OUR TEAM

Name: Specialist Breast Clinic
Address: 30 Osborne Street, Wollongong, NSW, 2500, AU
Telephone: 02 4228 1088
Price range: AUD

Specialist Breast Clinic delivers rapid-access, and patient-first surgical solutions across all areas of the breasts.

Also providing surgical solutions for the tummy, liposuction and general/keyhole surgical solutions.

Dr Tony and Dr Beck are your local Specialist Oncoplastic Breast Surgeons, who use innovative surgical techniques to improve cosmetic outcomes in both breast conservation surgery, and for the treatment of breast cancer.

Operating exclusively in Wollongong, with all pre and post operative care local, you are in safe hands with Dr Tony, Dr Beck and everyone at Specialist Breast Clinic Wollongong.

DR. TONY PALASOVSKI

Specialist Surgeon

Dr Tony Palasovski provides specialist oncoplastic breast surgery exclusively to Wollongong.

Bringing a wealth of experience and specialised skills, he provides superior breast surgical techniques and multidisciplinary breast care.

After receiving his surgical fellowship in 2011 to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Dr Palasovski completed prestigious fellowships in general and oncoplastic breast surgery at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, a world leading authority in the management of complex breast cancer.

He has since worked as a VMO, general and oncoplastic breast surgeon, with particular interest in the assessment and treatment of breast cancer and the delivery of breast surgeries that conserve or restores the natural shape of the breast.

His approach combines early detection and diagnosis with advanced techniques for excisional and implant based reconstructive surgery.

Dr Palasovski operates in Wollongong exclusively with all pre and post operative care based at our Wollongong Practice.

QUALIFICATIONS & CLINICAL INTERESTS
- Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, 2011
- MBBS, University of Queensland, 2002
- Bachelor of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, 1997
- VMO Surgeon Kareena Private, Wollongong Private, Wollongong and Shellharbour Public Hospitals and Wollongong Day Surgery
- Member of Breastsurg ANZ
- Clinical collaborator with Illawarra Health and Medical Research Institute (IHMRI) – Wollongong University
- Current hospital supervisor for both accredited and unaccredited trainees in General Surgery Wollongong and Shellharbour Public Hospital
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Identification of a novel tetrameric structure for human apolipoprotein-D
- Claudia S. Kielkopf1,2, Jason K.K. Low3, Yee-Foong Mok4, Surabhi Bhatia1,2†, Tony Palasovski5,6,7, Aaron J. Oakley1,8, Andrew E. Whitten9, Brett Garner1,2, Simon H.J. Brown1,2*
- Approach to the Investigation of New Breast Symptoms, Tony Palasovski, Ramsay Health Newsletter, March 2015
- ‘Education for Teaching’ – Successful Scholar, Tony Palasovski, Karen Murphy, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Surgical News, June 2014
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma – What’s New?, Tony Palasovski, Annual Scientific Conference, Perth, May 2010
- Diagnosis, Treatment, Prognosis of Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Tony Palasovski, Sydney Cancer Conference (inaugural event), Sydney University, August 2008

DR. MATTHEW BECK

General Surgeon

Dr Matthew Beck is a highly regarded Australian born and locally trained General surgeon who specialises in breast cancer and reconstructive surgery, melanoma and skin cancer surgery, endocrine and general surgery in the Wollongong and Sydney region. He has an interest in breast cancer surgery as well as melanoma and skin cancer surgery including local flap repairs, endocrine thyroid surgery and general surgery such as laparoscopic surgery.

After obtaining a Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Newcastle, he returned to Wollongong for his junior doctor training. He then embarked to RPA hospital in Sydney for surgical training including breast cancer, melanoma surgery as well as all areas of general surgery. Post fellowship Dr Beck undertook the highly regarded 2 year Oncoplastic breast surgery fellowship through the Breast surg ANZ program.

Dr Beck is a VMO at the Wollongong Private hospital, as well as both Wollongong and Shellharbour public hospitals and the Wollongong day surgery.

He is a member of the Illawarra and shoalhaven Multidisciplinary team for breast and melanoma cancer surgery.

Dr Beck operates through the Specialist Breast Clinic and works in an integrated practice to achieve the best possible outcomes, the practice has multiple pieces of specialist technology to assist in surgical planning as well as ancillary care including a 3D breast mapping VECTRA machine.

DR BECK’S SERVICES
Dr Beck is able to perform the following procedures in both private and public hospitals as well as office based procedures.
- Breast cancer excision, oncoplastic remodelling and Lipofilling
- Mastectomy with preservation of the skin or nipple and Implant reconstruction
- Breast reduction surgery
- Melanoma and skin cancer excision, local flap repair, skin grafts and lymph node assessment
- Head and neck skin cancer excisions with aesthetic considerations
- Thyroid and parathyroid surgery
- General surgical procedures including LaparoscopicHernia repair, Laparoscopic Gallbladder removal, gastroscopy and colonoscopy
- Minor procedures including ingrown toenail repair, lipoma and cyst excisions
DR MATTHEW BECKS’ PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- RACS Fellow- FRACS
- Breast surg ANZ full member
- AHPRA certified
- UOW faculty