Mr Rajesh Patel is a Specialist Breast, Melanoma, Skin Cancer and Endocrine (Thyroid and Parathyroid) Surgeon.
Mr Rajesh (Raj) Patel is a New Zealand trained general surgeon specialising in oncoplastic breast cancer management and surgery, endocrine surgical treatment and in particular thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and melanoma surgery, including lymph node surgery. He is also trained in the wider surgical management of skin cancer, which includes squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma and merkel cell cancer.
His sub-specialty training included:
- Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery, Calgary, Canada - specialising in parathyroid, thyroid, and adrenal diseases.
- Fellowship in Breast Surgery, Melbourne, Australia - specialising in oncoplastic breast surgery and family history assessment.
- Honorary Melanoma Fellow, Melbourne, Australia - specialising in melanoma and skin cancer.
Raj consults from the rooms of Skin Cancer Doctors in Whangārei and operates at Kensington Hospital.
Raj treats all his patients like his family, and always gives personalised, honest and specialised expert surgical care to the patients of Northland.
Raj is also full time at Whangārei Hospital where his practice is almost 100% cancer management. These cancers have been mostly breast cancer and melanoma cancer. Raj is the main melanoma surgeon at Whangārei Hospital and is one of four breast surgeons.
Raj also performs surgery for open repair of inguinal and umbilical hernias, lipoma removal, ingrown toe nail surgery and gastroscopy services.
Raj is a member of many surgical societies both in New Zealand and worldwide, these include:
- Medical Council of New Zealand
- Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
- Rural Surgery Section Member
- Endocrine Surgery Section Member
- Registrar supervisor of training
- American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
- Australian and New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons Association
- International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
- Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand
- Australia and New Zealand Breast Cancer Trials Group
- Australasian Association of Ultrasound in Medicine
- Melanoma Network of New Zealand
- Melanoma Research and Therapy Special Interest Group
- Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient Course instructor
Raj is more then happy to see and advise the best treatment for:
- breast diseases - benign and cancerous
- breast lumps
- family history of breast cancer
- thyroid/neck lumps
- parathyroid disease management
- skin cancer and benign skin lumps
- lipoma
- inguinal and umbilical hernia
