Dr Vania Sinovich
Medical, Skin Cancer & Laser Dermatologist
nib Health Partner
about Dr Vania Sinovich
With over 20 years of experience, Dr Vania Sinovich is the founding director of The Skin Company providing an integrated approach to skin care including comprehensive skin checks, skin cancer diagnosis, skin cancer surgery, medical dermatology as well as cosmetic and laser dermatology.
At The Skin Company we combine a personalised yet comprehensive approach to your skin concerns together with the most advanced laser technologies in a boutique setting in the heart of Remuera.
Dr Sinovich obtained her primary medical degree at the University Of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa in 1989. She immigrated to New Zealand in 1991 and completed her postgraduate physician training in Wellington and Auckland Hospitals.
Her advanced dermatology specialty training was undertaken at the Department of Dermatology at Auckland Hospital for two years. She then undertook a one year Dermatology Fellowship at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, UK where she received specialist training in MOHS micrographic surgery, blistering skin conditions, patch testing, vulval conditions and hair and nail conditions. Her final year of training was spent at Auckland University as a Research Fellow where she was involved in molecular biology and immunohistochemistry in the setting of melanoma vaccine development.
Her interests are in general dermatology, early skin cancer detection and management including surgical and non surgical, early melanoma detection and management, adolescent Dermatology including acne, vulval dermatology and paediatric dermatology. Vania is also a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Royal College of Physicians.
services
Areas of Specialisation
SKIN CANCER
- Skin cancer checks
- Skin cancer surgery
- Photodynamic therapy/field cancerisation therapies
MEDICAL
- Acne
- Rosacea
- Scarring
- Eczema
- Psoriasis
- Melasma
- Hair loss
- Patch testing
COSMETIC AND LASER DERMATOLOGY
- Personalised skin care
- Anti wrinkle injection
- Volume restoration with dermal filler
- Dermal needling & exosomes
- Skin quality restoration with bioremodelling agents
- Lutronic Healite LED
- Platelet Rich Plasma
- Dutasteride mesotherapy
- Sciton Broadband Light therapy (BBL)
- Sciton MOXI (1927nm laser)
- Cutera EXCEL V+ Vascular laser
- Red & green laser genesis
- Cutera Excel hair removal laser
- Alma hybrid erbium glass/ CO2 laser for skin rejuvenation & scar management
credentials
Qualifications/Memberships
MBBCh, MRCP(Lond), FRACP
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Member of the Royal College of Physicians