Mallappa Kolar is a highly-experienced consultant plastic surgeon specialising in face and neck procedures. Alongside his NHS roles, he is also medical director at Kliniken, a prestigious private facility dedicated to providing cosmetic and plastic procedures. Mallappa has won numerous awards, including the International Postgraduate prize at the Tissue and Cell Engineering Society UK. He has been widely published in medical journals and textbooks and remains committed to staying up-to-date on the most innovative surgical and non-surgical techniques. Patients describe him as kind, honest and having attention to detail.

• 2022 - Present: Consultant Plastic Surgeon (Substantive) for the Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
• Medical director, Kliniken

• FRCS (Plast) Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (Plastic Surgery), London, 2020
• PhD, Umeå University, Sweden, Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells and injections of microRNA as therapeutics for nervous system repair, 2016
• MD, Umeå University, Sweden, The use of adipose-derived stem cells in spinal cord and peripheral nerve regeneration, 2014
• MRCS, Member of Royal College of Surgeons, London, 2009
• MBChB, Medicine, University of Leeds, 2006
• BS, Basic sciences with management, Imperial College London, 2004

• General Medical Council (GMC number): 6146727
• British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons (BAPRAS)

• 2021 Survey of plastic surgery trainee attitudes to a career as a burns surgeon: A potential workforce dilemma. Taylor L, Kazzazi DN, Kolar MK, Anwar MU. Burns. 2021 Apr 7:S0305-4179(21)00078-4. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2021.03.008. PMID: 33947596
• 2021 Gene therapy in wound healing using nanotechnology. Pang C, Fan KS, Wei L, Kolar MK.Wound Repair Regen. 2021 Mar;29(2):225-239. doi: 10.1111/wrr.12881; Epub
• 2020 Dec 30; PMID: 33377593 2019 Watkins R, Kolar M, Ralston D. Getting under your skin: botfly myiasis. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 May 27;12(5):e229666. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2019-229666. PMID: 31138596; PMCID: PMC6557369.
• 2018 Novikova LN, Kolar MK, Kingham PJ, Ullrich A, Oberhoffner S, Renardy M, Doser M, Müller E, Wiberg M, Novikov LN, Trimethylene carbonate-caprolactone conduit with poly-p-dioxanone microfilaments to promote regeneration after spinal cord injury. Acta Biomaterialia 2018 Jan 15;66:177-191. doi: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.11.028.
• 2017 Kolar MK, Itte VN, Kingham PJ, Novikov LN, Wiberg M, Kelk P, The neurotrophic effects of different human dental mesenchymal stem cells. Scientific Reports. 2017 Oct 3;7(1):12605. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-12969-1
• 2016 Louw AM, Kolar MK, Novikova LN, Kingham PJ, Wiberg M, Kjems J, Novikov LN, Chitosan polyplex mediated delivery of miRNA-124 reduces activation of microglial cells in vitro and in rat models of spinal cord injury Nanomedicine. 2016 Apr;12(3):643-53. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2015.10.011
• 2014 Kolar MK, Cullinane C, Bourke G; Truncal myxoid Dermatofibrosarcoma Protuberans in a 11-month old child. J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg. 2014 Nov;67(11):e282-3. doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2014.07.037
• 2014 Kolar MK, Kingham PJ; Regenerative effects of adipose tissue derived stem cells for treatment of peripheral nerve injuries; Biochem Soc Trans. 2014 Jun;42(3):697-701. doi: 10.1042/BST20140004
• 2014 Kolar MK, Kingham PJ, Novikova LN, Wiberg M, Novikov LN; The therapeutic effects of human adipose derived stem cells in a rat cervical spinal cord injury model; Stem Cells Dev. 2014 Jul 15;23(14):1659-74. doi: 10.1089/scd.2013.0416
• 2014 Kingham PJ, Kolar MK, Novikova LN, Novikov LN, Wiberg M. Stimulating the neurotrophic and angiogenic properties of human adipose derived stem cells enhances nerve repair. Stem Cells Dev. 2014 Apr 1;23(7):741-54. doi: 10.1089/scd.2013.0396
• 2011M.K. Kolar, S. Joseph, A. McLaren; Luxatio erecta of the hip; Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery British edition; Feb 2011; 93(2): 273
• 2016 Mallappa K Kolar, Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells and injections of microRNA as therapeutics for nervous system repair, ISSN 0346-6612, ISBN 978-91-7601-465-3
• 2014 Mallappa K Kolar, The use of adipose derived stem cells in spinal cord and peripheral nerve repair, ISBN: 978-91-7601-007-5 (print)
• 2014 Mallappa K Kolar, Christopher J Pateman, Lev N Novikov, Mikael Wiberg, Frederik Claeyssens, John W Haycock & Paul J Kingham, Comparison of 3D Micro-Printed Polycaprolactone Conduits and Fibrin Conduits for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, eCells and materials, Volume 28, Supplement 4, 2014
• 2014 KOLAR Mallappa K, Grainne BOURKE. The use of a pedicled sensate medial plantar flap not based on the posterior tibial artery: a case series demonstrating this as a reconstructive option. Clinical Anatomy Vol. 27 2014
• 2014 KOLAR Mallappa K, Vinay ITTE, Karén Stepanidis, Lars Poulsgaard. The diagnostic dilemma of primary intracranial jugular foramen meningioma as a cause of pulsatile tinnitus and ear problems: case report and review of literature. Clinical Anatomy Vol. 27 2014
• 2014 KOLAR Mallappa K, Grainne BOURKE. Congenital/infantile non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcomas of the upper limb: a case series. Clinical Anatomy Vol. 27 2014
• 2014 KOLAR Mallappa K, Liudmila N. Novikova, Paul J. Kingham, Andreas Ullrich, Sven Oberhoffner, Monika Renardy, Michael Doser, Erhard Müller, Martin Hoss, Martin Dauner, Mikael Wiberg, Lev N. Novikov. Human adipose derived stem cells promote regeneration in a biodegradable trimethylene-caprolactone-glycolide scaffold with guidance microfilaments in the injured rat spinal cord. Clinical Anatomy Vol. 27 2014
• 2014 Main author for invited contribution “Chapter 22: Peripheral Nerve Regeneration; Tissue engineering using ceramics and polymers; Woodhead Publishing”.
• 2013 K. Stepanidis, M. Kolar, L. Poulsgaard; Jugular foramen meningioma as a cause of pulsatile tinnitus and ear problems; Hellenic Otorhinolaryngology -Head and Neck Surgery, Volume 33 - Issue 4, 2013.
• 2012 Mallappa K. Kolar, Paul J. Kingham, Liudmila N. Novikova, Mikael Wiberg and Lev N. Novikov; Transplantation of human adipose derived stem cells reduces glial cell reactions after spinal cord injury in rats; eCells and materials, Volume 23, Supplement 4, 2012
• 2012 M. Kolar; Question contributor for OUP's PASSit, a Royal College examinations online revision service [online]. 2012.
• 2004 R. Dhanoa, R. D’Souza, R. Grewal, M. Kolar, T. Munir, H. Nakum; Research abstract: Integrating Information: Facilitators and Barriers; UK Health Informatics Today, Autumn 2004.