Dr Alexandra Turner (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon)
- Name
- Dr Alexandra Turner
- Qualifications
- Occupation
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon
- Gender
- Female
- Medical Specialties
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Breast augmentation
- Breast implant
- Breast Lift
- Mastopexy
- Breast reduction
- Hand Surgery
- Dupuytren's contracture
- Facelift
- Rhinoplasty
- Body lift
- Abdominoplasty
- Body contouring
- Brachioplasty
- Thigh lift
Dr. Alexandra Turner specialises in both Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery.
Dr. Turner graduated in 2000 from medical school in the UK. She then completed postgraduate training in general and orthopaedic surgery before her career in Plastic Surgery and Reconstructive Surgery. In London, she worked in world renowned plastic surgery centres such as Guys & St. Thomas Hospital and Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
In 2008, Dr Turner moved to Australia and worked as a plastic surgeon in major hospitals across Adelaide and Melbourne. As a specialist plastic surgeon, she is a Fellow of the renowned Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), and a member of both the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.
She is a specialist consultant at the Flinders Medical Centre and operates privately at hospitals and clinics across Adelaide; including Glenelg Community Hospital, Brighton Day Surgery, Flinders Private Hospital, and Ashford Hospital. She also consults at the Specialists@The Parade Norwood, Brighton Day Surgery, and at the Blackwood Hospital.
Her private practice includes all facets of plastic surgery with a significant proportion being cosmetic surgery.
She specialises in all breast augmentation and corrections, surgical procedures for the body and limbs (including removing excess skin following significant weight loss), facial plastic surgery, skin cancer surgery, hand surgery, paediatric plastic surgery, and men’s plastic surgery. (see her website for further details).
- Hospital Affiliations
- Flinders Medical Centre
- Glenelg Community Hospital Inc
- Ashford Hospital
- Flinders Private Hospital
- Blackwood and District Community Hospital
- Affiliated Clinics
- Brighton Day Surgery
- Specialists@The Parade
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons Incorporated (ASPS)
- Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
- Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
Practice Locations
SA
- Blackwood and District Community Hospital
- Address
- Specialist Clinics at Blackwood Hospital
Level 1
13 Laffers road
Belair SA 5052
Australia
Publications
- Can the outcome of Carpal Tunnel release be predicted? A review of the literature. AJ Turner. J Ball. F Kimble. ANZ Journal of Surgery. 2010. 80:50-54 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20575880
- Extending the reach of the Thoracodorsal Artery Perforator Flap for coverage of the shoulder region. Turner AJ, Haywood RJ. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2008.61(8):989-90 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18467200
- An Extended Latissimus Dorsi Musculocutaneous Flap raised on the serratus branch and supercharged with the circumflex scapular pedicle. Turner AJ, Dabernig J, Malyon A. Watson S. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2007. 119 (3). 1132-1133 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17312547
- Microvascular soft tissue reconstruction of the digits. Turner AJ, Ragowannsi R, Hannah J, Blair JW, Teo TC, Pickford MA. . Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery. 2006. 59 (5): 44I-450. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16631554
- Mycobacterium avium infection involving skin and soft tissue of the hand treated by radical debridement and reconstruction in addition to multidrug chemotherapy. Vuppalapati G. Turner AJ, La Rusca I, Schonauer F. Journal of hand surgery (Edinburgh, Scotland). 2006. Dec. 31(6):693-4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16814907
- Fresh Cadaver Dissection for Training in Plastic Surgery. Turner AJ, Mellington A. Ali F. British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2005. 58(5):742-3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15992533
- Predicting Cup size after Reduction Mammaplasty. Turner AJ, Dujon DG. British Journal of Plastic Surgery. 2005. 58 (3): 290-298 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15780222
- Extending the reach of the heterodigital arterialised flaps. Turner AJ. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2006.117 (6): 2085-6 https://www.tib.eu/en/search/id/BLSE%3ARN187577778/Extending-the-Reach-of-the-Heterodigital-Arterialized/
- Revisiting the Reconstructive ladder. Turner AJ. Parkhouse N. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 2006. 118 (1):267-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16816714
- Ulna tendinous interconnection in type IIIA thumb hypoplasia - a pollux adductus. Agarwal AK. Turner AJ. Pickford MA. The Journal of hand surgery. (Am). 2006.Apr, 31 (4):549-52 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16632046
- Simulating procedures in surgical training. Turner AJ, Dabernig J. BMJ Careers. 2006. 9"` Scpt : p.96. https://www.bmj.com/content/333/7567/s96.1
- The modern concept for treatment of the female-to-male transsexual. Dabernig J. Schumacher O. Lenz C. Richard R. Turner AJ. Dahernig W. Schaff J. Der Urologe. (German Urology). 2007.46(6):656-61 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17458531
- The deepithelised cross-finger flap: A good method for covering large dorsal finger defects. Dabernig J, Shilov B, Schumacher O, Turner AJ, Stirn N, Dabernig W, Lenz C, Schaff J. Der Unfallchirurg (The Trauma Surgeon). 2006. 109(8):647-51 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16874482
- Common Variable Immunodeficiency causing granulomatous disease of the Abdominal Aorta with Aneurysm Formation. Turner AJ, Wood RFM, Egner W. Grand Rounds. http://www.grandroundsjournal.com/articles/gr000005
