FACULTY

Charles Baillieu

Specialist Plastic Surgeon

Charles Baillieu consults at Mulgrave Private Hospital and specialises in all skin cancers (including melanoma), craniomaxillofacial surgery, general plastic and reconstructive surgery and, aesthetic surgery

He graduated from Melbourne University in 1996 and obtained his fellowship in plastic and reconstructive surgery in 2006 after training in Melbourne and Brisbane. He subsequently became a Craniomaxillofacial Surgeon with the Royal Australian College of Surgeons after additional sub-speciality training in Wellington, New Zealand and then Gothenburg, Sweden. He is also an active member of head and neck surgery services at Monash Health and The Alfred Hospital.

Charles Davis

Specialist Plastic Surgeon

Charles believes that compassionate care, thorough training, excellent technical expertise and perfecting standards are the cornerstones on which he bases his practice and the individual needs of each patient. He consults in Wellington where he offers a range of Plastic Surgery, Craniofacial and Reconstructive Surgery procedures.

After becoming a specialist surgeon in New Zealand, Charles spent a further three years working in Sweden, Australia, Canada, UK, Belgium, France, USA and Malaysia, where he focused on craniofacial surgery. Charles leads the craniofacial team for central and southern New Zealand and is a volunteer craniofacial surgeon in several countries through Interplast and Rotary. He is actively involved in teaching other doctors. He has a PhD in Craniofacial Mechanobiology. He regularly attends and contributes to local and international meetings to stay at the forefront of new developments.

Sophie Ricketts

Specialist Plastic Surgeon

Sophie is a Melbourne-trained Plastic Surgeon with a strong reconstructive background in microsurgical repair of sarcoma, head & neck and breast cancers as well as facial fractures and trauma. She holds two teaching hospital appointments at The Alfred and St Vincent's Hospitals.

She also specialises in cosmetic surgery of the face, body and breast and has a special interest in rhinoplasty.

Susan O’Mahony

Specialist Plastic Surgeon

Susan has special interests in breast surgery, facial plastic surgery (including skin cancers of the face), body contouring and paediatric plastic surgery. She is also a Paediatric Craniomaxillofacial Surgeon specialising in the treatment of cleft lip and palate. She is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and an active member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Australia New Zealand Society of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons and the Australian Cleft Lip and Palate Association.

Ian Hewson

Specialist in Special Needs Dentist

Ian is a consultant to Northland Dental Group in Heidelberg West, Victoria. He is a registered Special Needs Specialist, with considerable experience in all aspects of dentistry including implant placement, oral surgery and, crown and bridge. He is a credentialed practitioner at Northpark Private, St Vincent’s and Mercy private and Cotham Private Hospitals. Ian has lectured widely within Australia and overseas and has published more than 20 papers in well-recognised journals. Ian has held many clinical positions outside the practice including the Director of Dental Services at the Alfred Hospital, senior consultant to Head and Neck Cancer Units at St Vincent’s Hospital and Box Hill Hospital, Honorary Consultant Dentist to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit Royal Melbourne Hospital and demonstrator and supervisor Special Needs Dentistry post-graduate training. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and a member of the Australian Dental Association.