Dr Brigid Corrigan

MBBS FRACS (PLAS)

Brigid completed her medical training at the University of Western Australia (UWA) in 1997, graduating with degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.

After a further 10 years of post graduate training through Royal Perth Hospital, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, and Princess Margaret Hospital – including 5 years of comprehensive specialist training, Brigid became a Specialist Plastic Surgeon in 2008 when she was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

She undertook post-fellowship training in Ireland and England, which included a 12 month Plastic Surgery Fellowship in Oxford in the United Kingdom that focused on breast reconstruction and microvascular surgery.

Brigid then returned to Australia to complete a six month Advanced Aesthetic Surgery Fellowship at the Melbourne Institute of Plastic Surgery.

In 2010, she returned to Perth to work in private practice.

Brigid is also a Consultant Specialist Plastic Surgeon at Royal Perth Hospital.


Considering breast augmentation surgery?

Vectra 3D imaging is available at our Subiaco practice with Dr Brigid Corrigan.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Using the Vectra H2 3D imaging system from Canfield, Brigid can help you make the right choices regarding your breast augmentation surgery. Vectra’s three-dimensional computer rendering software can show you side-by-side, simulated before-and-after images with various implant sizes to assist you in your decision making process.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Simply request Vectra imaging when booking your consultation appointment.⠀⠀⠀⠀

Consulting Locations

  • St John of God Hospital, Subiaco
  • St John of God Wexford Medical Centre, Murdoch

Operating Locations

  • St John of God Hospital, Subiaco
  • West Leederville Private Hospital, West Leederville

Registration Details

  • Registration Number – MED0001220375
  • Registration Type – Specialist
  • Specialty – Surgery
  • Specialty Fields – Plastic Surgery

Professional Memberships

  • Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS)
  • Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
  • Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS)
  • Australian Medical Association (AMA)
  • Western Australian Hand Surgery Society
  • Western Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons

Other professional activities

  • Examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS).
  • Actively involved in training other medical professionals, ranging from both undergraduate and postgraduate students through to General Practitioners and trainee surgeons.
  • Involved in clinical research and has publications in plastic surgery journals.
  • Involved with Rafiki Surgical Missions, a charity organisation that provides free surgery to Tanzanian children and adults with conditions such as cleft lip, cleft palate and burns injuries.

Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery

  • Breast surgery: areola reduction, breast augmentation, breast lift (mastopexy), breast reduction, breast reconstruction, breast revision (implant removal +/- replacement).
  • Body surgery: abdominoplasty (tummy tuck), belt lipectomy, brachioplasty (arm lift/reduction), gynaecomastia (male breast), labiaplasty, lipofilling/body fat transfer (for breast reconstruction only), liposuction/liposculpting, thigh lift/reduction.
  • Facial surgery: blepharoplasty (upper eyelid only), otoplasty (prominent ear correction).
  • Skin surgery: scar revision.

Reconstructive Surgery

  • Breast surgery: breast reconstruction.
  • Hand and wrist surgery: carpal tunnel, digit re-plantation, Dupuytren’s disease, elective and emergency/trauma hand surgery, nail bed deformities, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, wrist arthroscopy.
  • Skin surgery: melanoma, skin cancer, skin lesions.
  • Other surgery: peripheral nerve, reconstructive microsurgery, sentinel lymph node biopsy.

Special interests

  • All forms of breast aesthetic and reconstructive surgery.
  • Immediate breast reconstruction following mastectomy (joint surgeries with Breast Surgeon).

SubSpecialty interests

  • Breast Surgery
  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • Hand Surgery
  • Melanoma and Skin Cancer
  • Microsurgery
  • Reconstructive Surgery
  • Trauma and Emergency