Richard is an Australian-trained Specialist Plastic Surgeon. He was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) after several years of training in major teaching hospitals in Melbourne, including
The Alfred, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and the Victorian Plastic Surgery Unit.

Richard undertook clinical observerships in rhinoplasty (including complex and revisional rhinoplasty) in Italy and aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery in Melbourne prior to attaining further Fellowship training in complex skin cancer and reconstructive microsurgery at Royal Brisbane and Womens’ Hospital. He completed a PhD in surgical anatomy of the head and neck at the esteemed Jack Brockhoff Plastic Surgery Research Unit, University of Melbourne, headed by world expert and pioneer of microsurgery Prof G. Ian Taylor and supervision of Prof Mark Ashton. Richard has published extensively in high-level peer-reviewed journals, including The Lancet, Medical Journal of Australia, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and
Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. As an acknowledgment to his research credentials, Richard is an active member of the Australasian Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Research Network (APRSRN), an invited reviewer for the Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and the Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery journals and has been an assessor on competitive research grants and presentations.

Richard currently holds Consultant Plastic Surgeon positions at Peninsula Health and Western Health, where he conducts reconstructive and revisional breast surgery and complex facial reconstruction. In addition, he holds a Senior Research Fellow position at Monash University. He is an active member of multidisciplinary cancer meetings for the management of complex skin cancer and head and neck cancer at three institutions.

Richard has significant experience in complex facial skin cancer and breast reconstructive surgery, and has a special interest in facial aesthetic surgery, rhinoplasty, aesthetic breast surgery and body contouring.