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Your patient's seen fast, done local.
Seventeen years of hospital-based surgical and procedural experience across Australia and New Zealand. Skin cancer excision, reconstruction and hand procedures performed under local anaesthetic, with patients returned to the care of their referring GP.
For GPs
Fast access for the lesions you'd rather refer.
Dr Sud takes referrals for the cases that sit at the edge of primary care — complex closures, cosmetically sensitive sites, biopsy and excision of suspicious pigmented lesions, hand procedures.
Same-week appointments where the lesion warrants it. Operative and histopathology letters returned within 24–48 hours. Patients discharged back to you.
Phone first on the tricky ones: 0412 686 693
Private billing. Medicare rebates may apply to eligible consultations and simple excision procedures. Out-of-pocket costs are always discussed with patients before treatment.
Referral Details
Select your nearest location
- Mobile
- 0412 686 693
- Fax
- 07 3544 7720
- Medical Objects
- Provider No. 500996LF
- Address
- 291 Shafston Ave, Kangaroo Point QLD 4169
AHPRA: MED0001938883
General Medical Registration — Australia
Referral pathway
A pathway built around you and your patient
Rapid access — and you're kept in the loop at every step.
- 01
Referral received
Fax, Medical Objects (500996LF) or email — phone first on the tricky ones.
- 02
Patient contacted promptly
Usually within 24 hours; urgent lesions prioritised for a same-week appointment.
- 03
Procedure performed
Under local anaesthetic, in the rooms — no hospital admission required.
- 04
Same-day GP letter — with clinical photographs
You receive the operative note and clinical photographs the same day.
- 05
Histology forwarded once available
Pathology results sent straight through to you as soon as they come in.
About Dr Sud
Dr Ajay Sud
MBChB, MSc — a surgically trained doctor with seventeen years across hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.
Canberra Hospital · 2018
Senior Registrar in Plastic Surgery — with the Clown Doctors program at ACT's major tertiary centre.
Dr Ajay Sud is a surgically trained doctor with 17 years of procedural and operative experience across tertiary and regional hospitals in Australia and New Zealand — including 7 years in plastic and reconstructive surgery training environments.
He graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery and completed a Master of Science with Distinction in Biochemistry. His postgraduate surgical training spanned general surgery and plastic & reconstructive surgery at major tertiary centres, including trauma, burns, reconstructive and microsurgical services.
During his time on dedicated skin cancer operating lists, Dr Sud was involved in a high volume of skin cancer and reconstructive cases each week. He has contributed to peer-reviewed surgical literature and textbook publications, and has taught and mentored medical students and registrars across Australia and New Zealand.
- 17
- Years of procedural & operative experience
- 7 yrs
- Plastics & reconstructive environments
- 2,000+
- Skin cancer & reconstructive cases managed
- 24–48h
- GP letter turnaround
Elsevier — Plastic Surgery: Principles and Practice
Pharyngeal Reconstruction
Farhadieh RD, Sud AR, Morrison E, Morrison WAJ. Co-authored alongside senior reconstructive surgeons at a major Australian tertiary referral centre.
Qualifications
- MBChB — University of Otago
- MSc Biochemistry with Distinction — University of Otago
- General Medical Registration — Australia (AHPRA MED0001938883)
- GSSE — Generic Surgical Sciences Examination (RACS)
- RACS Clinical Examination — passed as General Surgery trainee
RACS Postgraduate Courses
- ASSET — Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma
- EMST — Early Management of Severe Trauma
- EMSB — Emergency Management of Severe Burns
- CCRISP — Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient
- CLEAR — Critical Literature Evaluation & Research (RACS)
Publications
- Pyogenic granuloma — treatment by shave-excision and/or pulsed-dye laser. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
- Pharyngeal Reconstruction. Plastic Surgery: Principles and Practice. Elsevier
- Flexor Tendon Repair. Index Procedures in Plastic Surgery. Wiley (accepted/in press)
Media & Public Profile
Procedures
What Dr Sud treats
Skin cancer surgery, reconstruction, hand and vascular procedures.
Skin cancer
Skin cancer excision and reconstruction
SCC, BCC, melanoma assessment. Primary closure, local flaps and skin grafts as the lesion requires.
Reconstruction
Cosmetically sensitive closures
Local flaps and full-thickness grafts on face, lip, eyelid and ear. Planned around tension lines and subunits.
Hands
Hand and minor surgery
Carpal tunnel release, trigger finger, lipomas, cysts, ingrown toenail. All performed under local anaesthetic.
Vascular
Temporal artery biopsy
Diagnostic biopsy of the superficial temporal artery for suspected giant cell (temporal) arteritis. Under local anaesthetic.
Experience
A surgical background, in private practice
Seventeen years across hospitals in Australia and New Zealand.
17yrs
Surgical and procedural experience
2,000+
Complex skin cancer cases
24–48h
Letter back to the referring GP
Trust
Why GPs refer their patients
Four reasons referring doctors come back.
Surgical skill
Reconstructive work where every millimetre matters
On the face, the lip, the eyelid and the ear, the line between a clean closure and a visible deficit is small. Dr Sud plans the reconstruction before the first incision — marking tension lines, choosing the flap or graft that preserves how the area moves as much as how it looks.
Local flaps designed around aesthetic subunits- Full-thickness skin grafts on high-mobility regions
- Staged reconstruction where one-stage would compromise the result