Dr Alec Winder

Biography and Clinical interests

Dr Alec Winder is a general surgeon and surgical oncologist specialising in breast and melanoma surgery, practising at Mater Private Hospital Townsville (MPHT). 

Dr Winder graduated from University of Southhampton in the United Kingdom with a Bachelor of Medicine and is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. 

He specialised in trauma surgery at Kings College Hospital in London and completed a fellowship in soft tissue sarcoma and melanoma at the Royal Marsden Hospital. 

Dr Winder also holds a BreastSurgANZ fellowship from the Melanoma Institute of Australia, and a graduate certificate in advanced breast surgery (with distinction) from The University of Sydney. 

He joined the general surgery team at Townsville University Hospital (TUH) in April 2022, where he introduced fat grafting and breast reduction. 

Dr Winder is trained in all aspects of breast surgery including oncoplastic techniques.  

He is the current chair of the breast cancer multidisciplinary team for MPHT and TUH, and chair of the Breast Cancer Optimal Care Pathway, a new initiative to improve delivery of services to breast cancer patients in North Queensland. 

Dr Winder’s interests include the surgical management of breast disease, melanoma and a wide range of general surgery conditions such as hernias, gallbladders and suspicious soft tissue lesions.