Research interests
Lymphoedema; Lipoedema; Melanoma; Radiation Injury; Lymphatic Biology
Key achievements
Director, O’Brien Department, SVI
Victorian Regional Council, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne
Honorary Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne
Honorary Fellow, Plastic Surgery Research Unit, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, The University of Melbourne
Port Phillip Council, Health and Wellbeing Grants Committee
Consultant, Organogenesis Inc., Canton, Massachusetts (USA)
Lymphatic, Adipose & Regenerative Medicine
As part of the Institute's O'Brien Department, we investigate and seek new treatments for Radiation Injury Bystander Effect (RIBE) in cancer patients and for lipoedema, a condition often misdiagnosed as obesity.
Lab head: Associate Professor Ramin Shayan Lab co-head: Dr Tara Karnezis Professor Marc Achen