North Shore Private Hospital
Castlecrag Private Hospital
Dr Richard Atkinson is an Australian trained Plastic Surgeon.
Level 4, Suite 1
North Shore Private Hospital, 3 Westbourne Street
ST LEONARDS, NSW, 2065
1300 802 750
02 8088 4366
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Dr Richard Atkinson is an Australian trained Plastic Surgeon. Having previously worked within allied health as a radiographer he studied medicine at the University of Sydney, completing his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours in 2008.
He commenced surgical training through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons working throughout various Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery departments in Sydney. After completion of training and obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), he spent a further 2 years in the United Kingdom working at the Oxford University Hospitals and Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester to expand his experience in areas of plastic surgery.
He is a consultant within the Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department at Royal North Shore Hospitaland the Plastic Surgery Department at Auburn Hospital. He also works privately at North Shore Private Hospital and Castlecrag Hospital. He has an interest in all aspects of plastic surgery inclding hand and peripheral nerve surgery, microsurgical reconstruction, trauma surgery, limb and skin cancer reconstruction.