Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon - Dr. Jesse Kenton-Smith
Welcome to my website.
My website contains detailed information on some of the plastic surgical procedures I perform together with a selection of "before and after" photos of my patients.
My team and I are very happy to answer any further questions you may have via email or telephone. We can also send you an informative brochure, by The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, on any surgical procedure which interests you.
Warm regards
Dr. Jesse Kenton-Smith (Specialist Plastic Surgeon)
Dr. Jesse Kenton-Smith
Jesse is a qualified Plastic Surgeon and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Australasian Surgeons (FRACS). Jesse has a private practice in Merivale, Christchurch, regularly visits Queenstown Medical Centre and also works in Christchurch Public Hospital as a Specialist Plastic Surgeon. Jesse has a special interest in repairing the noses, palates and lips of babies born with cleft lips and palates. Jesse takes great pride in the plastic surgical results he achieves both in the public hospital and in his private practice.
Jesse completed his medical training at University College Hospital, London where he later also won a scholarship to complete an honours degree in Immunology. Jesse became a qualified medical doctor in 1990 and then embarked on his surgical training to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS) in 1994. At this point Jesse earned the right to change his name from Dr. Kenton-Smith to Mr. Kenton-Smith to recognise his fellowship status.
Later in 1994, Jesse and his wife set sail on their, 36 foot yacht, 'Sentinel' from Milford Haven in Wales and sailed to New Zealand. After his arrival in New Zealand in 1995, Jesse was accepted onto The National Plastic Surgery Training Programme and became a qualified Plastic Surgeon in 2001.
Jesse then won a Plastic Surgical Fellowship at The Radcliffe Royal Infirmary in Oxford, England. During his fellowship time, Jesse received extensive training in both plastic and cosmetic surgery by well known and respected plastic surgeons at; The Radcliffe Royal Infirmary (Oxford), The Humana Wellington Private Hospital (St John's Wood, London) and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital (Central London).
Jesse then returned to New Zealand in 2003 to take up a permanent Specialist Plastic Surgical position at Christchurch Public Hospital. Upon his return Jesse also set up his private practice. Jesse has been in public and private practice since July 2003 and also holds a position as a Senior Lecturer in Plastic Surgery for the University of Otago at Christchurch Public Hospital.
Along with his work in New Zealand, Jesse regularly takes part in surgical aid in developing countires where he carries out cleft lip and palate surgery on disadvantaged youngsters. This surgical aid is in support of Interplast, a charitable organisation for plastic and reconstructive surgery.
In his spare time Jesse is very busy sailing, skiing, wakeboarding, mountain biking, road biking, driving his sports car at medical race days, playing the guitar, farming his lifestyle block and being a father to his three children. Jesse also has a passion for art; he attends regular art lectures, enjoys sculpting the human form in clay and is a very keen art exhibition visitor.
Jesse was interviewed on Canterbury's CTV about his role as a Cosmetic Plastic Surgeon based in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Mr Jesse Kenton Smith is a certified member of NZAP, ASAPS and NZFCPS.