Biography

Dr Neela Janakiramanan (MED0001205645) Registered Medical Practitioner, Specialist Plastic Surgeon (specialist registration in surgery-plastic surgery)

Dr Neela Janakiramanan is a fully qualified Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon with additional expertise in Hand and Wrist Surgery. She works in Melbourne and the Mornington Peninsula.

Neela was schooled in Melbourne and completed her medical degree at Monash University in 2003. She immediately commenced surgical training and was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2014, having trained in major Melbourne hospitals including St. Vincent’s Hospital, The Alfred, Austin Health, Monash Health, Peninsula Health, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and the Victorian Plastic Surgery Unit.

During this time, Neela combined the rigours of surgical training with completing a Masters of Public Health through Monash University, graduating from that degree in 2010. This gave Neela a grounding in research methodology as well as health programme development and implementation, particularly in poor settings.

After becoming a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, Neela then voluntarily undertook a further two years of sub-specialty training in Hand and Wrist Surgery as part of an accredited training programme coordinated by the Australian Hand Surgery Society and the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

This included securing a highly competitive twelve-month Fellowship at St. Vincent’s Hospital and the Victorian Hand Surgery Associates, and then a further year overseas within pre-eminent hand surgery units in The Netherlands and India. She was able to work with leaders in the field such as Prof. Steven Hovius and Dr. S. Raja Sabapathy, and was involved in the treatment of many complex hand, wrist and upper limb conditions, including:
• congenital and paediatric hand surgery
• major trauma reconstruction
• major nerve surgery including brachial plexus reconstruction
• complex wrist conditions including both arthroscopic and open reconstruction of conditions affecting the radius, ulna, scaphoid and other bones, and joints and ligaments of the wrist and hand.
She has attended and continues to attend multiple courses and conferences related to her sub-specialty interest and expertise.

Neela is dedicated to making it easier for patients to access expert hand surgery services. She has a public appointment at Eastern Health (Box Hill Hospital and Maroondah Hospital), and is consulting privately at Eastern Plastic Surgery in Box Hill and Canvas Plastic Surgery in the Mornington Peninsula.

She has established comprehensive diagnosis and treatment pathways with multiple providers, including specialist musculoskeletal radiographers and radiologists, highly experienced hand therapists as well as other professionals who treat conditions affecting the upper limb such as spinal surgeons, neurologists and rheumatologists.

She firmly believes that access to expertise includes the need for experts to have ethical fee structures. All estimated fees are published on this website, and estimated costs are also available at the time of making an appointment. Neela does not charge above the known gap thresholds for insured patients, works with anaesthetists who also charge ethically, and is committed to working with hospitals and insurers to keep out of pocket costs down.

Neela is also a highly trained Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon who prides herself on attention to detail, meticulous care and exacting outcomes. She enjoys seeing and treating patients with skin cancers and general reconstructive problems.

Neela is available for private consultation in Box Hill and Mornington, and is also able to see public patients at Eastern Health.

Outside of treating patients, Neela has a number of interests. She is involved in several research projects both locally and internationally, and has made significant pro bono contributions in the area of refugee health. She is a writer, a regular columnist, and speaks frequently at events both within and outside medicine. She also enjoys spending time with her husband and three young children.

She is a fierce advocate for both patients and the health profession, and wants to see systems become better for everyone.