Marina Specialists, Level 1, Compass Building, The Marina, Ara-Tai Road Half Moon Bay Auckland
Postal Address
Marina Plastic Surgery C/- Marina Specialists PO Box 54140 The Marina Auckland 2144
Description
We have four Plastic Surgical consultants at Marina Plastic Surgery, including:
Amber Moazzam has 25 years in clinical practice currently as a consultant at the Middlemore Plastic Surgery Department and the National Burns Unit, with his private practice here at Marina Plastic Surgery. He has a special interest in skin cancer treatment, hand surgery and breast reconstruction in addition to his extensive experience in skin grafting for burns and the management of difficult scars.
Paul Baker commenced private practice with Marina Plastic Surgery at Marina Specialists in October 2021. He is an internationally trained Plastic surgeon obtaining his medical degree and an honours degree in science at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He passed his FRCS (UK) qualifying as a specialist surgeon in 2012. He has done sub-specialist Fellowship training in hand and burn surgery in Australia and breast reconstruction at Middlemore Hospital where he is now a member of the Burns Surgery Team at the National Burns Unit. Paul will be concentrating on treatment of skin cancer and hand surgery with an interest in cosmetic eyelid surgery, breast and abdominoplasty surgery in his private practice.
All of our Plastic Surgeons keep up to date by meeting the requirements of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Continuing Medical Education Programme on an annual basis.
This means they can offer you good advice about your particular problem and give you appropriate options to help you achieve your expectations. We pride ourselves on the quality of our surgery and excellent supportive post-operative nursing care. Our team of nurses and support staff are highly trained to take care of you and help you make a good recovery. We all love working with our patients to achieve excellent outcomes whether it be for removal of a facial skin cancer, hand or cosmetic surgery.
What is Plastic Surgery?
Plastic surgery covers a wide range of different surgical procedures that repair, reconstruct or replace structures in many different parts of the body including the skin, face and head, hands, breast and stomach/abdomen. Plastic surgery does not involve the use of plastic materials.
Plastic surgery can generally be divided into two main types:
Reconstructive surgery: is performed on parts of the body that are abnormal or have been affected by a birth defect, accident or disease. This includes cleft lip and palate repair, scar revision or reconstruction (including skin grafts) following burns. Surgery is usually performed to improve function, but may also be performed to bring the appearance of a part of the body as close as possible to normal.
Aesthetic or cosmetic surgery: improves appearance or body image by reshaping features of the face or body e.g. breast enlargement, face lift, liposuction.
Staff
Reception/Administration
Pam and Kylie are our lovely 'front desk' people who take your calls, make appointments, send text reminders, deal with the emails, and arrange consultation and surgery approvals for those patients with health insurance. Kylie also types the Consultation letters and Theatre notes which are sent to your GP, with a copy to you.
Nursing staff
Marianne is a Registered Nurse who did her nursing training in Christchurch, then worked in the Plastic Surgery Unit at Middlemore Hospital for many years. She has very extensive experience in theatre nursing, joining Marina Plastic Surgery 13 years ago. She shares the surgical assisting, sterilizing of instruments and ordering of consumable supplies with Tania and also does dressings and post-operative wound care to a very high standard.
Tania is a Registered Nurse who has been working with the Plastic Surgeons and Dermatologists since early 2023. She is experienced in Paediatric Intensive Care and has worked internationally on the Mercy Ship assisting with surgery for children with congenital and traumatic abnormalities including cleft lip and palate. Tania shares the running of the surgical theatre and sterilization of instruments with Marianne.
You will have an initial consultation with your plastic surgeon who will assess your general health and discuss the best type of surgical procedure for you. You will be given instructions on medications to avoid before surgery.
Fees and Charges Categorisation
Fees apply
Fees and Charges Description
All of our Plastic Surgeons are Southern Cross Affiliated Providers. SX will advise you/us of any co-payment you have to make if you do not have full 'cover'. Estimates of costs are given to non SX members so they can get prior approval from their insurance companies. Our staff will get prior approval for your surgery over our internet connection with Southern Cross if you have insurance with them.
For patients having cosmetic surgery, after consultation and the extent and nature of the surgery needed has been established, an estimate of costs based on current hospital prices will be sent to you by email shortly after your consultation.
For ACC patients, after consultation, a written application is made to ACC by the surgeon to get prior approval for the required surgery. ACC's processes take 3-4 weeks, so you have to be patient! About 90% of our applications get approved, so we cannot guarantee acceptance of your surgery by ACC. If you have insurance and you are declined by ACC then you can apply to your insurance company with the aid of a supporting letter from your surgeon. If you have an ACC number relating to your injury that requires surgery then the insurance companies universally will not provide 'cover' for surgery unless you have had your surgeon apply to ACC first and get a written letter declining ACC 'cover'. Only then will the insurance company consider your case under the terms of your policy with them.
For self paying patients our receptionist can tell you what the consultation and follow-up fees are. The surgeon will arrange for the cost of surgery to be given to you after consultation.
Hours
8:30 AM to 5:30 PM.
Mon – Fri
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Amber's hours are 8.00 a.m -5.00 p.m. Tuesdays and alternate Thursday p.m.s
Paul's sessions are quite variable but he is here most Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
Procedures / Treatments
Tummy tuck (Abdominoplasty)
Breast enlargement surgery (augmentation)
Breast lift surgery
Breast reconstruction
Breast reduction surgery
Cosmetic ear surgery (otoplasty)
Cosmetic eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty)
Hand surgery
Carpal tunnel syndrome | Carpal tunnel release
Dupuytren's contracture | Dupuytren's release surgery
Haemangiomas
Labiaplasty
Lip enhancement
Liposuction
Birthmarks, moles (naevi)
Cosmetic nose surgery (rhinoplasty)
Scar revision
Skin grafting
Skin lesions | Skin lesion excision
Travel Directions
The access road to the Marina is Ara Tai Road. When you arrive at Ara Tai Road you will see three big buildings in front of you. The centre one houses the Fresh Choice supermarket and numerous cafes and restaurants. There is a large carpark in front of it. The building to your right contains Burnsco and marine associated businesses. The building to your left is called the 'Compass Building' and has a stylized compass painted on it, though it is not obvious. This building has a pharmacy on the ground floor and the medical practices upstairs. The entrance, stairs and lift are to the right or north side of the chemist. At the top of the stairs turn right to access the Marina Specialists/Marina Plastic Surgery practice adjacent to the 'Gym'. Turn left if you want the General Practice, Marina Medical.
There are many parking spaces available around the supermarket area adjacent to the medical practices in the Compass Building, the most westerly of the three main buildings on the site.
