Dr Alan Breidahl (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Alan Frederick Breidahl
- Qualifications
- FRACS 1994
- MBBS 1984
- Occupation
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Alan Breidahl is an extensively trained Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. He has been well trained in both general and paediatric plastic surgery. His experience includes Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery - including breast reconstruction - through a Hand and Microsurgery fellowship at St. Vincent's Hospital; Paediatric and Craniofacial surgery through a Craniofacial Fellowship at Change Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei; Aesthetic Surgery in London, New York, Dallas and Los Angeles; and expertise in the management of skin cancer through the Skin Unit of Peter McCallum Cancer Institute.
Dr. Breidahl is extensively published with over 20 papers in international journals, two chapters in surgical text books, and has frequently presented at international meetings. As well as FRACS (Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons), he holds the extra qualifications of a post-graduate Diploma in Anatomy and Master of Surgery and Master of Medicine degrees from the University of Melbourne.
His achievements have been recognized with a Churchill Fellowship, a RACS Travelling Fellowship, and the RACS John Loewenthal Fellowship. He is a member of the Australian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, the Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery and the Australian Hand Surgery Society. He is a founding member and President of the Australian & New Zealand Society of Craniomaxillo Facial Surgeons.
Dr. Breidahl is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Melbourne and consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 1996 until the present, and a consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Royal Children's Hospital from 1996-2007. His rooms are based in Brighton and he has operating rights at Linacre Hospital in Hampton, Cabrini Brighton Hospital and Epworth where he was a member of the Medical Advisory Board 1997-2007.
Dr. Breidahl has extensive operating experience, performing over 18,000 Plastic Surgery Operations over the last 15 years.
- Hospital Affiliations
- Epworth Richmond
- Linacre Private Hospital
- Royal Children's Hospital - Parkville
- Cabrini Brighton
- Monash House Private Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Melbourne Plastic Surgery
- Cabrini Brightways
- Affiliated Organisations
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
- Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS)
- Australian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons
- Australian Hand Surgery Society
- Australian and New Zealand Society of Craniomaxillo Facial Surgeons
- Affiliated Universities
- University of Melbourne
- Medical Interventions
- Microsurgical reconstruction
- Breast surgery
- Hand surgery
- Populations Treated
- Adult
- Child
- Topics
- Cosmetic surgery
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- Epworth Hospital
- Address
- Erin St
Richmond VIC 3121
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9593 2888
- Fax
- 03 9503 0299
- Royal Children's Hospital
- Address
- Flemington Rd
North Melbourne VIC 3051
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9593 2888
- Fax
- 03 9503 0299
- Cabrini Brightways
- Address
- 243 New St
Brighton VIC 3186
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9508 5550
- Fax
- 03 9508 5551
