Personal statement
Dr Vij Vijayasekaran completed medical training at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1995, graduating with degrees in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Vij was admitted to a plastic surgery fellowship in 2000 and completed 5 years of specialist training at Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital. He was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery in 2005.
Vij then undertook post-fellowship training in cosmetic surgery in Melbourne and Toronto, Canada before returning to Perth in 2007. Vij was also the first surgeon in Australia to complete the Advanced Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship awarded by the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.
Vij is a Consultant Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon at Princess Margaret Hospital.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (FRACS)
Member of the Order of Australia (AM) - for providing medical expertise and assistance to the victims of the Bali bombings at Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar, Bali in 2002.
Professional associations
Australian Medical Association
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
Medical Defence Association of Western Australia
Where I work
Glengarry Private Consulting, Duncraig
Hollywood Private Hospital, Nedlands
Peel Health Campus, Mandurah
St John of God Hospital, Subiaco
St John of God Wexford Medical Centre, Murdoch
West Leederville Private Hospital, West Leederville