In Medical Forum’s ‘Meet the doctor’ series we introduce you to specialists working in WA, the services they provide and what they can offer your patients.
What is your area of practice?
MA: I am a Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon with 20 years of surgical experience. I am also the first vascular surgeon in Australia and New Zealand to hold three fellowships – FRACS (Vascular Surgery), FRACGP (General Practice) and FARGP (Rural Generalist – Surgery/Emergency).
My work covers the complete spectrum of vascular and endovascular care from minimally invasive vein treatments to complex arterial and aortic reconstruction, delivered across both metropolitan and regional WA.
Where did you train and where do you practise?
MA: I completed my Bachelor of Science (Medicine) and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degrees at the University of New South Wales, Sydney.
My career has spanned metropolitan, rural, remote and Indigenous health settings across Australia. After years in regional Queensland, I moved to Western Australia serving with WA Health and the WA Country Health Service.
I currently practise in Geraldton, Bunbury, Albany, Mandurah and Perth, with admitting rights at St John of God Subiaco, Bunbury and Geraldton, Hollywood Private Hospital and Albany Day Hospital.
I founded Australian Vascular to bring specialist vascular care closer to home for regional West Australians.
What procedural services do you offer?
MA: My practice includes a broad range of vascular and endovascular procedures, including:
- Aneurysm repair, aortic stenting and bypass surgery
- Peripheral angioplasty and stenting
- Varicose vein treatments – Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA), VenaSeal Closure System (Glue), and Liquid and Foam Micro-Sclerotherapy
- Carotid and renal access surgery
- Management of leg ulcers, superficial vein thrombosis, diabetic foot complications and hyperhidrosis.
What sets you apart?
MA: My mission is different – I am building a state-wide network of regional vascular access and expertise.
By combining specialist vascular skills with dual fellowships in general practice and rural generalist medicine, I provide an integrated, holistic approach that few surgeons can offer.
This enables me to bridge the gap between tertiary-level vascular care and the realities of rural health, ensuring rural patients receive the same standard of advanced endovascular and open surgery available in Perth.
My philosophy is simple: deliver cutting-edge vascular surgery without postcode disadvantage.
I also invest heavily in education and collaborate with local clinicians. As a Clinical Senior Lecturer with the Rural Clinical School of WA, a member of both the RACS WA State Committee and the RACS WA State Trauma Subcommittee, a Co-opted member of the RACS Rural Surgery Section Committee (WA – Vascular Surgery), I’m committed to strengthening rural surgical capability and trauma readiness across the state.
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