Dr. Robert WhitfieldEndocrine Surgeon
Dr. Robert WhitfieldDr Whitfield graduated from Monash University in 1998. He trained in general surgery in Western Australia and South Australia from 2005-2008. He was awarded Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2009.
Dr Whitfield undertook post-Fellowship training in breast and endocrine surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide in 2009. In 2010 he was appointed Chief Surgical Resident at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and received additional post-Fellowship training in breast surgery, oncoplastics and breast reconstruction, endocrine surgery and surgical oncology / melanoma surgery. In 2011 Dr Whitfield completed an oncoplastic breast Fellowship in Edinburgh, UK.
Dr Whitfield has worked as a staff specialist general surgeon on the Breast, Endocrine & Surgical Oncology Unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and as a Visiting Surgeon at BreastScreen SA since 2012. He has an interest in medical education and is the current supervisor of general surgery training at the Royal Adelaide and Deputy Chair of the SA & NT Training Committee of the Board in General Surgery.
Dr Whitfield commenced private practice in 2014.
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Accredited at the Following Hospitals
Royal Adelaide Hospital
St Andrew's Hospital
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Appointments
Consultant Surgeon - Breast, Endocrine & Surgical Oncology Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Chair, SA & NT Training Committee, Board in General Surgery
Member BreastSurgANZ Executive Council
Visiting Surgeon BreastScreen SA
Clinical Associate Lecturer, University of Adelaide
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Special Interests
Thyroid surgery
Parathyroid surgery including minimally invasive surgery
Breast Surgery
Melanoma Surgery
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Associations
International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Australian & New Zealand Endocrine Surgeons
BreastSurgANZ
General Surgeons Australia
Practice Locations
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Royal Adelaide Hospital
Breast, Endocrine & Surgical Oncology Unit
Royal Adelaide Hospital
North Terrace,Adelaide South Australia 5000
Australia
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