Chelsea-Leonie Hope Beinke
Guyong,NSW
Summary
Dedicated to becoming a respected rural general and breast surgeon with a strong commitment to developing clinical skills and promoting sustainable healthcare programs. Focused on delivering optimal healthcare to rural and remote communities, efforts target addressing health disparities faced by Indigenous Australians. This includes enhancing service delivery throughout the patient journey and fostering collaboration between adjacent rural hospitals and tertiary facilities. Passionate about making a meaningful impact, the goal is to ensure equitable access to quality healthcare for all.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Locum General Surgeon With Breast Interest
Orange Health Service, Dudley Private Hospital, Orange Specialist Clinic
02.2024 - Current
- Covered leave for several Orange Health Service General Surgeons
- Regular public and private lists, Regular ASU on call shifts
- Manage emergency and elective presentations in both inpatient and outpatient settings
- Management of Breast cancer patients
- Participate in Breast MDM fortnightly and the skin and GI MDT as required
- Regular attendance of General Surgery M&M and Trauma M&M
- Post operative ward management of same patients
- Orange Specialist Clinic private consulting rooms
Private Assistant to Breast Surgeon, A/Prof Farid Meybodi
Westmead Private Hospital
01.2024 - Current
- Predominantly complex breast patients in context of breast cancer including initial surgery and post neoadjuvant therapies; mammoplasty with symmetrisation; mastectomy (simple, subcutaneous, goldilocks, nipple-sparing, nipple sacrificing); Pedicle flaps (LITAP, ACAP, LCAP); Liposuction and lipofilling; and direct implant reconstruction
Locum General Surgeon
Orange Health Service
07.2024 - 02.2025
- Consultant general surgeon on-call ASU shifts; Assessment, management and Operative management of all general surgery emergency presentations with both on site and off site cover
Surgical Clinical Superintendent
Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals
02.2024 - 02.2025
- Participate in the consultant General surgery on call and emergency operating
- Covered on call surgeons during the day for emergency operating
- Fortnightly clinics at Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals
- Clinical Governance – active participant in weekly meetings, surgical lead for role out of Sip ‘Til Send across both campuses, delivered program to improve completion of Team Time Out Documentation
- Teaching – Formal Teaching Surgical Registrars and SRMOs and JMOs
- Administrative: Rostering of registrars; Hiring of surgical SRMO and Urology unaccredited SRMO (organisation of advert, vetting of applicants, interview panel)
- University of Western Sydney – Medical Student Teaching and Assessments / Examinations
General Surgical SET Registrar
Western Sydney Local Health District
02.2019 - 02.2024
- 2019: SET 2, Term 1: General Surgery, Auburn Hospital
- 2019: SET 2, Term 2: Vascular Surgery, Westmead Hospital
- 2020: SET 3, Term 1: General Surgery, Hawkesbury Hospital
- 2020: SET 3, Term 2: Head & Neck, Westmead Hospital
- 2021: SET 4, Term 1: Colorectal Surgery, Westmead Hospital
- 2021: SET 4, Term 2: Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery, Westmead Hospital
- 2023: SET 5, Term 1: Breast Surgery, Westmead Hospital
- 2023: SET 5, Term 2: Surgical Oncology, Westmead Hospital
PGY6+7 Unaccredited Surgical Registrar
Orange Health Service, Orange NSW
02.2017 - 02.2019
- Acute Surgical Unit – General Surgical Registrar
- Assessment and management of acute surgical presentations
- Management of outpatients particularly wound management
- Elective lists at Orange Health Service & Dudley Private Hospital
- Weekly teaching of University of Sydney Rural Medical Students
- Included Parental Leave from May 2017 to Jan 2018
PGY5 Surgical Senior Resident Medical Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District Surgical Skills Network
02.2016 - 02.2017
- Term 1: Relief (For SET Registrars and Surgical SRMOs), Term 2: Acute Surgical Unit, Term 3: Upper GI Surgery, Term 4: Vascular Surgery
PGY4 Surgical Senior Resident Medical Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District Surgical Skills Network
02.2015 - 02.2016
- Term 1: Vascular Surgery, Term 2: Acute Surgical Unit, Term 3: Relief (For SET Registrars and Surgical SRMOs), Term 4: Trauma Surgery
PGY3 Surgical Senior Resident Medical Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District Surgical Skills Network
03.2014 - 02.2015
- Term 1: Trauma Surgery, Term 2: Trauma Surgery, Term 3: Breast Surgery, Term 4: Relief (For SET Registrars and Surgical SRMOs)
PGY2 Resident Medical Officer
The Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong NSW
01.2013 - 02.2014
- Term 1: Cardiology; Term 2: Emergency Medicine; Term 3: General Surgery / O&G (Shellharbour Hospital); Term 4: General Medicine (Shellharbour Hospital); Term 5: Orthopaedic Surgery
PGY1 Intern
Royal Perth Hospital, Perth WA
01.2012 - 01.2013
- Term 1: General Medicine; Term 2: Neurology; Term 3: Emergency Medicine (South West Health Campus, Bunbury); Term 4: General Surgery (Hedland Health Campus, Port Hedland); Term 5: Plastic Surgery
Education
Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - General Surgery
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
01-2024
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery -
University of Western Australia
Nedlands, WA01.2011
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Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA)
Karratha, WA01.2010
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
- Abstract Title: “Five year results for popliteal aneurysm surgery from the AVA. Graft patency and limb loss is determined by ASA grade, conduit quality, runoff vessels and emergent surgery” (Beinke, C., Mohan, L., Hitos, K., Bourke, B., Beiles, B.)
- Presented at the International Australian and New Zealand Society for Vascular Surgery 2015 Conference (September 2015 in Maui, Hawaii, USA)
Training
- SURGICAL RELEVANT COURSES
- Level 1 Oncoplastics Course (Breastsurg ANZ) – 2025
- MOSES Course (RACS) – 2023 The Playford M Gallery, Adelaide, SA
- CLEAR Course (RACS) – 2022 Crowne Plaza, Sydney NSW
- CCrISP Course (RACS) – 2020 Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW
- ASSET Course (RACS) – 2020 Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, NSW
- EMST: Early Management of Severe Trauma (RACS) – 2015 St George Hospital, Kogarah NSW
- Online Fellowship Exam Preparation Course Part A & Part B (GSA) 2023
- Laparoscopic Hernia Repair Short Course – 2022 RACS building, Melbourne Victoria
- Laparoscopic Common Bile Duct Exploration Short Course – 2019 RACS building, Melbourne Victoria
- University of Sydney: Ultrasound in Trauma (FAST) Short Course – 2016 Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW
- VAC Dressings Practical Workshop – 2016 Westmead Hospital, Westmead; Convenor: Dr Jeremy Hsu
- Laparoscopic Appendicectomy and Cholecystectomy Short Course – 2015 Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW
- Preparation for Surgical Education and Training Program Workshop – 2015 Westmead Hospital, Westmead NSW; Convenors: Dr Vincent Lam & Dr Tony Pang
- “The Cutting Edge: Essential Surgical Skills” – 2012 CTEC, Perth WA, Held at Hedland Health Campus, Port Hedland; Convenor: Professor Jeffery Hamdorf MBBS, PhD, FRACS
- “Resus for Kids” – 2013 The Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong NSW; Convenor: Dr Simon Binks, Paediatric Emergency Physician
- “ILS (Immediate Life Support) Course” – Australian resuscitation Council – 2011 Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital, Nedlands WA, Certificate Number: 11/602/0211
- HEALTH LEADERSHIP COURSES
- FLASH Course (Fostering Leadership Across Systems in Health) – 2024 Various locations across Sydney NSW; 6 month course in Leadership run by WSLHD
- Public Sector Women in Leadership Summit – 2022 Held in Canberra, Attended via remote at Orange Council, NSW
Awards
Recognition of Teaching Certificate (University of Notre Dame, 2019), “Teacher of the Year 2016” (University of Sydney: Westmead Clinical School), “Registrar of the Year 2015” (Westmead Hospital 2015, one of two recipients), Rural Australia Medical Undergraduate Scholarship (RAMUS) 2011, Scholarship to attend 9th National Rural Health Conference 2007
Publications
- Toh, J.W., Wang, H., Collins, G., Beinke, C., Zhang, E., Escott, A., El-Khoury, T., Pathma-Nathan, N. Transanal minimally invasive surgery to rescue anastomosis following leak after low anterior resection: A case report. Laparoscopic, endoscopic and Robotic Surgery Journal, 2021. Vol 4, No 4 pp121-124.
- Toh, J.W., Shah, D., Wang, H., Kwik, C., Choi, J., Beinke, C., Morris, P., Baird-Gunning, E., Collins, G., Gavegan, F., Shedden, K., El-Khoury, T., Pathma-Nathan, N., Hitos, K. Results of Selective decontamination with Oral Neomycin and metronidazole for major colorectal surgery in Australia: prospective cohort study. Laparoscopic, endoscopic and robotic surgery Journal, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lers.2024.03.002
Timeline
Locum General Surgeon
Orange Health Service
07.2024 - 02.2025
Locum General Surgeon With Breast Interest
Orange Health Service, Dudley Private Hospital, Orange Specialist Clinic
02.2024 - Current
Surgical Clinical Superintendent
Blacktown and Mount Druitt Hospitals
02.2024 - 02.2025
Private Assistant to Breast Surgeon, A/Prof Farid Meybodi
Westmead Private Hospital
01.2024 - Current
General Surgical SET Registrar
Western Sydney Local Health District
02.2019 - 02.2024
PGY6+7 Unaccredited Surgical Registrar
Orange Health Service, Orange NSW
02.2017 - 02.2019
PGY5 Surgical Senior Resident Medical Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District Surgical Skills Network
02.2016 - 02.2017
PGY4 Surgical Senior Resident Medical Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District Surgical Skills Network
02.2015 - 02.2016
PGY3 Surgical Senior Resident Medical Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District Surgical Skills Network
03.2014 - 02.2015
PGY2 Resident Medical Officer
The Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong NSW
01.2013 - 02.2014
PGY1 Intern
Royal Perth Hospital, Perth WA
01.2012 - 01.2013
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Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (RCSWA)
Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - General Surgery
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery -
University of Western Australia