A/Prof Ryan Winters
Originally from the United States, Dr Ryan Winters was recruited to Newcastle in 2022, and is now very fortunate to call Newcastle his home.
His private practice is dedicated to:
- Facial plastics and reconstructive surgery (functional & cosmetic)
- Head and neck cancer surgery and major head & neck reconstruction
- Paediatric head and neck surgical conditions
Common facial plastic surgery operations performed by Dr Winters
- scar revisions
- facial bone fracture repairs
- functional and aesthetic rhinoplasty
- functional and aesthetic blepharoplasty and brow-lifting
- facelifts and other aging face surgery
- functional and aesthetic otoplasty (ear-pinning surgery)
- cervical liposuction and fat transfer
Common head and neck cancers treated by Dr Winters
- facial skin cancers (especially those in aesthetically-sensitive areas such as the lips, nose, eyelids, face, neck, and ears), mouth, tongue, gum, sinus, and other oral cavity, and oropharyngeal cancers (Dr Winters performs both trans-oral robotic surgery and trans-oral laser microsurgery)
- laryngeal cancer (including endoscopic laser, robotic, and partial laryngeal surgery)
- thyroid and parathyroid cancers and benign diseases, as well as surgery for parotid and salivary gland cancers and masses
- static and dynamic facial reanimation surgery for patients affected by facial nerve paralysis from cancer, trauma, stroke, or other causes
Paediatric conditions treated by Dr Winters
- cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial conditions
- sleep-disordered breathing
- sleep apnoea in children
- recurrent tonsillitis
- recurrent ear infections and speech delay in children
- neck masses in children
- thyroid and parathyroid masses in children
- management of complex anatomical airway and aerodigestive problems in children (together with his partner, Paediatric Otolaryngologist Dr Niall Jefferson)
He maintains active public appointments at the John Hunter Hospital and other public hospitals throughout the local area. He operates privately at Warner’s Bay Private Hospital, Hunter Valley Private Hospital, Newcastle Private Hospital, Honeysuckle Day Hospital and Lingard Private Hospital.
Qualifications
- Degree in Genetics and Cell Biology via the Honours College at Washington State University
- Medical degree at the University of Vermont
- Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery specialty training at Tulane University
- Fellowship in Facial Plastic & Reconstructive & Craniomaxillofacial Surgery at State University of New York
- Fellowship in Head & Neck Surgical Oncology & Microvascular Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic
- Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
- Fellow of the American Academy of Paediatrics
- Fellowship in the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Dr Winters is an active surgeon with
- Mèdecins Sans Frontiéres/Doctors Without Borders
- United Nations
- LIGA International
- Mercy Ships
- MRDC International
- Healing the Children Northeast
- Razom Ukraine
- The India Project, Inc. serves on the board of directors
A/Professor Winters is an internationally-known expert in, and is a sought-after speaker regarding, complex facial reconstruction, cleft lip and palate surgery, management of atypical facial clefts, and the management of facial trauma. He has worked in this regard in Mexico, Haiti, Peru, Nigeria, Guinea, India, Ukraine, and South Sudan, always emphasizing building local surgical capacity by partnering with local, in-country, surgeons and physicians, rather than simply operating and leaving after a short time.
