About us...

NORTH WEST SYDNEY DERMATOLOGY & LASER is a specialist dermatology clinic dealing with all types of skin disorders & skin cancers. We specialise in the management of skin cancers and Dr Stephens has a special interest in the use of laser and various types of light in non-surgical diagnosis and treatment of skin cancer. If you have been diagnosed with a small BCC or other non-melanoma skin cancer and wish to avoid the scalpel then you may be interested to read on about the tumour "mapping" we offer (done with infra-red lasers) and  "biphasic PDT" that we perform. These innovations are not available in Australia outside of our clinics in Sydney & Noosa Heads, Queensland. We also perform surgical removals where non-surgical treatments are inappropriate.

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Dr Robert Stephens MB BS FACD is the founding dermatologist and a fellow of the Australasian College of Dermatologists. He has been appointed as a spokesperson/ advocate for the college since 2017. He received his specialist qualification in 2000. He is also a member of the American, British, European and Canadian Associations of Dermatologists. He has a special interest in photodynamic treatment of skin cancer, daylight photodynamic therapy, laser mapping of tumours (OCT), and vascular laser. He has published works in a new non-invasive treatment and has regularly been invited to present his work overseas.

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Dr Leith Banney MB BS FACD is an Australian and UK trained specialist dermatologist. In addition to her Australian training, she has trained at The Royal Infirmary in Edinburgh and at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge where she later worked as a consultant. She has been training Australian dermatology registrars since 2009 and is the current Head of Dermatology at Sunshine Coast University Hospital in Queensland.

Dr Banney is available for consultations in the comfort of your home via a secure videolink. Should you need a biopsy or “on-ground” treatment like phototherapy or laser, she will organise this at our Rouse Hill rooms.

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Dr Darius Adybeik MD, RES-FRACGP (Dermatology), FSCCA* joined our practice in April 2024. He has over 15 years experience in skin cancer medicine & surgery and is a listed physician at the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse in Camperdown.  He holds the Advanced Certificate of Skin Cancer from the Australasian College of Dermatologists and a Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland. Darius has trained under plastic, reconstructive & dermatological surgeons on the Gold Coast, QLD and at St Johns Institute of Dermatology in London.

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* a referral is not required for appointments with Dr Adybeik. However, if you have a regular GP, the details of any treatment of skin cancer, or of any proposed treatment, will be forwarded to your nominated GP. 

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