Our Team

	Damien Grinsell - Director Dr Grinsell is a fully qualified plastic and reconstructive surgeon who is a member of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons and Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is a pioneer of perforator flaps used for microsurgical reconstruction of a range of complicated defects. Damien has been an invited presenter at numerous national and international conferences and has more than 60 journal articles and book chapters published on a range of topics in international journals. He is an avid advocate of plastic surgical teaching including multiple charity Interplast missions to Nepal. Damien currently has clinical appointments at St Vincent’s Fitzroy and East Melbourne hospitals, along with the Royal Melbourne and Western Hospitals. He is the head of the Clinical Research Group at St Vincent’s Plastic Surgery Unit, and is a Partner of Horizon Plastic Surgery.

	Will Alexander Dr Alexander obtained his medical degree from the University of Adelaide in 2010, and went on to specialize in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. He trained in the major tertiary centres in Victoria, including The Alfred, Peter MacCallum, Royal Melbourne, Royal Children’s, and St Vincent’s hospitals. He undertook further microsurgery training in Coimbatore, India, and has volunteered his time in both Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Will completed his Hand and Microsurgery fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. He holds public appointments as a Consultant Surgeon at The Royal Children’s Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital, and Monash Medical Centre. He is a member of the Victorian Hand Surgery Associates (VHSA), and consults in both Fitzroy and the Melbourne CBD. He is a regular visiting surgeon at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Kew, as well as Epworth Freemasons (Albert St). Will specialises in adult and paediatric hand surgery, including nerve and microsurgery. He maintains a keen interest in other aspects of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery, in particular skin surgery (cancer management, reconstructive). He is an accredited Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, and a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.

	Steve Austin Stephen Austin is an Australian trained Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon, a local of the western suburbs and the founder of WestOMS. Stephen completed his surgical training in Victoria and then spent an additional two years completing internationally recognised Fellowships in the UK and in Melbourne. Stephen is a contributing editor of the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In addition to private practice, Stephen contributes a great deal to public health. He is the Head of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at Western Health, where he oversees training of young surgeons with the help of an incredibly talented team of surgical colleagues. Stephen also operates at St. Vincent's Hospital, where he has specialised in corrective jaw surgery and temporomandibular joint surgery. Stephen finds professional satisfaction in any job well done, whether it be a simple dental extraction or the reconstruction of traumatic facial injuries. He engages in collaborative work with other colleagues, as it always presents new opportunities to learn and improve. He enjoys teaching his registrars, who remain an enduring source of entertainment.

	Anthony Berger Mr Berger obtained his MBBS at Monash University in 1978, and an orthopaedic fellowship (FRACS) in 1988. He was the Hand Surgery Fellow Kleinert Institute Louisville Kentucky 1988 and Senior Hand Fellow/Hand Scholar at the Kleinert Institute 1989. In 1990, Tony undertook the Dow Corning Hand Fellowship in Wrightington UK (6 months) then commenced Private practice in Hand Surgery in October 1990. Tony was appointed Hand Surgeon to St. Vincent’s Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit Nov 1990. Joined Australian Hand Surgery Society (AHSS) 1992 and became Secretary in 2004–2008. Current memberships: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons; Australian Orthopaedic Association; Australian Hand Surgery Society; Australian Medical Association. Current positions: President Australian Hand Surgery Society, Secretary General-elect Asian-Pacific Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand, AHSS delegate to International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand. Head of Hand Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit St. Vincent’s Public Hosp. Committee member AHSS PFET training program. Chairman fees subcommittee AHSS. Director VHSA Hand Fellowship Program. Special interests include Rheumatoid Hand Surgery, Scaphoid and Wrist pathology and Hand Tumours.

	James (Jamie) Burt Mr Burt was born and educated in Melbourne. He attended the University of Melbourne and graduated with MBBS in 1988. During his time at university Jamie was awarded the Ryan Prize for Surgery and the Davis and Geck Prize for Surgery. Jamie then proceeded in surgical training under the supervision of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and became a fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons in 1998. In 1997 and 1998 Jamie undertook advanced training in Craniofacial and cosmetic surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre, Dallas, Texas, USA. Jamie returned to Australia where he was appointed as a member of the Senior Medical Staff at St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne in 1998. Jamie was appointed Head of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgery at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and served in this position until 2004. Jamie now focuses his public commitment exclusively at St Vincent’s. Jamie is the chair of the VCA (Hand transplant) committee at St Vincent’s.

	Adam Gascoigne Dr Gascoigne is a Melbourne-trained specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon with experience across the breadth of plastic surgery, including reconstructive microsurgery, hand surgery, skin cancer surgery, craniofacial surgery, and paediatric plastic surgery. Adam completed his medical degree and Bachelor of Arts at the University of Melbourne before undertaking a Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy and a PhD in reconstructive surgical anatomy. His doctoral research, “The Angiosome Concept Revisited”, explored the detailed vascular anatomy of the skin and its implications for surgical practice — work that has been published in leading international journals and presented at major surgical conferences. He completed advanced surgical training in plastic and reconstructive surgery through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, working in Victoria’s major adult and paediatric tertiary centres, including the Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Royal Children’s Hospital, Alfred Health, and St Vincent’s Hospital. Over the course of his training, he has been involved in more than 3,500 procedures, acting as the primary surgeon in the majority. In addition to his clinical work, Adam maintains an active research role as an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne. He has authored multiple textbook chapters and peer-reviewed articles on topics ranging from complex wound reconstruction to the vascular anatomy underlying flap surgery. Adam is passionate about patient-centred care, combining meticulous surgical technique with a warm and approachable manner. He takes the time to listen, explain, and work closely with each patient to achieve their desired outcomes. Outside of the operating theatre, Adam has volunteered both locally and internationally, including surgical work in Cambodia and community health education for refugee communities in Australia.
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	Joseph Gunn Mr Gunn joined the team at St Vincent’s in 2016 as an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon. He practices the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery with a particular interest in the treatment of facial trauma and corrective jaw surgery (orthognathic surgery). He completed his surgical training in 2015, involving degrees in both medicine and dentistry and postings to a number of major hospital units in Victoria and Tasmania, including St Vincent’s Hospital. He subsequently completed a clinical fellowship at Oxford University Hospitals in the UK. Mr Gunn enjoys being involved in the mentoring of surgical trainees and teaching medical and dental students. He has been involved in research into bone grafting and placement of implants.

	Satomi Koide Satomi Koide is a board certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with a special interest in oncological reconstruction, including breast reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction and extremity reconstruction. She also manages skin cancer, hand surgery, breast reduction and abdominoplasty.

	Jivajothi Jeyathevan Mr Jeyathevan enjoys the broad scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery including all aspects of dentoalveolar surgery (removal of teeth, including wisdom teeth, placement of implants and bone grafts), facial trauma, pathology and corrective jaw surgery. JJ currently holds positions at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne and Monash Health Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit. JJ grew up in Perth and began his surgical training by completing a Bachelor of Science with honours at the University of Western Australia. He completed his dental degree at the University of Adelaide and following that attended the University of New South Wales where he completed his medical degree. Additional to this, a Masters of Trauma Science with Distinction was gained through Queen Mary University of London. He then successfully completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Fellowship through the South Australian & Victorian training programme. He recently completed the Epworth Stryker Craniomaxillofacial Surgery Fellowship in Melbourne.

	Eldon Mah Dr Mah is a fully qualified Australian trained specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon. Graduating from University of Melbourne in 1999, he was awarded a Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2010, then furthered his training with a Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship at Toronto General Hospital, Canada. Dr Mah has strong interests in sarcoma reconstructions, breast reconstructions and skin cancer reconstructions. He has public clinical appointments at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and is in private practice with Parkside Plastic Surgery based in East Melbourne and Mitcham.

	Peter Maloney Mr Maloney is a Melbourne-based hand surgeon who works at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Fitzroy and Kew. Mr Maloney’s main consulting rooms are located within the St Vincent’s Precinct in Fitzroy, and he also consults at Mulgrave and Bendigo. Peter graduated medicine at the University of Queensland in 1997 and chose orthopaedic surgery as his specialty. He completed a hand fellowship with the Victorian Hand Surgery Associates in 2006 and in 2007 with the Sydney Hand Unit, continuing as a locum there in 2008. Peter was then accepted for a hand and peripheral nerve fellowship with Professor C. Oberlin in Paris, France from 2008–2009. He then returned to Australia in 2009 to open his private practice and join the Victorian Hand Surgery Associates. Peter is a member of the Australian Hand Surgery Society and is involved in continuing medical education programs through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He travels annually to Madang and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea to take part in the Interplast hand surgery missions. He is a surgical board member of Interplast.
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	Joseph Gunn Mr Gunn joined the team at St Vincent’s in 2016 as an Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon. He practices the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial surgery with a particular interest in the treatment of facial trauma and corrective jaw surgery (orthognathic surgery). He completed his surgical training in 2015, involving degrees in both medicine and dentistry and postings to a number of major hospital units in Victoria and Tasmania, including St Vincent’s Hospital. He subsequently completed a clinical fellowship at Oxford University Hospitals in the UK. Mr Gunn enjoys being involved in the mentoring of surgical trainees and teaching medical and dental students. He has been involved in research into bone grafting and placement of implants.

	Satomi Koide Satomi Koide is a board certified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with a special interest in oncological reconstruction, including breast reconstruction, head and neck reconstruction and extremity reconstruction. She also manages skin cancer, hand surgery, breast reduction and abdominoplasty.

	Jivajothi Jeyathevan Mr Jeyathevan enjoys the broad scope of oral and maxillofacial surgery including all aspects of dentoalveolar surgery (removal of teeth, including wisdom teeth, placement of implants and bone grafts), facial trauma, pathology and corrective jaw surgery. JJ currently holds positions at St Vincent’s Hospital in Melbourne and Monash Health Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit. JJ grew up in Perth and began his surgical training by completing a Bachelor of Science with honours at the University of Western Australia. He completed his dental degree at the University of Adelaide and following that attended the University of New South Wales where he completed his medical degree. Additional to this, a Masters of Trauma Science with Distinction was gained through Queen Mary University of London. He then successfully completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Fellowship through the South Australian & Victorian training programme. He recently completed the Epworth Stryker Craniomaxillofacial Surgery Fellowship in Melbourne.

	Eldon Mah Dr Mah is a fully qualified Australian trained specialist plastic and reconstructive surgeon. Graduating from University of Melbourne in 1999, he was awarded a Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2010, then furthered his training with a Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship at Toronto General Hospital, Canada. Dr Mah has strong interests in sarcoma reconstructions, breast reconstructions and skin cancer reconstructions. He has public clinical appointments at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne and is in private practice with Parkside Plastic Surgery based in East Melbourne and Mitcham.

	Peter Maloney Mr Maloney is a Melbourne-based hand surgeon who works at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Fitzroy and Kew. Mr Maloney’s main consulting rooms are located within the St Vincent’s Precinct in Fitzroy, and he also consults at Mulgrave and Bendigo. Peter graduated medicine at the University of Queensland in 1997 and chose orthopaedic surgery as his specialty. He completed a hand fellowship with the Victorian Hand Surgery Associates in 2006 and in 2007 with the Sydney Hand Unit, continuing as a locum there in 2008. Peter was then accepted for a hand and peripheral nerve fellowship with Professor C. Oberlin in Paris, France from 2008–2009. He then returned to Australia in 2009 to open his private practice and join the Victorian Hand Surgery Associates. Peter is a member of the Australian Hand Surgery Society and is involved in continuing medical education programs through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He travels annually to Madang and Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea to take part in the Interplast hand surgery missions. He is a surgical board member of Interplast.

	George Miller George Miller is a fully qualified Hand, Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon. George obtained his medical degree from the University of Tasmania in 2010 after growing up in Hobart. George worked as a junior doctor in many hospitals in Melbourne before commencing specialist training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2017. George is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), and a Young International Member of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand. George has a special interest in hand & wrist surgery, and microsurgical reconstruction. Currently held public appointments include Consultant Plastic Surgeon at Alfred Health, St Vincent’s Hospital, and he operates privately at St Vincent’s Private Hospitals.

	Edwin Morrison After beginning tertiary life as a commerce and law student, Dr Edwin Morrison pivoted and turned his attention to medicine and subsequently plastic and reconstructive surgery. Having been surrounded by microsurgeons from an early age, this perhaps was always likely. Edwin completed his plastic and reconstructive surgery training in Victoria and became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2019. He has current appointments at St Vincent’s Hospital, Peter Mac Cancer Centre and Canberra Hospital, and his interests include advanced skin cancer, surgery of the head and neck region and hand surgery. With a thirst for greater knowledge, experience and broader horizons, Edwin set off in the midst of a once-in-a-generation pandemic to pursue fellowships both interstate and abroad. This included head and neck surgery fellowships, focusing on the surgical resection and reconstruction of advanced skin cancers at Sydney’s Chris O’Brien Lifehouse and at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. These were followed by a prestigious clinical microsurgical fellowship at the world-renowned Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York, which also included extensive travel throughout the United States to visit experts in the field. Edwin is a devotee of the art of plastic and reconstructive surgery and is actively engaged in research and education in the discipline. Edwin lives locally with his wife and two boys.

	Wayne Morrison Prof Morrison undertook medical studies at The University of Melbourne and was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1972. He trained in Surgery at St Vincent's Hospital and completed fellowships in Plastic Surgery in the United Kingdom and France with renowned hand surgeon, Prof Tubiana. He is a former head of the Department of Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital, University of Melbourne and former Director of the Plastic Surgery Unit and the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery (BOBIM), now O’Brien Institute Department of St Vincent’s Institute. Prof Morrison is an Executive Member of the Committee of International Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Societies (IPRAS) and Past Executive Committee Member, Division of Plastic Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. In 1999, he was awarded the Sir Arthur Sims Travelling Professorship and the Tattersall's National Australia Award for Excellence, and in 2000 was made Member of the Order of Australia. In 2003, he was president of the 12th International Confederation for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. Since becoming Director of BOBIM/OBI in 1992, Prof Morrison has raised over $21 million in philanthropic and competitive research funds, notably from the NHMRC. He has published numerous book chapters and over 250 peer-reviewed journal articles.

	Justin Parr Dr Parr is a specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. His areas of expertise include hand surgery, skin cancer surgery and paediatric plastic surgery. Dr Parr has completed an advanced hand surgery fellowship in complex hand and wrist surgery allowing him to provide expert management of traumatic and degenerative hand and wrist conditions. Dr Parr has public appointments at Western Health and St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.

	Tony Penington Prof Penington is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with special interest and expertise in the management of vascular anomalies. He has been a previous fellow and Deputy Director of the O’Brien Institute. He is currently Jigsaw Professor of Paediatric Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne where he runs an active research program in vascular anomalies and other congenital malformations at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute. He brings his skills in vascular anomalies surgery to the Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery unit at St. Vincent’s Hospital, particularly in the surgical management of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) and other large vascular malformations.

	Michael Qui Dr Qiu is a specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with degrees in both medicine and dentistry. Michael grew up in New Zealand where he completed Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) with Honours at Otago University. Upon graduation, he practised dentistry in both public and private settings. He discovered his passion for maxillofacial surgery whilst working at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. He subsequently completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) with Honours at Monash University. Michael underwent specialty training in various tertiary hospitals across Australia including Westmead Hospital, Canberra Hospital and John Hunter Hospital, gaining experience in all areas of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery including oncology, trauma, reconstructive and microvascular surgery, dental implantology and orthognathic (corrective jaw) surgery. Upon completion of his specialty training, Michael continued further sub-specialty training in Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) and Orthognathic Surgery with a fellowship position at St Vincent’s Hospital. He currently holds public appointments at Western Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital where he is involved in training the junior doctors and registrars. He privately consults in both Melbourne and Ballarat. His particular areas of interest are management of impacted teeth, dental implants, orthognathic surgery and facial trauma. Michael is a member of the RACDS (Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons), ANZAOMS (Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons), IAOMS (International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons) and ITI (International Team for Implantology). Michael has a passion for teaching and research. He has published in multiple surgical journals, presented at international conferences, and has lectured dental students and general dentists.

	Sophie Ricketts Dr Ricketts services the three reconstructive subspecialty units of Breast Reconstruction, Head & Neck Reconstruction and the Sarcoma Service at St Vincent’s Hospital. After graduating from the University of Tasmania, she continued further medical training in Melbourne, becoming trained as a Plastic Surgeon and becoming a member of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. She further trained in subspecialty Craniofacial Surgery in Canada. She has a keen interest in microsurgical reconstruction of complex bone and soft tissue defects that are the result of cancer resection. Dr Ricketts also holds public hospital appointments at the Alfred Hospital in the Craniofacial Unit and the Department of Plastic Surgery and the Burns Unit.

	Ramin Shayan Mr Shayan is a Melbourne-trained Specialist Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon. He attended The University of Melbourne Medical School, before obtaining a basic research PhD in cancer biology at the Ludwig Institute and Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne. He obtained a fellowship in Plastic Surgery at the Royal Australasian College of Surgery in 2012. Since 2013, Mr Shayan has co-headed the Lymphatic and Regenerative Medicine research group at the O’Brien Institute Department, St Vincent’s Institute for Medical Research. Ramin has over 45 academic publications, including book chapters and papers in the journals Nature, Cancer Cell and Nature Reviews. He is an editor of five international academic journals and is interested in all areas of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. He has a particular interest in microsurgical treatment for lymphoedema and at St Vincent’s is a member of the Head and Neck Reconstructive Surgery Team. He holds public hospital appointments at the Alfred and Royal Melbourne Hospitals.

	Lipi Shukla Lipi is a registered medical practitioner holding both general and specialist registration in plastic surgery. Her journey in the world of Plastic Surgery has included rigorous training at Victoria's major tertiary centres, such as The Alfred, St. Vincent’s, Royal Melbourne, Monash and Royal Children’s hospitals. Her diverse and comprehensive training has provided her with a deep and well-rounded understanding of her field, making her a trusted expert in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Lipi has recently returned from an enriching experience abroad, where she undertook several international clinical observerships and received training from leading experts in the field of peripheral nerve surgery in the USA, UK and Europe. This global perspective enriches her practice, enabling her to bring the latest innovations and techniques to her patients. Lipi’s interests extend to a range of specialised areas within plastic and reconstructive surgery including melanoma and skin cancer surgery, breast surgery, hand surgery and reconstructive microsurgery as required for treatment of head and neck cancer, breast cancer, as well as trauma cases. Lipi is dedicated to individualised and compassionate care. She tailors her approach to each patient's distinct needs, fostering trust and understanding with the ultimate goal of delivering the best possible experiences and outcomes.

	Shreya Tocaciu Dr Shreya Tocaciu is a consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon who completed her dental degree in South Australia, medical degree in Tasmania, and specialty training in Victoria/Tasmania. She then completed her fellowship in Temporomandibular Joint Surgery and Facial Trauma at St Vincent’s and Epworth Hospitals in Melbourne. Dr Tocaciu currently holds appointments as a consultant OMS at Mount Gambier Hospital, Austin Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital and the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne. Dr Tocaciu serves on various representative bodies including hospital advisory boards, and is active in teaching and research. Having recently completed her surgical training, she has contemporary insight into the challenges and experiences of surgeons-in-training, fellows and junior consultants. Shreya enjoys working across the breadth of the specialty and is passionate about improving access to quality specialty surgical services in regional areas.

	Stephen Tham Mr Tham graduated from Monash University in 1985 and completed his Orthopaedic training in Victoria in 1993. He subsequently completed a Microsurgery Fellowship at Bernard O’Brien Institute, St Vincent’s Hospital in 1994, and Hand Surgery Fellowships at Princess Alexandra Hospital (1995) and at NYU and Mt Sinai Hospital (1996). His public hospital appointments are at St Vincent’s and Dandenong Hospitals. He is an active member of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons and Australian Hand Surgery Society. He has interests in clinical and laboratory research with the Bernard O’Brien Institute and Departments of Engineering at Melbourne and Monash Universities.

	James Thomas James graduated from Medicine at Melbourne University in 1996. He then completed Orthopaedic Surgery training in 2003, before specialising in Hand and Wrist Surgery. He undertook a Microsurgery Fellowship at The O’Brien Institute, completing a Doctor of Medicine research degree supervised by Professor Wayne Morrison. Following this, he completed Hand Surgery Fellowships at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Wrightington Hospital in the UK and the Curtis National Hand Centre in Baltimore, USA. He returned to Melbourne in 2007. He is a consultant Hand Surgeon at St Vincent’s Public Hospital and is in private practice with the Victorian Hand Surgery Associates.