Oncoplastic breast, melanoma and endocrine surgeon:

Dr Melanie Webb is a specialist in:
• Medical and surgical management of benign and malignant breast conditions
• Breast conservation surgery; therapeutic mammoplasty utilizing tissue mobilization and advancement flaps
• Breast reconstruction surgery; immediate and delayed
• Symmetrizing procedures; contralateral mammoplasty, lipofilling
• Therapeutic reduction mammoplasty for approved conditions i.e. macromastia, chronic back and shoulder pain, dermatological conditions

Dr Webb is also a specialist in:
• All thyroid and parathyroid surgery
• Melanoma surgery
• Non Melanoma skin malignancies: utilizing local advancement flaps and skin grafts
• All forms of lymph node surgery; oncological LN dissections to excisional biopsies for persistent lymphadenopathy
• General surgery: investigation, diagnosis and management of all general surgical complaints

Dr Webb completed her medical degree at the University of Sydney and undertook surgical training at St George Hospital and Liverpool Hospital. She was the Clinical Superintendent for Surgery at SGH and practiced as a surgeon at St George Public and Private Hospitals for four years.

Dr Webb is a staff specialist breast and melanoma surgeon at Calvary Mater Hospital and is a credentialed surgeon at Lingard Private Hospital.

Dr Webb will see new breast cancer patients promptly – within a few days in her private rooms or in less than two weeks at Calvary Mater Hospital. Dr Webb strives to provide quality care for her patients and to ensure that costs for patients are kept within AMA guidelines.

Melanie is very pleased to now call Newcastle home. The staff at her private practice are warm and friendly, they care for patients and always strive to accommodate their specific needs. Melanie has nursing support in wound and breast care and there are a number of surgeons at her private practice able to provide a broad range of surgical expertise.