Dr. Shiba Sinha

 Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon

Dr. Shiba Sinha is a Specialist Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon and received her fellowship from the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. She is excited to be joining the team at Melbourne Plastic Surgery. Shiba graduated from the University of Leeds with a 1 st class honours degree in Clinical Sciences in addition to her medical degree, for which she received multiple undergraduate prizes and was dux of her year on 2 occasions. Her early passion for plastic and reconstructive surgery was confirmed as a senior medical student after an elective placement at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne. This ultimately led to Shiba relocating to Australia and proudly calling Melbourne home.

Shiba has completed a higher research degree at the O’Brien Institute in Melbourne in the field of fat tissue engineering. She has presented and published research both nationally and internationally in the areas of tissue engineering, breast reconstruction and skin cancer. Shiba’s advanced plastic surgery training included tertiary centres in both Melbourne and Sydney. Shiba holds public appointments as a Consultant Surgeon at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Monash Health and Eastern Health. She is an approachable and compassionate surgeon whose utmost priority is delivery of a safe and optimal outcome for all her patients. She is available for consultation and management of skin cancer and melanoma and elective hand surgery. Outside of surgery Shiba maintains interests in contemporary art, architecture and being outdoors.