03 Profile
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Hansard to 4 November 2026 · 31,174 contributions indexed · 1,439 MPs & peers
All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · Plastic & reconstructive surgery
Derralynn Hughes: no licensed photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Derralynn Hughes
director of research and innovation for the Royal Free London
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press citation on 1 topic since 30 Jan 2026 · last quoted 30 Jan 2026
02 Quoted on · 1 of 29 topics
Derralynn Hughes: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- director of research and innovation for the Royal Free London
- Quoted on
- Plastic & reconstructive surgery
- Tracked press citations
- 1
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Jan 2026
04 The signal · where Derralynn Hughes sits on plastic & reconstructive surgery
Ranked 12= of 213 voices quoted in the press on plastic & reconstructive surgery, level with 201 others on 1 citation.
Ranked on press citations on this topic only, not across all topics. Joint positions share a rank.
- 1=Nora NugentClinicianConsultant Plastic Surgeon and co-owner/Director; Immediate Past President of BAAPS (President 2024–2026), Purity Bridge3
- 1=Dr. Ash PatelClinicianProfessor of Surgery, Division of Plastic, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine / Duke Health (Department of Surgery)3
- 1=Dr. Arash MomeniClinicianChief, Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (from 1 September 2026); Associate Professor of Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine (Division of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery)3
- 12=Damon CooneyAcademicassociate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery and clinical director of the Johns Hopkins Face Transplant Program1
- 12=Gerald BrandacherAcademicprofessor and scientific director of the Reconstructive Transplantation Program in the Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine1
- 12=Derralynn HughesSector leaderdirector of research and innovation for the Royal Free London1
- 12=Mr Allan PonniahClinicianconsultant plastic surgeon1
- 12=Dr. Steven KozuskoAcademicNot specified in article1
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05 On the record · press
What Derralynn Hughes has said
By outlet · linked articles
- royalfree.nhs.uk1
Where Derralynn Hughes has been quoted
- 01Innovation in plastic surgery – creating the future todayroyalfree.nhs.uk · 30 Jan 2026
Verbatim
“Innovation is the lifeblood of the NHS. It's the way we get ourselves out of difficulty, it's better for patients and for the health economy. Innovation has to happen from the ground up by connecting people who understand the problem with people who can help them.”
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