northharbour@southerncrosshospitals.co.nz
General Manager: Debbie Minton
Mr Richard Martin
MB ChB 1994 Otago; FRACS 2005
Practising at
Southern Cross North Harbour Hospital, AucklandSpecialty
General SurgeryFull NZ Registration Date
27 November 1995Private Services
Richard Martin - Melanoma, Skin Cancer, Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgeon
Special Clinical Interest(s)
- Skin Cancer
- Basal cell carcinoma (BCC)
- Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC)
- Melanoma
- Merkel cell carcinoma
- Head & Neck
- Thyroid,
- Parathyroid,
- Parotid,
- Submandibular,
- Lymph nodes,
- Neck Lumps
- Head & Neck Cancer
- Mouth,
- Throat,
- Skin,
- Neck
- All General Surgery Procedures
- Hernias,
- gallbladders,
- lymph node biopsies,
- ingrown toe nails,
- “lumps and bumps”
Professional Profile
Richard Martin is a New Zealand trained general surgeon who spent two and a half years at the Sydney Cancer Center specialising in melanoma and head and neck surgery. Most of his time was spent at the Sydney Melanoma Unit (now Melanoma Institute of Australia), the largest treatment and research facility for melanoma in the world.
During his time in Sydney he completed a Master of Surgery in Surgical Oncology at the University of Sydney. As a Surgical Oncologist Richard assesses and treats all forms of melanoma, skin and head/neck cancer.
Richard works in the multidisciplinary Melanoma Specialists team, and for Waitemata District Health Board (North Shore and Waitakere). Private patients are seen at the The Specialists Takapuna, and other clinics on the North Shore and in Warkworth.
