Dr. Alexandra Hatchell (MD, MSc, FRCSC) is an attending plastic surgeon at the Peter Lougheed Centre and Alberta Health Services and a Clinical Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Calgary (Calgary, Alberta, Canada). Dr. Hatchell graduated from Queen’s University in 2010 after earning a Bachelor of Physical and Health Education and a Bachelor of Science. Dr. Hatchell went on to obtain a Master of Science from Queen’s University in 2011, where her research focused on health messaging and behaviour change.

Dr. Hatchell graduated with her medical degree from McMaster University in 2014 and completed her plastic surgery residency at McMaster University in 2019. Dr. Hatchell fulfilled a microsurgery fellowship with specialization in trauma reconstruction, oncologic reconstruction (breast, head and neck, and sarcoma), and peripheral nerve reconstruction at the University of Calgary in 2020. Throughout her training, Dr. Hatchell has developed a keen research focus in the areas of both patient-reported outcomes and functional outcomes in reconstructive surgery, and exploring factors that impact operative efficiency and enhanced postoperative recovery in the context of trauma and oncologic reconstruction. Dr. Hatchell’s clinical focus and interests include breast, oncologic, and traumatic reconstruction.