Dr Melissa Edwards

Oncoplastic Breast & General Surgeon

Operates at: Hutt Hosp, Bowen Hosp, Boulcott Hosp

Management of benign & malignant breast conditions, hereditary breast cancer risk assessment & management

Oncoplastic breast surgery; including mammoplasty/breast reduction, local perforator flaps, implant-based reconstruction & lipofilling

General surgery; including laparoscopic & open hernia repair, gallbladder surgery, minor anorectal conditions, skin & soft tissue lesions

Qualifications/Memberships
BSc, MBChB, PGDipSurgAnat, PhD, FRACS (General Surgery)
Full member, Breast Surgeons of Australia & New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ)
Member, Breast Cancer Trials
Member, Australasian Society of Breast Disease
Member, NZ Association of General Surgeons

Specialist Training
General Surgery Training (NZ)
BreastSurgANZ post-fellowship training program;
- Breast Surgical Oncology Fellow, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, (Melbourne, AU);
- Breast Fellow, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (Perth, AU)

Current Positions
Consultant Breast & General Surgeon, Hutt Hospital
Specialist Surgeon, Bowen Breast Centre, Wellington
Senior Lecturer in Surgery, University of Otago