MB ChB 1994 Otago; FRACS 2005

Richard Martin is a New Zealand trained general surgeon who spent two and a half years at the Sydney Cancer Center specialising in melanoma and head and neck surgery. Most of his time was spent at the Sydney Melanoma Unit (now Melanoma Institute of Australia), the largest treatment and research facility for melanoma in the world.

During his time in Sydney he completed a Master of Surgery in Surgical Oncology at the University of Sydney. As a Surgical Oncologist Richard assesses and treats all forms of melanoma, skin and head/neck cancer.

Richard works in the multidisciplinary Melanoma Unit team, and for Waitemata District Health Board (North Shore and Waitakere). Private patients are seen at the Waitemata Specialist Centre, Takapuna, the new Rodney Surgical Centre at Warkworth, and Peninsula Medical Centre.

• Skin Cancer

• Thyroid,
• Parathyroid,
• Parotid,
• Submandibular,
• Lymph nodes,
• Neck Lumps

• Mouth,
• Throat,
• Skin,
• Neck

• Hernias,
• gallbladders,
• lymph node biopsies,
• ingrown toe nails,
• “lumps and bumps”

Surgical Oncology

Head and Neck Surgery

General Surgeon

Head and Neck Fellowship - Auckland Hospital ORL/Head and Neck 2004

Melanoma Fellowship - Sydney Melanoma Unit 2005

Head and Neck Fellowship - Sydney Head and Neck and Cancer Institute 2006

Master of Surgery in Surgical Oncology (University of Sydney) 2007

Memberships and Associations :

• Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
• Surgical Oncology section of RACS
• Head and Neck section of the RACS
• Australian and New Zealand Melanoma Trials Group
• Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Society
• University of Auckland New Zealand Melanoma Foundation
• Melanoma Network of New Zealand
• Auckland Cancer Research Network

27 November 1995

General Surgery

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