Practices
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Wahroonga Specialist Centre
Suite 9, 176 Fox Valley Road
WAHROONGA
Phone: (02) 9467 5400
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Westmead Private Hospital
Suite 212, Cnr Mons and Darcy Roads
WESTMEAD
Phone: (02) 9467 5400
Fax: (02) 8330 5525
Other Languages
- Tamil
- Malay
Profile
Associate Professor Sandra Krishnan is a Consultant Surgical Oncologist, Breast, Melanoma and General Surgeon with breast oncology fellowships at Breast Cancer Institute, Westmead Hospital and Breast and Endocrine Unit, Concord Hospital. She also specialises in Advanced non melanotic skin cancers and performs laparoscopic surgery. She graduated MBBS 1st Class in 1994, completed a Masters in Surgery (General) in 2005 and FRACS 2009.
She is a Clinical Associate Professor at ANU, Anatomy demonstrator, lectures and conducts practicals for the ANU Medical School. She is the Chair of the ANU Student Advisory Group. She trains accredited and unaccredited registrars in surgery, residents and interns and is involved in medical student teaching. She is a RACS Senior EMST Instructor. A/Prof Krishnan is a Member of RACS Special Groups - Breast Surgery, Surgical Oncology, Surgical Educators, Women in Surgery; has full membership with BreastSurgANZ, ANZ Breast Cancer Trials Group, Australasian Society for Breast Disease, ACT & SE NSW Breast Cancer Treatment Group, and ANZ Melanoma Trials Group. She is also a CHASM (Collaborating Hospitals' Audit of Surgical Mortality) First Line Assessor. Internationally, she is a member of Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC), Breast Surgery International, Society of Oncoplastic Surgery and iBreastbook.
Associate Professor Krishnan is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and has partnerships with Healthcert Education, and she is an op Ed Writer for Oncology and Medical Republic.
Her surgical areas of expertise include breast surgery, melanotic and advanced non melanotic skin cancer surgery, and laparoscopic procedures including for diseases of the gallbladder and abdominal wall herniae.
Research
Associate Professor Krishnan is involved in both the Breast Cancer and the Advanced Melanoma and Skin Cancer multi-disciplinary meetings at Sydney Adventist Hospital. She is also part of an ongoing breast oncology audit for BreastSurgANZ.
Academic Publications:
* Appendiceal Torsion: a Rare Case of Acute Appendicitis - Link
* A rare case of lobular breast cancer metastasising to large bowel - Link
* Barium peritonitis--following barium enema of the proximal colon through a colostomy - Link
* Peer reviewer, Rural and Remote Health - Link
Other publications:
* This time with feeling - Link
* Breast Cancer: do we have any control? - Link
* Association of Women Surgeons Guest Blog Post - "Link
