Hands-on Skin Flaps and Grafts Workshop
Gold Coast, QLD 12 September 2026
This new highly extensive hands-on and practical workshop is designed for medical practitioners who would like to learn how to perform local skin flaps and grafts in a primary care setting and in a simple and safe manner. It is also useful for more experienced skin cancer practitioners who would like to refine their surgical skills.
- Small group learning experience
- Intensive hands-on workshop
- Training tailored to each participant’s level of experience
- Learn how to design and perform various skin flaps and grafts:
- – Advancement Flaps: Learn how to design and perform. Favoured locations and suturing techniques
- – Rotation Flaps: Learn how to design and perform. Favoured locations and suturing techniques
- – Transposition Flaps: Learn how to design and perform. Favoured locations and suturing techniques
- – Subcutaneous Island Pedicle V-Y Flap: Learn how to design and perform. Favoured location and suturing techniques
- – Full Thickness Skin Graft: Learn how to design and perform. Favoured locations and suturing techniques
- Practice various skin flaps and graft on pig belly skin
Contact:
practicalskinacademy@gmail.com or info@practicalskinacademy.com.au
Cancellation policy: Cancellation made two or more weeks prior to the workshop starting date will incur a 50% cancellation fee. We regret there can be no refunds if cancellation is made within 2 weeks of the workshop starting date. This is due to high costs involved in organizing the event.
Presenter:
Dr Darius Adybeik MD, FRACGP, FSCCA, PGDip Practical Dermatology (Cardiff), Advanced Certificate Skin Cancer (ACD) Senior Lecturer (University of Queensland)
Darius is a skin cancer physician and a fellow of the Skin Cancer College Australasia. After achieving RACGP fellowship and Postgraduate Diploma in Practical Dermatology from Cardiff University, he completed the fellowship training program with Skin Cancer College Australasia. In addition to training with Skin Cancer College, he had the unique opportunity to be trained by both plastic surgeons and dermatologists & Mohs Surgeons. He was trained in advanced skin cancer reconstructive procedures at a private plastic surgery centre in Queensland for 3 years. He has completed the Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer program by the Australian College of Dermatologists. He also completed a Visiting Fellowship Program in Dermatologic Surgery at the St John’s Institute of Dermatology, London, an internationally recognised centre of excellence in education and research. In addition to training in Australia, Darius has obtained further training in dermatologic surgery in UK, USA, Europe and Singapore. His other experiences include examiner for the SCCA fellowship, RACGP supervisor, expert opinion provision for MDO, presenting for various organisations and GP Specialist review panel and an accredited skin cancer physician at the Skin and Melanoma Institute in Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. Darius is a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland.