MB ChB 1991 Auckland; FRACS 1998

Alex is a general, breast and melanoma surgeon at Breast Associates. He is of Hong Kong Chinese background, and was educated in Auckland, completing his medical training at the University of Auckland. He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1998 and completed further Clinical Fellowship training in Canada. Alex is fluent in Cantonese.

• breast surgery
• melanoma
• general surgery

Melanoma, General & Breast Surgeon

Current Clinical Positions :

• Breast and Melanoma Surgical Oncologist, Breast Associates, since 2003

Clinical Director Dept of General Surgery Auckland and Greenlane Hospitals :

• General and Breast surgeon at Auckland City Hospital, since 2002
• Executive Committee, Auckland Breast Cancer Study Group

Past Positions :

• Intern Supervisor, Medical Council of NZ
• Medical Board Member, NZ Cancer Society, Auckland Division
• Committee Member, Auckland Chinese Medical Association
•  President, Auckland Chinese Medical Association

International Professional Memberships (breast) :

• Breast Cancer Trials Group, Australia and New Zealand
• International Surgical Society Breast Surgery
• International American Society of Breast Diseases

Research Interests :

• Sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer and melanoma
• Cosmetic effects of radiation therapy following breast conserving surgery
• Breast cancer in younger women, breast cancer in older women.

Clinical Fellowship in Trauma and General Surgery at the University of British Columbia,  Vancouver, 1999-2000
Clinical Fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology at the University of Toronto, Canada 2001-2002

9 December 1991

General Surgery

Cantonese Chinese