Associate Professor Caroline Baker FRACS
Clinical Program Director, Surgical Services
Director of Breast Surgery St Vincent’s Hospital
Designated Surgeon St Vincent’s BreastScreen
President, BreastSurgANZ
Associate Professor Caroline Baker is Head of Breast Surgery at
St Vincent’s Public Hospital Melbourne, after having serving for 6 years as Director of Breast Services at the Olivia Newton John Cancer and Wellness Centre. She is also Chief Surgeon to
St Vincent’s Breast Screen . She gained her FRACS in 1994, then spent 5 years in The UK, subspecialising in the emerging field of breast surgery under the mentorship Mr. Mark Kissin and at The Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
Caroline is a foundation member of BreastSurgANZ, a longterm member of the Australasian Society of Breast Diseases and has been a member of BCT/ANZBCTG since 1998. Caroline regularly teaches students, junior doctors and registrars through The University of Melbourne, lymphoedema practitioners, nurses and volunteers within the Breast Cancer Network of Australia. She has a special interest in neoadjuvant therapy, lymphedema prevention and multidisciplinary care.
