Rate My Professor Graeme Millar

Graeme Millar is a Clinical Senior Lecturer in the Department of Surgery and Critical Care at the University of Otago. Holding a BSc (Hons) and MB ChB from the University of Glasgow (1990), and FRACS in General Surgery (2002), he completed his medical training in Scotland before relocating to Dunedin in 1999. There, he undertook general surgical training, passing his FRACS examinations, and became a General Surgical Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2002. In 2003, he completed specialist breast fellowships at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital and the Edinburgh Breast Unit. Appointed Consultant General and Breast Surgeon at Dunedin Hospital in 2003, he has been Senior Clinical Lecturer in Surgery at the University of Otago Medical School since 2004. Since 2007, he has served as Regional Director of PreSet Surgical Training for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

A Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Fellowship number 10218), foundation member of Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand, and member of the New Zealand Association of General Surgeons, Millar's clinical expertise spans general and breast surgery. His special interests include breast oncology, oncoplastic breast surgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy, targeted axillary dissection (TAD), and hernia surgery, with early adoption of sentinel lymph node biopsy and ongoing international training. He teaches fourth-year medical students, trainee interns, registrars, and physiotherapy students. Millar has championed multidisciplinary breast care at Dunedin and Mercy Hospitals by incorporating specialist nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists into breast teams. He started private practice at Mercy Hospital in 2011, consulting from Suite 6 at Marinoto Clinic, and undertook a 2017 sabbatical at the Edinburgh Breast Unit for advanced techniques. Recognised for his expertise in contemporary breast surgical techniques and patient-centred care, he has served the Otago community for over two decades, raising his family in the region.