Dr Mathew Lee
Meet Dr Mathew Lee
Dr Mathew Lee is a fully qualified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, trained in Melbourne with experience in a wide variety of procedures.
After completing his fellowship through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Dr Lee pursued further specialised training in rhinoplasty and breast surgery for both cosmetic and reconstructive purposes in Europe and North America.
Dr Lee is highly experienced in reconstructive microsurgery and the management of skin cancer, and is actively involved in teaching and training plastic surgeons.
Compassion and empathy for patients, along with strong relationships with colleagues and nursing staff, are defining characteristics of his personality.
Rhinoplasty
Rhinoplasty has been a fascination of mine since I first started my training in plastic and reconstructive surgery.
With rhinoplasty, there is an inseparable interplay of form and function that can only be managed with the highest attention to detail.
The nose creates the central feature of a face. The stakes are high when dealing with such a feature and therein lies the challenge. Breathing through your nose is a finely balanced and dynamic process that the majority of us pay little attention to until it is problematic.
Sleeping difficulties, snoring, and difficulty breathing quietly through your nose can be a frustrating problem.
Rhinoplasty, when done well, should address and account for all aesthetic and functional considerations.
To ensure that my training was comprehensive in the discipline of rhinoplasty, I spent four months at the Marien Hospital in Stuttgart, Germany, working with Professor Wolfgang Gubisch. Professor Gubisch is a qualified Plastic Surgeon and an ENT surgeon. He is regarded as a world authority on rhinoplasty and is extensively published on the procedure. With more than 10,000 rhinoplasty cases to his name, this was an opportunity to bring home experience and insight that has been invaluable to my practice and has given me the skills and confidence to deliver the best results possible for my patients.
I continue to attend regular conferences and workshops on rhinoplasty to learn from rhinoplasty experts all over the world and ensure patients are getting state of the art treatment.
When the functional aspects of rhinoplasty require ENT specialist help, I perform combined procedures with my ENT colleagues. The opportunity to work together with another specialist is invaluable for patient outcomes.
Breast surgery
Breast surgery forms a large part of Dr Mathew Lee’s practice whether it is for cosmetic reasons e.g. breast augmentation, functional reasons e.g. breast reduction or reconstructive purposes following breast cancer treatment.
Every patient is unique and has a specific set of goals and expectations for surgery, whether they are seeking breast augmentation, reduction surgery or reconstructive procedures.
Dr Lee finds that listening carefully to the needs of each individual helps achieve their goals and expectations.
Dr Lee’s initial training in breast surgery was based in breast reconstruction undertaken in Melbourne and Perth. It had a strong autologous tissue and microsurgical focus. As such, he is well trained to perform DIEP (deep inferior epigastric artery perforator) and TRAM (transverse rectus abdominus myocutaneous) flaps as well as alternatives such as the TUG (transverse upper gracilis) flap.
To supplement his training, Dr Mathew Lee also completed a fellowship in breast reconstruction in Vancouver in 2011. He worked with plastic surgeons and specialist breast surgeons performing mastectomies, reconstructions and revisionary reconstructive procedures using the latest in fat grafting techniques, implant reconstruction, and acellular dermal matrices.
He also had the opportunity to develop skills in other areas of breast surgery including breast reduction, augmentation, mastopexy and combinations of these procedures. He worked in Banff, Canada with Dr Elizabeth Hall-Findlay who is recognised worldwide for her expertise on cosmetic breast surgery and in particular breast reduction surgery.
The combination of skills and techniques that he acquired in Australia as well as overseas has ensured he has the expertise to comprehensively manage reconstructive and cosmetic breast issues for patients.
Facial plastic surgery
At Canvas Plastic Surgery, facial surgery primarily refers to facelift and neck lift procedures. The anatomical considerations of ageing and surgical techniques available to manage and reverse them challenge the surgeon’s powers of observation and ability to pair this up with an operation that can cater to patient expectations.
It is the careful observation and education of a patient on the underlying changes that happen to their face that enables surgery to be tailored to help achieve their goals.
Deep plane facelift techniques and the latest in fat grafting techniques, skin care and non-surgical aesthetic treatments are all options that Dr Mathew Lee has expertise in and that can be employed to achieve your goals.
Dr Lee has had the good fortune of being taught by local experts such as Dr Bryan Mendelson as well as experts in Canada like Dr Richard Warren and Professor Wolfgang Gubisch in Germany.
Regular attendance at local and international conferences and dissection workshops has helped develop his understanding of facial aesthetic surgery and given him confidence in achieving outstanding results for patients.
Professional memberships
My team
The Canvas Plastic Surgery team combines more than 20 years’ experience in caring for plastic surgery patients and brings exemplary patient care, clinical knowledge and a willingness to go beyond the call of duty to every patient’s journey.
