Dr Melanie Collins
MB BS 1987 Lond; FRCS (Otol) 1999; CCST (UK) Otol 2002
Practising at
Gillies Hospital (Auckland)Specialty
Otolaryngology, Head & Neck SurgeryFull NZ Registration Date
20 April 2012Private Services
ENT Group
Specialist Suite 2 (lift access available to first floor)
Gate 3, Entrance D
100 Mountain Rd
Epsom
Auckland 1023
(09) 623 5644
(09) 623 5765
Special Clinical Interest(s)
Dr Collins specialises in surgery for chronic otitis media (perforations), cholesteatoma, exostoses (swimmers ears) and hearing loss (stapedectomy, ossicular chain reconstruction and bone anchored hearing aids).
She has trained in the use of lasers and endoscopes in ear surgery.
She has published a number of peer reviewed research articles and has a particular interest in postgraduate training.
Professional Profile
Dr Collins graduated from St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical School in London. She completed her ENT surgical training in the North-East of England in 2001.
In 2001, she underwent further specialized Fellowship training in Otology and Neuro-otology in Adelaide Australia, with Dr Michael Schultz.
Dr Collins was appointed as a Consultant Otologist to Salisbury and Southampton University Hospitals, UK in 2002 and developed a regional ear surgery practice there, including the Cleft Palate service and Bone Anchored Hearing Aid service.
Dr Collins moved to Auckland with her family in 2011 to help provide otology services to the population of Waitemata DHB. She spends one day a week at Waitakere Hospital.
Post Fellowship Training
Neuro-otology Fellowship, Adelaide, Australia, 2001.
Other Specialists in Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Mr Graeme van der Meer
- MB ChB 2002 Stellenbosch; MMed (Otol) 2010 Stellenbosch
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Mr Dev Tandon
- MB BS 1980 Delhi; MCh (Otolaryngology) 1983 AIIMS; DNB (Otol) 1987 India; FRACS (Otol) 2005
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Mr Sumit Samant
- MB BS 1998 Mumbai; MS (Otorhin) 2002 Mumbai; FRACS (Otol) 2015
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Mr Salil Nair
- MB ChB 1991 Dundee; FRCS (Otol) 2000; CCST (UK) Otol 2002
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Mr Francis Hall
- MB ChB 1986 Otago; Dip Obst 1990 Otago; FRACS 1998
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Mr Richard Douglas
- MB ChB 1986 Auckland; MRCP 1992; FRACP 1997; FRACS 2005
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery
Contact Gillies Hospital
160 Gillies Ave, Epsom Auckland.
1023 PO Box 99018, Newmarket Auckland. 1149
Reception
Phone: (09) 925 4000
Fax: (09) 925 4001