Professional Profile

Dr Francesca Rannard is a Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, trained in Australia and internationally. She studied medicine at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the UK, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. She also gained a Bachelor of Medical Science for which she was awarded the William Leech Scholarship for Research for her thesis into treatments for children with cerebral palsy. She undertook her initial surgical training in London and gained membership with the Royal College in Surgeons of England in 2006. Dr Rannard emigrated to Australia in 2009 and completed her specialist training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery here in Sydney. Her specific interests include paediatric plastic surgery, skin cancer surgery, reconstructive surgery and hand surgery. Dr Rannard spent 16 months as an international post-graduate fellow at the prestigious Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children in London, UK, subspecialising in cleft lip and palate and paediatric plastic surgery, including vascular malformations, congenital melanocytic naevi and ear reconstruction. She has also been involved in a charity outreach mission to Bangladesh, operating on patients with cleft lip and palate and those with the long-term effects of untreated burns.

Procedure Face:

• Otoplasty (Ear pinning)
• Blepharoplasty (Eyelid surgery)
• Facial scar revision

Procedure Breasts:

• Anisomastia mammoplasty (Breast asymmetry correction)
• Augmentation mammoplasty (Breast augmentation)
• Mastopexy (Breast lift)
• Breast reconstruction
• Reduction mammoplasty (Breast reduction)
• Augmentation mammoplasty (Fat transfer and implants)
• Male Reduction mammoplasty (Breast reduction) (Gynaecomastia)
• Nipple enhancement for inverted nipples

Procedure Body:

• Abdominoplasty: cosmetic or muscle repair post-partum
• Brachioplasty (Arm lift)
• Thighplasty (Thigh lift)
• Liposuction

Procedure Reconstructive:

• Cleft lip and palate
• Hand surgery
• Skin cancer

Hospitals affiliated with:

• Kareena Private Hospital
• St George Private Hospital
• Wollongong Day Surgery
• Wollongong Hospital
• Wollongong Private Hospital

Professional Memberships and Associations:

• Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons