Dr Whitfield graduated from Monash University in 1998. He was awarded Fellowship in General Surgery by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2009.

Dr Whitfield undertook post-Fellowship training in breast and endocrine surgery at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide in 2009. In 2010 he was appointed Chief Surgical Resident at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and received additional post-Fellowship training in breast surgery, oncoplastics and breast reconstruction, endocrine surgery and surgical oncology / melanoma surgery. In 2011 Dr Whitfield completed an oncoplastic breast Fellowship in Edinburgh, UK.

Dr Whitfield has worked as a staff specialist surgeon in Breast, Endocrine & Surgical Oncology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and as a Visiting Surgeon at BreastScreen SA since 2012. He has an interest in medical education and is the current Chair of the Australian Board in General Surgery.

Dr Whitfield commenced private practice in 2014.

• Accredited at the Following Hospitals

Royal Adelaide Hospital

Women’s and Children’s Hospital (endocrine surgery)

St Andrew's Hospital

Calvary North Adelaide Hospital

• Appointments

Consultant Surgeon - Breast, Endocrine & Surgical Oncology, Royal Adelaide Hospital

Chair, Australian Board in General Surgery

Treasurer/Secretary of Breast Surgeons of Australia and New Zealand (BreastSurgANZ)

Head of Unit, Surgery, BreastScreen SA

• Special Interests

Thyroid surgery

Parathyroid surgery including minimally invasive surgery

Breast Surgery

Melanoma Surgery

Surgical Oncology

Practice Locations

• Royal Adelaide Hospital

Breast, Endocrine & Surgical Oncology
Royal Adelaide Hospital
Port Road,

Adelaide, South Australia 5000

Australia

·    Norwood Breast and Endocrine Surgeons

65 Edward Street

Norwood SA 5067