Your Plastic Surgeon: Brandon Hitchcock

Mr Brandon Hitchcock is a facial plastic surgeon and Consultant Otolaryngologist. He gained his undergraduate degree at the University of Cape Town, South Africa completing his MBChB in 1985. He immigrated to New Zealand in 1989 and began surgical training in 1991.

He obtained his Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in New Zealand having undertaken training in Auckland and Dunedin in Otolaryngology, Head and Surgery completing this in 1998.  He then undertook a Fellowship year in a Glasgow, Scotland in 1999 where he undertook extensive nasal surgery and courses on refining surgical technique.  He is employed as a part-time Consultant Otolaryngologist at the Bay of Plenty District Health Board, Tauranga.

He spends approximately half of his time in private practice.  A large part of his public hospital appointment involves facial reconstruction following excision of skin cancers of the head and neck.

His private practice includes general Otolaryngology, management of head and neck skin cancers and facial plastic surgery.

MBChB – University of Cape Town 1985
Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery 1998
Member of the New Zealand Otolaryngology Head and Neck Society
Member of the Australasian Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery

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