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Dr Paul O’Brien is a medical practitioner based on the north coast of
New South Wales, Australia. His primary area of medical practice is
skin cancer medicine. This web site provides information regarding skin
cancer and its causes, prevention and treatment.
Dr O'Brien's main practice location is
Northern Rivers Skin Cancer Clinic, Ballina, NSW.
Qualifications:
M.B.B.S (Hons) Monash University 1992
Fellow Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)
1996
Diploma Clinical Nutrition
Certificate Advanced Skin Cancer Surgery 2006
Certificate in Skin Cancer Medicine,
Skin Cancer College of Australia, 2007
Diploma Australasian College of Skin Cancer Medicine 2008
Current Positions:
Medical Practitioner in Skin Cancer Medicine,
Northern Rivers
Skin Cancer Clinic, Ballina, NSW.
RACGP Clinical Examiner
Previous positions held:
Practice Principal Bangalow
Medical Centre , 1996 - 2006
Director Northern Rivers
Division of General Practice (NRDGP)
Director North Coast GP Training
(NCGPT)
Project Manager NRDGP Diabetes Project
Medical Educator NCGPT
Supervisor Liaison Officer NCGPT
Clinical Interests:
Skin cancer and skin surgery
Quality patient focused general rural medical practice
- Over 380,000 Australians are treated for skin cancer
each year – that’s over 1,000 people every day.
- Over 1,600 Australians die from skin cancer each year
- Skin cancer costs the health system around $300 million
annually, the highest cost of all cancers
- Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the
world. Skin cancers account for around 80% of all new
cancers diagnosed each year in Australia. Each year
Australians are four times more likely to develop a common
skin cancer than any other form of cancer
[1].
- The melanoma incidence rates in Australia and New
Zealand are around four times as high as those found in
Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom
- Relative five-year survival rates for all melanoma are
90% for Australian males and 95% for Australian women.
Survival rates have risen significantly since the early
eighties as a result of early detection
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