Meet Us

Over the past 26 years Julian has established himself as one of New Zealand’s top surgeons and a leader in breast augmentation/implant surgery. In 1997 he was one of the first to introduce ultrasonic liposuction called Vaser ® liposelection.

Julian offers a wide range of aesthetic procedures and in the past several years has started to offer fat grafting for facial rejuvenation and breast reconstruction with positive feedback and very good results.  

As well as belonging to the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Julian regularly attends international conferences as a guest speaker and to further enhance his knowledge in new plastic surgical techniques.

Alison joined in February 2010. Prior to moving to NZ she worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years and continued this career path for a further 2 years in NZ. Following this, she worked for the Ministry of Health, managed Southern Cross Hospital in Wellington and also managed the largest Summerset retirement village in South Auckland during the building and site development stage.

As the experienced Operational and Business Manager working with a professional team, Alison spends a lot of time with Julian’s patients to make sure they receive affordable procedures to fit in with their busy schedules. Every patient is treated as an individual and her job is to make sure that their needs are fully understood and met.

Melanie joined the team in June 2017 having worked previously as a medical receptionist with Plastic Surgeons and Dermatologists.

Melanie is a bright and approachable person and is more than likely the person you will speak to first at our clinic. Along with meeting and greeting people and scheduling appointments with our medical team, she also coordinates bookings for minor procedures and arranges our Southern Cross Affiliated Provider Contracted work.

She is also a trained Beauty and Skin Therapist and has worked here and London. Melanie believes looking good is part of feeling well. It can make an important contribution to self esteem and confidence which leads to improvements in all areas of our lives.

Shane joined the practice early June 2017, with extensive experience working in customer service. She came from a medical reception and administration role, working with dermatologists, plastic surgeons and other cosmetic practitioners. Prior to that she spent many years in the airline industry in key customer service roles. Shane has knowledge and experience that allows her to provide the patients with a personal, informative and confidential service.

As our receptionist Shane will act as the first point of contact for patients and visitors to the facility. She will arrange your consultation and all aspects of any minor procedures carried out in our theatre room. As our practice is affiliated with Southern Cross Shane will organise their members’ prior approval and process claims. She is also able to provide you with the information you require on all services we offer.

Diana joined the practice in 2018 with extensive experience working in healthcare.  She came from Caci clinic where she worked as an injector for several years.  Prior to this she worked in the Medical Device industry and spent time as a theatre nurse.  As the practice nurse, she is the nurse manager and has full responsibility for managing all clinical aspects of the practice while coaching other nursing staff.

As an experienced practice nurse, Diana is used to working with the surgeon to ensure that patients receive the highest standard of post-operative care, and she is the key point of contact for clinical enquiries.   As the clinical expert, she can coach and advise other team members to ensure that the individual needs of each patient are met.

She continues to work in a theatre capacity on a weekly basis and when she is not busy with surgical patients, she is kept busy administering wrinkle-reducing injections namely Botox® and Xeomin®.