About

Dr Wai-Ting Choi

MBBS, BMedSc Melb, FRACS(Plast)

Having grown up in Melbourne, I graduated in Medicine and Medical Science from the University of Melbourne in 1994. My formative years in Medicine were spent at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, where my interest in a surgical career was piqued. After training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Victoria and gaining my surgical fellowship in 2008, I started working at Austin Hospital and several other public hospitals in senior positions.

I have a special interest in hand surgery, including common paediatric hand conditions. Apart from the remaining Plastic Surgical gamut of skin cancer, burns, head and neck reconstruction, maxillofacial, microsurgery, pressure injuries and cosmetic surgery, I am a proponent of evidence-based medicine (EBM), and Wide Awake Local Anaesthetic No Tourniquet (WALANT) surgery. All of this experience helps me to work out what will work best for you, your condition, and your circumstances.

In addition to clinical practice, I also enjoy teaching junior doctors and Plastic Surgery trainees at Austin hospital, and through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) where I am a member of the Surgical Skills Training committee. I also teach medical students through the University of Melbourne, and have co-authored several journal publications.

Outside the hospital and consulting rooms, you will likely find me riding a bicycle (the kind with a human motor) or practising my German, perhaps even simultaneously, as I watch my children growing up in Melbourne alongside my wife.