Dr Kumar’s Team – Nurses, Anaesthetist and Surgical Assistants

Kate

Practice Manager · Registered Nurse

Kate is a registered nurse who has worked in plastic and reconstructive surgery since 2010, in both private rooms and hospital nursing. She holds diplomas in practice management and in leadership and management.

As well as running the practice, Kate conducts first phone consultations, measures patients for compression garments before surgery and provides post-operative care. She is also a qualified personal trainer, with a particular interest in nutrition and returning to exercise after surgery.

Meg

Practice Nurse · Registered Nurse

Meg is a registered nurse who worked for more than nine years at Westmead Private Hospital across several specialties, including plastic and reconstructive surgery. She grew up in a regional town before moving into nursing in Sydney.

Meg conducts first phone consultations, prepares patients for surgery and provides post-operative care – the nurses who prepare you for surgery are the same nurses who see you at every post-operative review.

Michelle

Practice Administrator and Patient Coordinator

Michelle is usually the first person you speak to when you call 1300 267 726. She coordinates your consultations, paperwork and hospital bookings from your first appointment through to theatre, and makes sure your questions reach the right person. Before joining the practice she worked in education, customer service and sales with large software companies.

Dr Kumar’s theatre team

Dr Ajaypal Thind – Specialist Anaesthetist

MBBS, BSc (Med), FANZCA

Dr Thind is Dr Kumar’s anaesthetist and the director of Professional Anaesthesia Services. He completed his medical degree at the University of New South Wales and his specialist training in anaesthesia at Prince of Wales and Royal North Shore hospitals. He has appointments at public and private hospitals in Sydney, including Westmead Private and Somerset Private, and is a member of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists and the Australian Society of Anaesthetists. Dr Thind’s profile.

Dr Lachlan Smith – Surgical Assistant

Dr Lachlan Smith (MED0001854528) is a registered medical practitioner who assists Dr Kumar in theatre. He completed degrees in medical science and medicine at UNSW and a Master of Surgery at the University of Sydney, has taught anatomy at the UNSW School of Medicine, and over the past decade has trained with plastic and reconstructive surgeons in Sydney.

Dr Ziham Fauzi – Surgical Assistant

Dr Ziham Fauzi is a medical practitioner with plastic surgery registrar experience who assists Dr Kumar in theatre.

Aftercare in Orange – CosMedic Collective

Kylie Duncan, Registered Nurse (NMW0001368802) · Director, CosMedic Collective

For Dr Kumar’s Central West patients, post-operative scar and skin care is available closer to home with Kylie Duncan at CosMedic Collective, 102 Byng Street, Orange. Kylie is a registered nurse with more than 15 years’ experience and a Clinical Nurse Consultant, and has worked in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

This aftercare is available only to Dr Kumar’s patients from the Central West, at Kylie’s rooms in Orange. It is in addition to your post-operative reviews with Dr Kumar and his nursing team, not a replacement for them. Dr Kumar’s team can explain what is included. Visit CosMedic Collective.

Amy Kellner

Accredited Practising Dietitian · BHSc (Nutritional Medicine), Master of Nutrition and Dietetic Practice · The Cosmetic Dietitian

Amy is an independent Accredited Practising Dietitian who works with Dr Kumar and his patients on nutrition before and after surgery. Her practice, The Cosmetic Dietitian, focuses on nutrition for people having plastic and cosmetic surgery. She studied nutritional medicine at Torrens University and nutrition and dietetics at Bond University, and has managed the nutritional needs of surgical patients at the Mater Hospital in Brisbane, Townsville University Hospital, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, and Tweed Hospital.

For patients preparing for body contouring after major weight loss, Amy’s advice can cover:

• protein intake and preserving muscle while your weight is stable
• body composition, alongside a DEXA scan where Dr Kumar recommends one
• nutritional deficiencies that are common after bariatric surgery or rapid weight loss, such as iron, vitamin B12 and vitamin D
• nutrition to support wound healing in the weeks after surgery

Consultations with Amy are held remotely, and her advice is coordinated with Dr Kumar’s surgical plan. See nutrition before skin removal surgery or visit The Cosmetic Dietitian.