Mariana Rita Afonso Matias

Compassionate and driven clinician with focus on providing compassionate patient care and optimising treatment plans. Skilled in diagnosing, treating, and managing variety of breast conditions with patient-centred approach. Experienced in both screening and symptomatic breast imaging/intervention and committed to continuous professional development with a passion for teaching and training.

2018 - General Medical Council (No. 7617879)

2018 - Royal College of Surgeons, England (No. 9092156)

2022 - Royal College of Radiologists, England (No. 352353)

2022 - Association of Breast Clinicians (No. ABCUK083)

• In my time away from work and in order to keep a good work/life balance, I like to keep a busy social life with family and friends and jogging outdoors. I also enjoy reading a good novel or going to the theatre, as I am an admirer of musicals. When possible, I like to get away and visit new cities, or if time allows, travel to a different country and explore new cultures, traditions, doing the most with local people.

Regional

Winner of the Small Bowel

Anastomosis Challenge at Chase Surgical Anastomosis Workshop for Core Surgical Trainees organised by West Midlands Deanery (2020)

Local

1. Winner - Urology Best-Case

Presentation Competition, Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

(2021).

2. Runner up - Surgical Audit Presentation Session, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. Use of routine group and save in elective laparoscopic cholecystectomy and impact on NHS resources (2021).

International major contribution in writing radiology-related

book chapters (Nonsurgical Management of High-Risk Lesions - 1st author, peer reviewed PMID: 38777542), (50 Landmark Papers every Breast Surgeon Should Know, Section 3 Diagnostic Imaging, Chapter 6, 7, 8 - 2nd author, ISBN-10: 1032471271).

Other publications:

Matias, M. Kronberga, M. Aghahoseine, A. 2021. Complicated Littre hernias. Int J

Abdom Wall Hernia Surg. 4: 83-9.

Kiruparan, P. Matias, M. Kiruparan, N. Archampong, D. Debenath, D. 2021. Could General Surgeons with Special Interest in Breast Surgery Delivery A Quality Service Despite a Paradigm Shift Towards Specialisation? An In-Depth Analysis of Quality Assessment-Based Practice At A General Surgeon-Led Breast Unit in the United Kingdom. International Journal of Scientific Research. 10(4): 43-48.

Matias, M. Zenha, H. Costa, H. 2017. Three-Dimensional: Custom-Made Implants for Craniomaxillofacial Reconstructive Surgery. Craniomaxillofacial Trauma and Reconstruction. 10(2): 89-98. PMDI 28523082

Collaboration in multiple COVIDSurg Collaborative and GlobalSurg Collaborative publications. 2021.

Teaching

Designed, led, organised multiple teaching sessions for undergraduate medical students, junior doctors and more recently teaching sessions on Breast Imaging for Clinical Radiology registrars (2024)

Audit/Quality Improvement Projects

Radiology

Completed audit loop: Indications for requesting abdominal x-ray in emergency patients – Designed, led, collected and analysed data, presented the results, implemented change

through education sessions/posters and re-audited. This helped decrease the number of inappropriate requests from general surgery department.

Completed audit - The “Yellow form” review system in breast screening assessment – Led,

collected and analysed data, presented the results. This audit generated loads of questions and interest considering the implementation of routine tomosynthesis as part of the

assessment.

Surgery

Besides these, in the past 5 years, I have been involved with 16 audit/quality improvement and research projects. Of these, I initiated the proposals for 8 and designed 12 projects.

Course title, Training provider, Duration ,Year completed

• Breast USS Biopsy Workshop, Symposium Mammographicum, 1 day, 2023
• The Fast MRI Workshop, Association of Breast Clinicians, 1 day, 2024
• Advanced Communication Skills, Maguire Communication Skills Training Unit ,2 days, 2024
• Advanced Skills in Breast Disease Management, Association of Breast Surgery, 3 days, 2023
• Symposium Mammographicum, 3 days, 2023
• BSBR'24, The British Society of Breast Radiology, 2 days, 2024
• PERFORMS, 2024