About Dr Alenka Paddle | Specialist Plastic Surgeon
MBBS (Hons), PGDipSurgAnat, FRACS (Plast)
Alenka graduated with first class honours from Monash University, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 2005, and completed a Post-graduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy (PGDipSurg Anat) at The University of Melbourne in 2007, as dux of the year.
Her rigorous training through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons culminated in her achieving qualification as a Specialist Plastic Surgeon (FRACS) in 2015.
Within her specialty, Alenka has chosen to refine and develop her skills in aesthetic and paediatric plastic surgery through further training (fellowship positions) in Australia and overseas. She received scholarships to undertake this training namely the Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Fellow Scholarship (Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons) and the Morgan-Opie Travel Scholarship (Royal Australasian College of Surgeons).
Her Advanced Aesthetic Plastic Surgery fellowship with the Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery in 2015 allowed her to gain extensive experience in the areas of facial aesthetic surgery (face and neck lift, browlift and blepharoplasty), rhinoplasty, breast surgery (augmentation, lift, reduction, correction of asymmetry), abdominoplasty and body contouring surgery.
Alenka extended her proficiency in nasal reconstruction and aesthetic and functional rhinoplasty through time spent at the renowned Klinik für Plastische Gesichtschirurgie Marienhospital in Stuttgart Germany, in 2016, and in general aesthetic plastic surgery at the Velthuis Kliniek, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 2017.
Alenka’s expertise in paediatric plastic surgery and cleft surgery was enhanced through training as a Clinical Fellow in Cleft Surgery at the South Thames Cleft Service, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, and at Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, as the Dutch Association for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (DAFPRS) Fellow.
Alenka currently holds appointments as a consultant Plastic Surgeon at the Royal Children’s Hospital, and the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
She is an accredited medical volunteer for Operation Smile and donates her time and surgical expertise in cleft surgery during charity Mission trips to areas of need.
Alenka’s passion and dedication to her chosen vocation is clearly evident. Balanced with love for her family and own children, she strives to translate this into an excellent, contemporary and caring service for all her patients.