Dr Richard Atkinson

Dr Richard Atkinson is an Australian trained Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon. Having previously worked within allied health as a radiographer he studied medicine at the University of Sydney, completing his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery with Honours in 2008. He commenced his junior medical training within the Westmead Hospital network. He undertook further study during these junior years completing a Master of Surgery at the University of Sydney in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2013. He commenced specialty surgical training through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons working throughout various Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery departments in Sydney. After completion of training and obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), he spent a further 2 years in the United Kingdom working at the prestigious Oxford University Hospitals and Salford Royal Hospital in Manchester to expand his subspeciality experience in areas of plastic surgery that he is passionate about.

He worked within the Oxford University Hospitals for 12 months focusing on Limb reconstruction, Hand Surgery, Head and Neck and skin cancer reconstruction with a focus on innovative reconstructive techniques and microsurgical reconstruction. He then spent a further year in Manchester at Salford Royal Hospital working with Orthopaedic and Plastic surgeons in their hand surgery department. He was appointed as a consultant plastic and hand surgeon, helping to develop a new Plastic Surgery Department within the Salford Royal NHS Foundation trust and was the first, full time Plastic Surgeon employed by the trust at the time prior to returning to Australia.

Since returning to Sydney, he has started as a consultant within the Hand and Peripheral Nerve Surgery Department at Royal North Shore Hospital and the Plastic Surgery Department at Northern Beaches Hospital. He is proficient in all aspects of plastic surgery with a special interest in hand and peripheral nerve surgery, microsurgical reconstruction, trauma surgery, limb and skin cancer reconstruction.