Dr Vij Vijayasekaran

(AM) MBBS FRACS (PLAS)

Vij completed his medical training at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1995, graduating with degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

After a further 10 years of post graduate training through Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and Princess Margaret Hospital – including 5 years of comprehensive specialist training, Vij became a Specialist Plastic Surgeon in 2005 when he was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

He undertook post-fellowship subspecialty training in cosmetic surgery, hand surgery and paediatric reconstructive surgery at several internationally renowned institutions in Melbourne, Australia and Toronto, Canada before returning to Perth in 2007 to join the Western Australian Plastic Surgery Centre.

Vij is also a Consultant Specialist Plastic Surgeon, including cleft lip and palate surgery, at Perth Children’s Hospital.


Considering breast augmentation surgery?

Vectra 3D imaging is available at our Subiaco practice with Dr Vij Vijayasekaran.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Using the Vectra H2 3D imaging system from Canfield, Vij can help you make the right choices regarding your breast augmentation surgery. Vectra’s three-dimensional computer rendering software can show you side-by-side, simulated before-and-after images with various implant sizes to assist you in your decision making process.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Simply request Vectra imaging when booking your consultation appointment.⠀⠀⠀⠀

Consulting Locations

  • St John of God Hospital, Subiaco
  • St John of God Wexford Medical Centre, Murdoch

Operating Locations

  • St John of God Hospital, Subiaco
  • West Leederville Private Hospital, West Leederville

Registration Details

  • Registration Number – MED0001534300
  • Registration Type – Specialist
  • Specialty – Surgery
  • Specialty Fields – Plastic Surgery

Professional Memberships

  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
  • Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
  • Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS)
  • Australian Medical Association (AMA)
  • Medical Defence Association of Western Australia

Other professional activities

  • First surgeon in Australia to be awarded an Advanced Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship by the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, enabling him to gain extensive experience in aesthetic surgery of the breast (breast augmentation, short scar breast reduction and breast lift techniques), body contouring surgery (abdominoplasty) and rhinoplasty.
  • Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2002 for providing medical expertise and assistance to the victims of the Bali bombings at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, Bali.
  • Awarded ‘Australian of the Year’ by The Australian newspaper in 2002.
  • Actively involved in training other medical professionals, ranging from both undergraduate and postgraduate students through to General Practitioners and trainee surgeons.

 

Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery

  • Breast surgery: areola reduction, breast augmentation, breast lift (mastopexy), breast reduction, breast revision (implant removal +/- replacement).
  • Body surgery: abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), belt lipectomy, brachioplasty (arm lift/reduction), gynaecomastia (male breast), liposuction/liposculpting, thigh lift/reduction.
  • Facial surgery: blepharoplasty (eyelid), otoplasty (prominent ear correction), rhinoplasty (nose surgery) for females of any age and males under 25 years of age [initial nose surgery only, no revision surgery available].
  • Skin surgery: scar revision.

Reconstructive Surgery

  • Breast surgery: breast reconstruction.
  • Facial surgery: cleft lip and palate, facial fractures.
  • Hand surgery: carpal tunnel, digit re-plantation, Dupuytren’s disease, elective and emergency/trauma hand surgery, nail bed deformities, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis.
  • Skin surgery: melanoma, skin cancer, skin lesions.
  • Other surgery: nerve transfer, paediatrics, peripheral nerve, reconstructive microsurgery.

Special interests

  • Short scar breast reduction
  • Cleft lip and palate surgery

SubSpecialty interests

  • Breast Surgery
  • Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery
  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
  • Melanoma and Skin Cancer
  • Microsurgery
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Reconstructive Surgery
  • Trauma and Emergency