Dr Vanessa Blair has over 20 years of experience providing care for patients with general surgical conditions including of the breast, bowel, gallbladder and skin. Vanessa also fixes hernias and does gastroscopy and colonoscopy.

Vanessa’s particular areas of expertise are in breast and skin cancer surgery. She has a PhD in hereditary gastric and breast cancer, specifically related to a type of breast cancer called Lobular Breast Cancer. Vanessa has spoken nationally and internationally on hereditary breast cancer and most recently published in the Lancet Oncology (2020) on Hereditary Lobular Breast Cancer.

Vanessa strives to listen carefully, explain options clearly and with a shared-decision making ethos, aims to provide the best surgical care possible. 

• Breast surgery - Dr Blair is an oncoplastic breast surgeon who will work with you to reach a carefully considered decision about the best reconstructive options tailored to your particular circumstances.
• Melanoma - Dr Blair is on the National Tumour Board for Melanoma.