Dr Melanie Collins

Melanie graduated from St Bartholomews Hospital, London University and completed her specialist training in Otolaryngology in the North-East of England. She obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1999, and FRACS recognition in 2025. She spent a Fellowship year in Adelaide in 2001, specialising in Otology and Skull base surgery. She was appointed Consultant Otolaryngologist in Salisbury and Southampton, in the UK, in 2002.

In 2011, Melanie relocated with her family to Auckland, with a public appointment as an Otologist at Waitemata on the North Shore and is one of the surgeons for the Northern Cochlear Implant Programme (NCIP).

She has been in private practice since 2013.

Other languages spoken : French

Hospitals Practicing At:
North Shore Hospital (Public), Kakariki, Gillies, Albany clinic only

Areas of specialisation :

Adults and Children Otology, Ear Surgery : Laser & Endoscopic, Cochlear Implantation, Pinnaplasty and Bone Anchored Hearing Aids.

ACC for selected services

NIB Health Providers

Qualifications :
MBBS 1987, FRCS ORL-HNS 1999, FRACS 2025

Memberships :

Consultant Otolaryngologist, Waitemata Te Whatu Ora, Auckland NZ
Member of New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology
Education Supervisor, member of ENT Training Committee
Member of ENT UK
Fellowship in Otology/Skull base surgery. Adelaide, Australia 2001