Professor Hudson graduated from University of Cape Town and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1989, and a Fellow of the College of Surgeons of South Africa (Plastic Surgery) in 1992. He is the Head of the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital, and has been in this position for over a decade. He is one of a very small group of plastic surgeons from South Africa who is registered as a specialist plastic surgeon with the General Medical Council of Great Britain. He has an international reputation as a leader in the field, and serves on the editorial board of the British Journal of Plastic Surgery. He is the only South African to regularly review for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – the world’s leading plastic surgery journal. Prof Hudson has pioneered a number of new techniques in cosmetic surgery, the mini facelift for example. He has enormous experience in cosmetic surgery and has published articles in leading plastic surgery journals on cosmetic surgery. He is highly respected by peers and his trainees have achieved success all over the world.
