 Dr Sharad P Paul, Director of the Skin Surgery Clinic was nominated for the 2012 'New Zealander of the Year' award. He teaches skin cancer surgery in Australia and New Zealand and is the Chair of the Skin Cancer College of New Zealand.
The Skin Surgery Clinic is one of the largest providers of Skin Cancer Surgery in New Zealand. It was founded with the aim to provide outstanding skin cancer management at an affordable cost. The clinic offers complete skin cancer care from simple excisions to reconstructive surgical procedures (usually after excision of skin cancer on ears or noses) using flaps and grafts. Dr. Sharad P Paul is also at the forefront of teaching surgical management of skin cancer and is a Senior Lecturer (hon) in Surgery at the University of Auckland and a Senior Lecturer (skin cancer) at the University of Queensland Australia. He is involved with teaching skin cancer surgery and reconstructive techniques in both New Zealand and Australia and a Founding Fellow of the Skin Cancer College of New Zealand (www.skincancercollege.org.nz). He has served as a trustee of the Centre for Compassion in Healthcare, and is on the international faculty of this organization dedicated to putting 'care' back in the health industry (http://www.compassioninhealthcare.org/international-faculty.html). Dr Sharad Paul and the Skin Surgery Clinic were featured in the NZ Herald on 12 Feb 2011.  An original surgical technique he has pioneered has been accepted and used worldwide as a new surgical technique. It has been described as the first new skin grafting technique devised in over a century. Further, his 'Halo graft' was published in Dermatologic Surgery in Jan 2010.   Sharad Paul (pictured above) presented the paper: 'A New Technique of Skin Grafting -- Introducing the Halo Graft in 2010' at the Nordic Plastic Surgery Congress in June 2010 and was a panelist at the international congress of Plastic Surgeons.
 With the exponential increase of Skin Cancer in New Zealand, and with the long public hospital waiting lists, there is a huge need for an affordable and easily accessible Skin Cancer Service. What sets us apart is that we specialize in the removal of Skin Cancers and Skin Lesions. We do not perform “retail cosmetic surgery” such as Liposuction, or “ appearance medicine” such as Botox injections.
We have a fully equipped operating theatre able to handle all aspects of skin cancer surgery. The Skin Surgery Clinic performs more than 2500 skin cancer operations per year and has been in operation since 1996 years giving the clinic and its staff a wealth of experience having surgically managed more than 30,000 skin cancers. From 1999-2009, Dr Sharad P. Paul held operating rights at Waitakere/North Shore public hospitals as a visiting consultant.
 We are also the only Dermatosurgery practice that has offered FREE SKIN CANCER CHECKS since inception, in 1996. Patients are able to book in for a free check of suspicious moles or spots using a Dermatoscope. We do have facilities to store dermoscopic images or photographs if needed. We perform over 5000 free consultations annually.
While in majority of cases no treatment is required, we are able to offer an expert opinion and reassurance.
Patient Testimonials:
 'I recently visited the Skin Surgey Clinic to have a mole removed from my face by Dr Paul. As I am a nervous patient with a fear of needles, I was impressed with the professionalism and expertise of Dr Paul in carrying out pain free surgery. I am also very happy with the results.' ~ Sabrina Paige |
