Dr Karim Ghanim is a specialist general surgeon with substantial expertise in breast cancer surgery, oncoplastic and reconstructive surgery. Completing sub-specialty fellowship training in New South Wales, he returned to Perth with world-class experience in the latest breast/oncology and minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Karim is a Fellow of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons with extensive training in all fields of general surgery. Karim completed his advanced training in general surgery in Perth in 2008. In 2009, he was appointed as a Breast and General Surgeon at Royal Perth Hospital. He then went for further advanced training in general surgery at Wollongong Hospital which included breast/oncology and laparoscopic surgery, melanoma and skin cancer as well thyroid surgery.

He has dedicated his practice and training to establish a full service to a breast and oncology surgery knowing this focus of minimally invasive surgery will lead to the best outcomes for his patients. This approach extends to sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast and melanoma surgery and laparoscopic surgery. His sub-specialty training focused on the latest breast conserving techniques as well as on aesthetic breast surgery. 

Karim started Perth Surgical Clinic in 2010 to provide a comprehensive approach to breast problems including in-house ultrasound with facility for biopsies including core biopsy and fine needle aspiration.