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Position:
Breast and Endocrine Surgical Fellow
Level:
First Year
Location:
Mater Hospital, Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane;
QEII Hospital, Troughton Rd, Coopers plains - BreastSurgANZ QLD Assessment Clinic
Contact:
Dr Jason Lambley
Contact:
The Breast/Endocrine Surgical Fellow at the Mater Hospital is a fully funded position through Mater Health Services. The Mater campus is an enriched surgical environment with a tertiary referral Obstetric hospital on site, as well as a large private hospital co-located.
The Fellow’s role involves an independent operating list as well as operating with the consultant surgeons. The Fellow is also actively involved in teaching of junior medical officers and students via Mater Medical Education Unit and University of Queensland.
The unit performs level 1 and level 2 oncoplastic procedures, with exposure to complex Breast Cancer Care: Multidisciplinary Breast Clinic, Multidisciplinary Breast Reconstruction Clinic and BreastScreen Queensland. The Plastic and Reconstructive Unit shares prosthetic reconstructions, and performs immediate autologous reconstructions.
Office ultrasound, SPY Camera, DaVinci Robot are all available. Saviscout and Trident HD have been introduced. There is a general surgery on-call commitment, one-in-three, with the participation of the Fellow being that of a junior consultant with the on-call PHO/Trainee reporting to the Fellow.
The Unit also has a significant component of endocrine surgery, especially thyroid and parathyroid, and services the busy obstetric endocrinology departments. There is also a component of sarcoma and melanoma surgery. There is a monthly Endocrine MDT shared with Endocrinology.
Breast and Endocrine Unit
5 surgeons, > 300 breast cancers per year
Unit Consultants
Dr Jason Lambley, Breast/Endocrine Surgeons, Director
Dr Chris Allan, Surgical Oncologist, Clinical Director
Dr Geoff Muduoia, Breast/Endocrine Surgeon
Dr Sally Meade, Breast/Endocrine Surgeon
Dr Jennie Gu, Breast Surgeon, PFT Supervisor
Breast Oncoplastic Surgery:
300+ new cancers per year
Breast Reconstruction Surgery:
Approximately 20 per year for breast service, 70 per year for plastics
General and Other Surgery:
Thyroid, parathyroid, Melanoma and Sarcoma. General On Call
Breakdown of hours:
General surgery on-call: 1:3
Private Consulting:
Nil
MDT:
Breast oncology: weekly, Fellow presents cases; Breast reconstruction: fortnightly, Fellow presents cases
Academic & Research:
Clinical and Bench research available (UQ affiliated), higher degree supervision, clinical trials including Breast Cancer Trials.
Funded:
Funded one (1) Full Time Equivalent (FTE) role commencing in February 2027
Salary:
Full time salary equivalent to Senior Registrar salary (or greater) and minimum salary package and requirements and conditions as required by law in the Hospital jurisdiction will apply. Position Classification: SREG1/SREG2 as per Mater Medical Officer Enterprise Agreement 2026
Further Information:
* BreastScreen attendance weekly for education purposes only. While sessions available weekly, frequency determined by training requirements and conflict with elective operating lists.
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