Dr Zenia Chow

Dr Zenia Chow is Australian dual fellowship trained Otolaryngologist (ENT) Head and Neck Surgeon specializing in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. 

Dr Chow has extensive experience in Head and Neck, and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery after completing 3 Clinical Fellowships.

Dr Chow is actively involved in teaching ENT Registrars and medical students, and believes in the importance of training the next generation of surgeons. In addition, she is involved in tutorials and demonstrating at courses in Melbourne and interstate.

Dr Chow was involved in the Healthy Ears Indigenous Health Program in the Mallee District as part of the ‘Closing the Gap’ initiative by the Federal Government.  This program is based at the Mallee District Aboriginal Health Service in Mildura and services patients from Victoria, NSW and South Australia.  She finds this work rewarding and has used her experience during her training in the Kimberley to improve the lives of Indigenous children.

To provide patients with the best care, Dr Chow keeps up to date by attending regular national and international conferences/courses.  She is active in research and has presented at national conferences on functional rhinoplasty, parotidectomy and cleft nasal deformity. 

Clinical interests:

• Rhinoplasty, primary, revision, functional, cosmetic

• Nasal airway and Sinus surgery, deviated septum, nasal polyps, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis

• Skin Cancer of the Head & Neck including melanoma, reconstruction facial defects

• Paediatric ENT including snoring, sleep apnoea, hearing loss, ear infections, tonsils, adenoids, grommets

• Head & Neck Surgery, parotid, submandibular gland

• Facial Plastic & Reconstructive surgery,

• Skin cancer surgery, scar revision, nasal trauma, eyelid, lip and ear surgery

• Facial rehabilitation after paralysis

• Facial aesthetic surgery, Otoplasty, facelift, lip lift, blepharoplasty

Expertise:

• Completed a Facial Plastic Surgery Fellowship recognised by the Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (AAFPS) in Perth  

• Completed Head and Neck and Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowships at the University of Virginia 

• In 2014 Dr Chow was awarded the American Academy of Otolaryngology International Travel Grant and Perth Convention Centre Travel Grant. 

• Dr Chow passed the American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery exam sponsored by the AAFPS.