MBBS, Dip Surg Anat(Melb), PhD, FRACS (Plast)

Specialist Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

AHPRA registration number: MED0001194018

Associate Professor Ramin Shayan is an Australian Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgeon, who graduated from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons with a plastic surgery Fellowship in 2012. He has been working as a consultant plastic surgeon since 2013 and performs a complete range of plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery procedures for both men and women, including trying to combat the “diseases of cancer survivorship”.

A/Prof Shayan has expertise in reconstructive and aesthetic plastic surgery including facial and body surgery, skin cancer surgery, and hand and microsurgery. He has a particular emphasis on fields of surgery that are relevant to his academic research, starting from a PhD completed in the molecular biology of the lymphatic system,  at the Ludwig Institute, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, from 2005-2007. These areas of surgery include microsurgery, lymphatic disorders (lymphoedema and lymphatic malformations), adipose diseases (lipoedema/lipedema) and fat grafting. 

A/Prof Shayan is the director of the O’Brien Institute (formerly the Bernard O’Brien Institute of Microsurgery (BOBIM)) Department of St Vincent’s Institute for Medical Research (SVI) and is Assistant Director (clinical) at SVI. He has lectured extensively internationally and has published over 80 academic papers in the world’s leading scientific journals, (Nature, Cancer Cell, Nature Reviews); as well as in major plastic surgery journals (PRS, Annals of Plastic Surgery, AJOPS, JPRAS, Frontiers of Surgery). A/Prof Shayan is involved in fundraising, education, awareness and advocacy for the medical causes he treats and researches and is passionate about delivering optimal patient care and the application of innovative solutions for clinical care. The research programs he co-heads are involved in lymphoedema and lymphatic biology, lipoedema, adipose and lymphatic tissue engineering and the “diseases of cancer survivorship”, such as radiation injury, scarring and wound healing.