Dr Dilip Gahankari

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

AMA5

Dr Dilip Gahankari

Dr Dilip Gahankari

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

AMA5

Roles (Current & Past)

  • Plastic Reconstructive Cosmetic & Hand Surgery, Private Practice
  • VMO (Consultant) Plastic Surgeon, Gold Coast University Hospital, Parkwood, Gold Coast
  • VMO (Consultant) Plastic Surgeon, Tweed and Murwillumbah Hospitals, NSW Health
  • Adjunct Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Deemed University), India
  • Adjunct Professor, MHIQ/GCORE, Griffith University, Gold Coast
  • Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Bond University (2008–2013)
  • VMO (Consultant) Plastic Surgeon, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
  • Lecturer, Department of Surgery, University of Queensland
  • VMO (Consultant) Plastic Surgeon, Gold Coast Hospital and Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
  • Staff Specialist – Plastic Surgery, Gold Coast Hospital and Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital
  • Senior Registrar, Department of Plastic Surgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital
  • Plastics and Burns Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery and General Surgery, Royal Brisbane Hospital
  • Head and Neck Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
  • Fellow in Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopaedics, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
  • Senior House Officer (Locum), Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Canniesburn & Glasgow Royal Infirmary Hospitals, Scotland, UK
  • B.A.P.S (British Association of Plastic Surgeons) Fellow, Canniesburn Plastic Surgery Unit, Glasgow, UK
  • Adjunct Professor of Surgery, UNIMAS, Kuching, Malaysia
  • Specialist Consultant & Head, Plastic Surgery, Sarawak General Hospital, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia (Ministry of Health, Malaysia appointment)
  • Lecturer, Department of Plastic Surgery, King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM), Mumbai
  • Senior Residency in Plastic Surgery (Registrar Level), Department of Plastic Surgery, Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Hospital, Mumbai, India
  • Senior Residency in General Surgery (Senior Registrar Level), Department of Surgery, Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education & Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry, India
  • Post-Graduate Student in General Surgery (Registrar Level), Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India
  • House Officer in General Surgery (Senior House Officer Level), Department of Surgery, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India
  • House Officer in Anaesthesia (Senior House Officer Level), Department of Anaesthesia, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India
  • Internship, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India

Qualifications

  • M.B.B.S, Government Medical College University of Nagpur, India
  • M.S. (Masters in General Surgery), Government Medical College University of Nagpur, India
  • M.Ch (Masters in Plastic Surgery), University of Bombay, India
  • F.R.C.S (Edinburgh), Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, UK
  • F.R.A.C.S (Plastic Surgery), Royal College of Surgeons, Australia
  • Certified Independent Examiner, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
  • Recertified Independent Examiner, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners

Training, Memberships & Certifications

  • Member, Queensland Workers Compensation Tribunal (2013–2022)
  • Deputy Chairperson, Workers Compensation Tribunal, Office of Industrial Relations (2022–present)
  • Member, Advisory Committee on the Safety of Medical Devices (ACSMD) for TGA (2013–2016)
  • Specialist Adviser – Plastic Surgeon – ACD, for TGA (2016–2024)
  • Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Pindara Private Hospital (2011–2014, 2018–2020)
  • Plastic Surgeons Specialty Group Representative, John Flynn Hospital, Tugun, QLD
  • Member, Medical Advisory Committee, Gold Coast Surgical Hospital, Varsity Lakes (2014–2016)
  • Member, Queensland Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Society
  • Member, Queensland Hand Surgery Society
  • Member, Royal College of Surgeons, Australia
  • Member, Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Member, Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
  • Member, American Board of Independent Medical Examiners
  • Member, Australian Hand Surgery Society
  • Member, Queensland Society of Hand Surgeons
  • Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons
  • Member, Australian Medical Association
  • Member, Gold Coast Medical Association

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Locations

Gold Coast
Gold Coast - Benowa

Languages

Hindi
Marathi

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