For GPs, dermatologists & Mohs surgery specialists

Refer a Patient

A referral to Dr Kim is designed to be effortless: one email, a fast acknowledgment, and a clear plan back to you. Urgent post-Mohs defects are accommodated wherever possible, including same-day repair.

What Dr Kim accepts

Referral scope

Skin cancer excision and reconstruction — BCC, SCC and melanoma, with a particular focus on difficult locations: nose, eyelids, lips, ears, scalp and face
Reconstruction after Mohs surgery — coordinated directly with your rooms; same-day or next-day repair wherever possible
Upper eyelid blepharoplasty — functional and cosmetic, including visual-field cases
Breast reduction

How to refer

One email is enough

Send the referralEmail surgery@drleokim.com.au with your referral letter. For skin cancer work, clinical photographs of the lesion or defect (with site and approximate size) are genuinely valuable and speed up triage — please attach them as standard if you can.
AcknowledgmentYour referral is acknowledged promptly so you know it has landed, with any questions asked up front rather than on the day.
ConsultationPatients are offered a consultation promptly — in person in Sydney CBD or North Sydney, or by video where clinically appropriate, which many patients find easier before surgery is planned.
The loop closesYou receive correspondence after consultation and after surgery. Your patient returns to you informed, repaired, and followed through to scar maturity.

Post-Mohs coordination

Same-day where possible

For Mohs cases, the ideal sequence is a reconstruction consultation before the Mohs procedure, so repair is planned and booked before the defect exists. Where that isn't practical, a dressed Mohs wound is safe overnight — send the anticipated defect site, size and preferred timing and the two practices coordinate directly so the patient is never left organising their own operation with an open wound. More detail for patients: what happens after Mohs surgery.

Practical notes

The fine print

Referrals from GPs are valid for 12 months and from specialists for 3 months (indefinite referrals available for ongoing conditions) — standard Medicare rules
Medicare item numbers generally apply to skin cancer surgery and reconstruction; costs are set out in writing before any surgery
No referral to hand over? Patients can begin with the enquiry form and organise the referral in parallel

Common questions

Questions patients ask

What should the referral include?

Your referral letter, relevant history (anticoagulants, immunosuppression, previous skin cancers), pathology if available, and ideally clinical photographs with the site and approximate size of the lesion or defect.

How quickly are urgent post-Mohs patients seen?

Urgent facial defects are accommodated wherever possible, including same-day repair. Email with the anticipated defect details and preferred timing and you will get a fast answer.

Do you offer video consultations?

Yes — initial consultations can be conducted by video where clinically appropriate, with in-person consultation in Sydney CBD or North Sydney whenever examination requires it or the patient prefers.

Will I get correspondence back?

Yes — after consultation and after surgery, with follow-up arrangements made clear. The referring doctor stays in the loop throughout.

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Enquiries & referrals

Consultations in Sydney CBD and North Sydney. Referrals from GPs, dermatologists and Mohs surgery specialists welcome. Email surgery@drleokim.com.au.

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