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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Primed to resolve: A single cell atlas of the shoulder capsule reveals a cellular basis for resolving inflammatory fibrosis
Preprint
Ng MTH. et al, (2023)
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Dupuytren's disease is a work-related disorder: results of a population-based cohort study.
Journal article
van den Berge BA. et al, (2023), Occup Environ Med
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Variants in ALDH1A2 reveal an anti-inflammatory role for retinoic acid and a new class of disease-modifying drugs in osteoarthritis.
Journal article
Zhu L. et al, (2022), Sci Transl Med, 14
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Associations of adiposity, kidney stone disease, and serum calcium concentrations; observational and genetic epidemiological studies
Preprint
Lovegrove CE. et al, (2022)
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Genome-wide association analysis and replication in 810,625 individuals with varicose veins.
Journal article
Ahmed W-U-R. et al, (2022), Nat Commun, 13
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Author Correction: Genetic variants of calcium and vitamin D metabolism in kidney stone disease.
Journal article
Howles SA. et al, (2022), Nat Commun, 13
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Artificial Intelligence in Fracture Detection: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Journal article
Kuo RYL. et al, (2022), Radiology
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T2-weighted MRI defines critical compression in the distal carpal tunnel that is relieved after decompressive surgery.
Journal article
Tullie S. et al, (2022), J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg