Dr Patrick Tansley

Mr Patrick Tansley has lived in Australia since 2011 and is an Australian citizen. He practises cosmetic (aesthetic) plastic and revisional surgery under Specialist Registration as a Specialist Plastic Surgeon with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (MED0001651716). Patrick obtained the UK’s highest qualification in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (the College), in 2010 and has been registered by the UK General Medial Council since 2011.  He was awarded his Master of Science in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery degree with distinction from the University of London in 2013. Few plastic surgeons have achieved this qualification.

Patrick is trained, qualified and experienced in all aspects of cosmetic plastic and revisional surgery and has a special interest in:

• Breast procedures including breast augmentation and fat transfer, total capsulectomy with implant removal (“en bloc” where medically indicated), breast reduction and mastopexies (breast lift)

• Facelift, neck lift, eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty), nasal surgery (rhinoplasty) and otoplasty Abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), liposuction, brachioplasty and thigh lift

Patrick held the Office of President of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and Medicine (ACCSM) from 2019-2022, having previously served as Vice-President, Censor in Chief and Councillor. He is committed to training, credentialing and recertification in cosmetic plastic surgery and has published internationally on these matters.

After obtaining his medical degree from the prestigious University of Cambridge, Patrick trained in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic (cosmetic) surgery in London and the surrounding area. His training units included some of the U.K.’s most well recognised centres of plastic surgical excellence such as the Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead. He went on to obtain post fellowship experience in aesthetic plastic surgery at the McIndoe Surgical Centre, East Grinstead and oncoplastic microsurgical plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London. Between late 2011 and 2015, he worked at a variety of plastic and reconstructive surgical units in major public hospital in Melbourne.

Patrick was awarded his Master of Science in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery degree (distinction) by the University of London in 2013. This is an advanced qualification in aesthetic surgery, which very few international plastic surgeons have obtained. Part of his degree comprised writing a thesis on advances in facial anatomy in facial aesthetic surgery. This was undertaken during a fellowship in Melbourne with Dr Bryan Mendelson, internationally renowned Facial Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon.

The College awarded him a prestigious Hunterian Professorship, for which he gave his oration in 2009. This was awarded in recognition for his clinical scientific research under the tutelage of Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub, world renowned Cardiothoracic Surgeon. This is a rare award that is offered in honour of John Hunter, recognised as the founder of scientific surgery.

Patrick is a Senior Clinical Lecturer/Clinical (Senior Fellow) (hon) in the Department of Surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and previously was also an Honorary Associate Specialist Surgeon in the Department of General Surgery. In addition, between 2012 and 2014 he was a Senior Lecturer at the North West Academic Centre of the University of Melbourne.

To date, Patrick has contributed 50 publications, including peer-reviewed scientific articles, to the international literature and has given national and international presentations on more than 40 occasions to date. Patrick has the clinical experience of thousands of plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic procedures.