
Miss Christina Choy
Professional statement
Miss Christina Choy is an experienced oncoplastic breast surgeon based in London. She treats all with respect, honesty and with compassion and professionalism. She has a specialist expertise in one-stop rapid assessment for various breast symptoms and lumps, family history risk assessment and genetic testing, breast screening and counselling, state of the arts management for both benign breast disease and breast cancer. She works with a group of dedicated multidisciplinary team members to provide holistic personal care with updated and cutting-edge management approaches for breast management..
Miss Christina Choy qualified from the Medical School of the University of Sydney and undertook her postgraduate training in surgery and has worked in various major centres in Australia, Hong Kong and the UK, including The Royal Marsden Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. She worked as consultant breast surgeon in the NHS previously and was once Lead for the Breast Service at the Homerton University Hospital. She has worked in the private sector since 2003. From January 2017 she has worked exclusively in the private sectors with practising privileges at the London Breast Institute in the Princess Grace Hospital, the London Clinic, Welbeck, King Edward VII Hospital, the Harley Street Clinic (16 Devonshire Street), The Lister Hospital, the Chelsea Outpatient Centre, the Chiswick Medical Centre and the Clementine Churchill Hospital
Miss Choy has worked in research and studies in conjunction with the pathology department at St Bartholomew's Hospital on a study of the gene arrays and demographic data of young women, particularly Afro-Caribbean women and other ethnic groups, presenting with breast cancer. Other projects that she is involved in include research into barriers to women accessing early diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer in various ethnic groups (in conjunction with King's College Hospital), and presented the development of a 23-hour model for early discharge after breast cancer surgery in Parliament for Black Afro-Caribbean and Ethnic Minority Group, BAEM).
Clinics

The Clementine Churchill Hospital - part of Circle Health Group
West London, Sudbury Hill, HA1 3RXMedical insurances accepted
Credentials
Professional experience
- 40 years of experience
- Consultant Breast Surgeon, London Breast Institute, Princess Grace Hospital, London (present)
Subspecialties
- One stop rapid breast assessment with 3D mammogram, ultrasound scan and MRI breast scan
- Risk assessment and counselling, including lifestyle holistic approach, genetic testing and risk reduction surgeries
Professional memberships
- Member of Association of Breast Surgeons in UK
- Member of Breast Surgeons International
Education
- MBBS at University of Sydney (1986)
- FCSHK at College of Surgeons, Hong Kong (1993)
Positions in organisations
- Trustee for the Breast Cancer Hope charity
Publications and conferences
- Miss Choy has published peer-reviewed papers in leading medical journals in the field of skin sparing mastectomy and reconstruction, ductal carcinoma in situ and lipofilling.
- Nipple-sparing mastectomy using a hemi-periareolar incision with or without minimal medial-lateral extensions; clinical outcome and patient satisfaction: a single centre prospective observational study. El Hage Chehade H, Headon H, Wazir U, Carmaichael AR, Choy C, Kasem A, Mokbel K, Am J Surg. 2016.
Languages spoken
- Chinese (mandarin)
- English
Reviews
- Would you recommend this doctor?
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- Treatment of the staff
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- I was worried about some significant breast changes. Miss Choy was very thorough. She has an excellent bedside manner. I was listened to carefully. She isn't dismissive. She thinks outside the box. If only other doctors were like her.
- Dr. Choy is amazing, kind, reassuring, and always cheerful
- Excellent
- Highly recommend Miss Choy, very nice and approachable.
- Highly recommend Miss Choy, very nice and approachable.
- I had a consultation with Ms Choy and she was excellent. She had a nice manner about her, listened carefully and was honest in her assessment of my issue.
- I had a consultation with Ms Choy and she was excellent. She had a nice manner about her, listened carefully and was honest in her assessment of my issue.