Dr James Southwell-Keely, FRACS, Plastic Surgeon, Darling Point NSW

PLASTIC, RECONSTRUCTIVE & COSMETIC SURGEON, SYDNEY

Dr James Southwell-Keely is a fully trained and fully qualified plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgeon with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the only recognised statutory body in Australia charged with the training of surgeons. As a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons he continues a long tradition of serving his community through work in the public hospital system. He holds consultant positions at St Vincent’s Hospital and Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, while he operates privately at St Luke’s and St Vincent’s Private Hospitals.

After graduating from Medical School at the University of Sydney with Honours, Dr Southwell-Keely spent nine years training to be a plastic surgeon in the busy teaching hospitals of metropolitan Sydney. During this time he completed a Masters of Surgery, once again through the University of Sydney, focusing his research interests in the field of Plastic Surgery. Having completed the rigorous fellowship examinations with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, he spent another two years working in the UK and Europe, including Stockholm, Paris and Lyon, acquiring further knowledge and perfecting skills in cosmetic facial surgery, cosmetic breast surgery and microsurgery for breast and facial reconstruction.

He is a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), which works in conjunction with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons to train future Australian plastic surgeons.

His areas of expertise include facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, breast cosmetic and reconstructive surgery, microsurgery, maxillofacial surgery, skin cancer surgery and hand surgery.