Hillcrest Rockhampton Private Hospital
Part of Ramsay Health Care

Hillcrest Rockhampton Private Hospital specialist Shashank Desai

Dr Shashank Desai

MBBS, M.S. (Gen. Surg), FRACS, FRCS (Edin, Glas)

Dr Shashank Desai is a highly qualified and experienced Breast Surgeon, with extensive training and experience in oncoplastic breast surgery. He also specialises in laparoscopic surgery, gastro-intestinal endoscopy, endocrine surgery and general surgery.

He has been caring for both private and public patients in Australia and New Zealand for more than three decades, and has established a multidisciplinary model of breast cancer care and introduced state-of-the-art technological advances in breast cancer care in the various hospitals where he has held appointments. Dr Desai is known by patients and colleagues alike for his compassionate and patient-centred approach to practice.

Dr Desai is also an active contributor to medical education. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland and is involved in teaching medical students and surgical trainees.

• Oncoplastic Breast Surgery (combining cancer surgery and breast reconstruction techniques) • Laparoscopic Surgery • Gastro-Intestinal Endoscopy (colonoscopy & gastroscopy) - including gastroscopy and colonoscopy for cancer prevention and complex polypectomy. • General Surgery (including skin cancers, gall stone disease, hernia repair and varicose veins surgery)