Mr Chandika Wewelwala is a consultant General surgeon working at Monash Health who provides the full range of Breast surgical services in the South Eastern Melbourne region.

He completed his surgical training at Monash in 2019 and has undergone further 2 years of post fellowship training in Breast surgery under BreastSurgANZ, the peak governing body overseeing Breast surgeons in Australia and New Zealand.

In his first post fellowship year of training he worked at Auckland city hospital New Zealand where he gained valuable expertise in a multitude of breast procedures including implant based breast reconstruction when necessary for the treatment of breast cancer.

He returned to Monash health breast surgery unit in 2021 to complete his fellowship training and was appointed as a consultant breast and general surgeon. He also has public appointments in Warragul hospital and Wonthaggi Hospital. 

Services at a glance

• Breast surgery
• Oncoplastic breast surgery
• Breast reduction
• Implant based reconstruction
• Lipofilling

General surgery

• Laparoscopic procedures including hernia repair Gallbladder surgery 

Colonoscopy

• GESA accredited

Minor General surgery

• Wide range of minor procedures including carpal tunnel, pilonidal sinus, skin lumps and haemorrhoids

• Non-Melanoma skin cancer surgery including BCC, SCC Skin grafts and local flaps

Mr Chandika has access to the multidisciplinary team for comprehensive breast cancer care in public as well as private.