About Us
Dr Ella Darveniza
FRACS (Plast), MBBS, BA, GradDipAnat
Dr Ella Darveniza is a Specialist Plastic, Reconstructive & Hand Surgeon.
She graduated from the School of Medicine, University of Notre Dame (Magna Cum Lauda) in 2011. Following this, she undertook more than a decade of rigorous surgical training in Australia to attain fellowship in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. She then travelled overseas to undertake the highly competitive Hand Surgery Fellowship at the prestigious Hand Unit of Chelsea & Westminster Hospital in London.
Throughout her career, Dr Darveniza has been committed to further education & research. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Anatomy via dissection, prior to tutoring in anatomy & microsurgery for the University of Sydney Medical School. Dr Darveniza then went on to lecture in Plastic Surgery for the University of Melbourne and now holds a position as Adjunct Senior Lecturer at The University of Notre Dame Sydney. She is also actively involved in training medical students & trainee surgeons in the public hospital system. Dr Darveniza continues to engage in research, having published in peer-reviewed journals and presented at both national & international conferences. Dr Darveniza has multiple appointments in both public & private hospitals. She has special interests in skin, reconstructive, hand & aesthetic surgery.
Dr Darveniza provides compassionate care tailored to your individual needs, whether it be expedient care of your skin cancer or helping to restore your body to its true self.
Dr KATHARINE GUGGENHEIMER
FRACS, MBBS, BSc, GradDipSurgAnat
Dr Katharine Guggenheimer is a Specialist General Surgeon & Endoscopist.
She completed her medical training at Melbourne University and graduated as a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, having completed her training in Melbourne.
Dr Guggenheimer is a lecturer in surgery at Sydney University and mentors medical students and junior doctors.
She has special areas of interest in endoscopy and colonoscopy (GESA qualified), skin cancer, breast cancer and implant complications, laparoscopic surgery and complex hernia repair.
She also has special interest in trauma, having worked extensively in rural and remote areas of Australia.
Dr Guggenheimer is involved in multi disciplinary teams for cancer treatment and in surgical research.
