St Vincents Private Hospitals

Biography

Dr David Littlejohn is a general surgeon specialising in breast and endocrine (thyroid and parathyroid) surgery, and hernia surgery.

Dr David Littlejohn is a general surgeon with over 20 years of surgical experience in breast surgery, thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and hernia surgery. He has a particular interest in oncoplastic breast surgery and ultrasound-guided minimally-invasive parathyroid surgery.

As well as running a successful private practice, David is actively involved in the research and academic community. He is a senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales’s Rural Clinical School where he lectures on oncoplastic breast surgery, and is a researcher for the International Breast Cancer Studies Group. He is a founding member, past Treasurer and immediate past Vice-President of BreastSurgANZ —an organisation dedicated to improving patient care for all women with breast cancer— and he continues to sit on a number of their subcommittees including the Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Subcommittee and Post-Fellowship Training Committees.