Dr Andrew Thompson

Overview

Practice

Dr Andrew Thompson is a Breast, Endocrine and General Surgeon based in Wagga Wagga, NSW. He consults and operates in several public and private health facilities within the Riverina.

Training

Andrew undertook general surgical training in Sydney, NSW working mainly at Royal North Shore Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital from 2009 to 2014. In 2012 Andrew completed the Mary-Jo Reeve Fellowship in Endocrine Surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital, achieving a Masters of Surgery. His thesis on Risk Prediction Modelling in Thyroid Cancer was published in the journal Thyroid.

After completing his Fellowship in General Surgery, Andrew undertook post-fellowship training with BSANZ (Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand) and was awared full membership. In 2016 Andrew worked at the Royal Brisbane and Women's hospital in one of Australia's most high volume breast referral units. Here he competed training in breast reconstruction and advanced oncoplastic techniques as well as minimally invasive endocrine surgical approaches.

Interests

• Breast Cancer

• Oncoplastic breast surgery

• Breast Reconstruction

• Thyroid disease

• Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy

• General Surgery

• Surgical Education