunnel release
• Tendon repairs
• Ganglion removal

Lymphoedema Surgery

• Lymphovenous anastomosis (LVA)
• Liposuction for lymphoedema
• Excisional techniques

Other

• Lipoma assessment and surgery
• Cyst assessment and surgery
• Wound healing assessment, management and reconstruction

The Welsh Sarcoma Service

Mr Bragg has led the Welsh Sarcoma Service since 2015, overseeing a hub-and-spoke model centred in Swansea and delivered across Wales in partnership with Cardiff. The service manages around 210 to 220 sarcomas a year, with soft tissue tumours treated in Wales and complex bone and retroperitoneal cases referred to the regional centre of excellence in Birmingham. Mr Bragg is also leading the British Sarcoma Group’s bid for formal Sarcoma Tumour Improvement Groups (TIGs), and currently hosts one of the few UK Sarcoma Fellowships, delivered jointly with his skin cancer surgery colleagues.

Training and Appointments

Mr Bragg graduated in Medicine from the University of Birmingham in 2001. He completed basic surgical training in Worcestershire and Warwickshire, gaining Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons in 2005, before undertaking higher surgical training in Oxford, London and Stoke Mandeville. He completed a year as Senior Fellow in Sarcoma Surgery in 2015.

Professional Memberships and Roles

• Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons (Plastics) FRCS(Plast)
• Training Programme Director, All Wales Plastic Surgery Higher Surgical Training Programme
• Senior Lecturer, Swansea University Medical School
• MDT Lead, Welsh Sarcoma Service
• Chair, Welsh Sarcoma Advisory Group
• British Sarcoma Group