Personal Profile
She graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1989 and was awarded FRCS (Eng) in 1991. She trained in the Trent region and Glasgow completing the Intercollegiate FRCS (Plast) in 2001. Travelling Fellowships Ms Godwin has completed include Oncologic Reconstruction at Toronto General Hospital, Canada, Breast Reconstruction and Microsurgery at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden, The Derby Hand Fellowship, Derby UK, and Ear Reconstruction with Mme Firmin in Paris, France. She was a Consultant Plastic Surgeon in Edinburgh from 2005 - 2012.
Ms Godwin’s private practice interests include general adult and paediatric plastic reconstructive surgery, with her specialist interests being breast and hand surgery.
Ms Godwin has undertaken Humanitarian work in zones of conflict since 2011. This includes a decade of support for Gaza and most recently the conflict in Ukraine.
Ms Godwin's academic background includes the design and leading of international and local research projects. These projects reflect a broad range of specialist interests and support to junior colleagues in their development of academic skills (including publication and teaching). Her publications reflect the importance of measuring surgical outcomes to support evidence-based medicine. Her articles are published and peer-reviewed in plastic surgery journals. She is a regular reviewer for the Journal of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Annals of Plastic Surgery, and Journal of Hand Surgery and Injury.
Ms Godwin's teaching commitments include being a member of the Plastics Faculty for Mr D Nott's STAE course since 2014 and annual lectures at Cambridge University Medical School. Further to this, ongoing teaching in zones of conflict include promotion of the MDT, Ortho-plastic approach for blast and ballistic injury, antibiotic stewardship, as well as training in Plastic surgery relevant to context.
