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Associate Professor Thomas Lam

MBBS FRACS (Plast) DClinSurg FRCS FCSHK FHKAM FRSM

AHPRA ID: MED0001116424 Registered medical practitioner, Specialist Plastic Surgeon (specialist registration in Surgery – Plastic Surgery)
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Professional Profile

Dr Thomas Lam is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon who graduated MBBS from UNSW in 1984 and attained FRACS in both General Surgery (1990) and Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery (1996). He also holds Fellowships from other surgical colleges including FRCSGlasg, FRCSEd, FCSHK, FHKAM(Surgery) and the Royal Society of Medicine. Dr Lam has completed further post-graduate studies and a doctoral thesis, for which he was awarded Doctor of Clinical Surgery from USyd in 2018.

Dr Lam has a comprehensive practice in the field of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery but with a special interest in breast reconstruction after mastectomy for cancer and liposuction for Lymphoedema. He has been appointed Clinical Associate Professor at Sydney University (Western Clinical School at Westmead Hospital) and Macquarie University (Macquarie University Hospital).

Apart from being a Councillor at the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, Dr Lam is also a Councillor of the Westmead Association. He is the Training Supervisor at the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit at Macquarie University Hospital and is a member of the NSW Regional Subcommittee of the Australia Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. Dr Lam has been appointed to the Court of Specialty Examiner at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons for Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. He is the Head of Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at the Westmead and Auburn Hospitals and was formerly Head of Department at the Westmead Private Hospital and the Medical Director of MSI Professional Service (AU), a charitable organisation serving rural China.

Hospital Affiliations

  • Westmead Private Hospital
  • Macquarie University Hospital
  • Westmead Hospital
  • Auburn Hospital & Community Health Services

Locations

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Westmead Private Hospital
Westmead, NSW 2145
PHONE
(02) 8850 8100
FAX
(02) 9687 0922
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Macquarie University, NSW 2109
PHONE
02 8850 8100
FAX
02 9687 0922

Procedures Offered

Body
  • Abdominoplasty: cosmetic or muscle repair post-partum
  • Arm lift (Brachioplasty)
  • Buttocks lift (Gluteal augmentation)
  • Fat grafting (Fat transfer)
  • Liposuction
  • Pubic lift or reduction (Monsplasty)
  • Thigh lift (Thighplasty)
  • Whole body lift (Torsoplasty)
  • Breast asymmetry correction (Anisomastia mammoplasty)
  • Breast augmentation (Augmentation mammoplasty)
  • Breast implants with lift (Mastopexy and augmentation)
  • Breast lift (Mastopexy)
  • Breast reconstruction
  • Breast reduction (Reduction mammoplasty)
  • Breast revision (Revision mammoplasty)
  • Fat transfer and implants (Augmentation mammoplasty)
  • Male breast reduction (Gynaecomastia)
  • Nipple enhancement for inverted nipples
  • Tuberous breast correction (Breast hypoplasia)
  • Ear pinning (Otoplasty)
  • Eyelid surgery (Blepharoplasty)
  • Face lift (Meloplasty or rhytidectomy)
  • Facial implants
  • Facial scar revision
  • Lip lift (Cheiloplasty)
  • Neck lift (Platysmaplasty)
  • Rhinoplasty
  • Scalp expansion
  • Scalp reduction
  • Breast
  • Burns and scarring
  • Hand surgery
  • Skin cancer

Hospital Affiliations

  • Westmead Private Hospital
  • Macquarie University Hospital
  • Westmead Hospital
  • Auburn Hospital & Community Health Services

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