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Dr Robert Capstick
B Med Sci (Hons), MBBS (Hons), PGDip Surg Anat, FRACS (Plast)
Professional Profile
Rob Capstick is a specialist Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, joining the Warrnambool Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in March 2022.
Coming from the Hunter Valley in rural NSW, Rob moved to Victoria for medical school. He graduated from Monash University with honours in 2012, with an extra year of research in hand surgery spent at Oxford University in the UK.
Rob trained in Melbourne in all aspects of plastic surgery including the management of skin cancer, hand surgery, microsurgery, burn management, and breast reconstruction. He received awards from the University of Melbourne for excellence in surgical anatomy, as well as the highest grade for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons clinical examination.
Following the completion of his specialist training, Rob divides his time between the city and the country, working in Warrnambool on a monthly basis. In Warrnambool, Rob consults at WPRS and has appointments at St John of God Hospital, Southwest Healthcare (Warrnambool & Camperdown Hospitals), and Portland Base Hospital. He is passionate about the education of junior medical staff and has an ongoing interest in research.
Outside of medicine, Rob enjoys skiing and scuba diving as well as gardening, food and wine.
Hospital Affiliations
- Barwon Health - Geelong Hospital Campus
- Monash Health Community
- South West Healthcare - Warrnambool Campus
- St John Of God Warrnambool Hospital
- Sunshine Hospital
- The Northern Hospital
Locations
Procedures Offered
- Abdominoplasty: cosmetic or muscle repair post-partum
- Arm lift (Brachioplasty)
- Fat grafting (Fat transfer)
- Liposuction
- Thigh lift (Thighplasty)
- Whole body lift (Torsoplasty)
- Breast augmentation (Augmentation mammoplasty)
- 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)
- Facial scar revision
- Fat injection (Autologous fat grafting)
- Rhinoplasty
- Breast
- Burns and scarring
- Facial fractures
- Hand surgery
- Skin cancer
- Trauma
Hospital Affiliations
- Barwon Health - Geelong Hospital Campus
- Monash Health Community
- South West Healthcare - Warrnambool Campus
- St John Of God Warrnambool Hospital
- Sunshine Hospital
- The Northern Hospital
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