Education & training

MBBS MS & DNB (Gen Surgery) FRCS Ed FRCS MS (Breast Surgery) CCPU

Profile: Waverley Private Hospital would like to introduce Mr Justin James, Oncoplastic Breast, Endocrine and General Surgeon. Justin offers individualised, expert, specialist surgical care for breast and endocrine conditions; he is highly skilled in oncoplastic breast surgery and delivers evidence based, multi-disciplinary breast cancer care in the most friendly and supportive setting.Justin completed his specialist general surgical training in Monash Health and obtained Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in 2014. He then obtained his post fellowship breast and endocrine surgery training in subsequent years at Monash Health, Royal Perth Hospital, Eastern Health (Melbourne), and Robina Hospital (Gold Coast) and completed his Master of Surgery (breast surgery) in Sydney University and Certificate in clinician performed Ultrasound (CCPU).Since the completion of his training, Justin has been working as a locum consultant breast, endocrine, and general surgeon at Eastern Health in Melbourne, where the majority of his work is in oncoplastic breast surgery and endocrine surgery. Justin has been a surgical member of Maroondah Breast screen since 2018, and he also works as a consulting practitioner at Monash Breast Clinic, and as a member of a general surgical team providing acute general surgery at Box Hill Hospital. Justin has been a member of the Section of Academic Surgery of RACS since 2016 and has actively participated in clinical research, with publications in a number of international peer-reviewed journals. Special interests: Breast: • Assessment of breast lumps and other symptoms, Oncoplastic breast surgery and cancer surveillance; Endocrine: • Benign and malignant conditions of thyroid and parathyroid glands; General: • Laparoscopic and open hernia repair, Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, skin cancer surgery and vasectomy.

Specialty description

Breast surgeons treat women and men with all forms of breast disease, both benign and malignant, have an important role in the surveillance of women at increased risk of breast cancer, both for the purposes of early detection an for consideration of prophylactic surgery in this setting. An endocrinologist is a doctor who specialises in diagnose and treat disorders involving the endocrine system. Endocrinologist can treat conditions such as, diabetes metabolic disorders, osteoporosis, menopause, thyroid problems, cancers of the endocrine glands, infertility. General Surgeon is a specialist who provides expert treatment across a broad range of emergency and planned surgical procedures, performs surgery to correct diseases and disorders covering a broad range of medical conditions.

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