Professional Profile

Dr Lewis Blennerhassett has been a fully qualified Specialist Plastic Surgeon since 2000. Trained in Australia and the USA, his interests include Facial and Breast plastic surgery and hand surgery. He has served as WA Board Chairman of Plastic Surgeons for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (selecting future plastic surgery advanced trainees, developing their curriculum and examining them), Chairman of the Board for the International Medical Graduates (assessing foreign trained plastic surgeons and their eligibility to practice in Australia) and President of the Western Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons. He is past Head of Department of Princess Margaret Hospital Plastic Surgery Department and past Supervisor of Training for Plastic Surgery WA. Dr Blennerhassett was the winner of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' travelling fellowship award in 1999. Following this, a Fellowship was completed at a Harvard Medical School affiliated program in Boston USA in 1999-2000.

Procedure Face:

• Brow lift
• Ear pinning
• Eyelid surgery
• Face lift
• Facial scar revision
• Fat injection
• Forehead lift
• Injectable fillers
• Neck lift
• Rhinoplasty

Procedure Breasts:

• Breast asymmetry correction
• Breast augmentation
• Breast implants with lift
• Breast lift
• Breast reduction
• Male breast reduction (Gynaecomastia)
• Nipple enhancement for inverted nipples
• Tuberous breast correction

Procedure Body:

• Abdominoplasty: cosmetic or muscle repair post-partum
• Arm lift
• Lift-thigh
• Liposuction

Procedure Reconstructive:

• Hand surgery
• Skin cancer

Hospitals affiliated with:

• Bethesda Hospital
• Perth Children’s Hospital
• St John Of God Hospital, Subiaco
• West Leederville Private Hospital

Professional Memberships and Associations:

• American Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
• Australian Hand Surgery Society
• Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons