BREAST SPECIALIST REDUCING TRAUMA
BREAST cancer patients will have access to a doctor whose expertise is in breast-saving surgery to reduce the number of mastectomies.
Endocrine and breast oncoplastic reconstructive surgeon Dr Zackariah Clement (pictured) has recently started consulting at John Flynn Private Hospital.
“As an oncoplastic and reconstructive surgeon, I can remove not only the breast cancer, I can also perform breast reconstruction using implant or tissue flaps, which eliminates the need to see another surgeon,” he said.
“This is a lot less traumatic for patients who are already going through a terrible time in their lives.”
Dr Clement completed his medical training in Canberra, before moving to NSW where he completed his advanced training in surgery.
For the past two years he has been in Adelaide at the Flinders Medical Centre and Royal Adelaide Hospital, where he completed subspecialty training through the Breast Surgeons ANZ in breast cancer management, oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery.
He also trained at the Mayo Clinic in the USA.
“I look at cancer surgery as a holistic surgery – not just removing the cancer, but also preserving as much of the normal and natural breast as possible and giving them a good cosmetic outcome in the end,” he said.
He is the only surgeon providing a comprehensive breast cancer surgery on the southern Gold Coast and Northern Rivers region.