Our People

Dr. Mark Goyen
MBBS Hons FFMACCS

Dr. Goyen established the ALIA Clinic in 1998. He started working in the area of cosmetic medicine in 1993. He is the director of medical services and CEO of the clinic. The aim for the clinic has always been to provide the highest quality of medical care by using modern techniques that have been scientifically proven to work. The clinic has never undertaken any treatments which have not been shown to be effective in peer-reviewed medical journals. The clinic was the first cosmetic clinic to be accredited with the Australian Council of Health Care Standards and positions itself to be proactive in patient care and safety.

Dr. Goyen began sclerotherapy for the treatment of leg veins in 1993 and the clinic is now one of the leading centres for the treatment of vein disease in NSW. The Clinic is the first clinic in Sydney to use endovenous laser treatment (ELT) using the CoolTouch CTEV laser.

In 1996 Dr. Goyen began performing liposuction procedures using the tumescent technique. This technique was developed by Dr. Jeffrey Klein, who Dr. Goyen studied with at his Clinic south of Los Angeles. Visits to Paris to study with the legendary Pierre Fournier followed and advanced the Clinic¹s knowledge base on liposuction and fat transfer.

To date Dr. Goyen has performed more than 3500 liposuction surgeries on over 12,000 individual body areas and has treated patients from all over Australia and five continents. Dr. Goyen ran the first courses in liposuction for the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery in 2004 and actively teaches doctors who wish to learn these techniques.

He has a special interest in male and female breast reduction surgery.

In addition to these procedures Dr. Goyen performs much other cosmetic surgery (including S-lifts, eyelid surgery, Aptos threads, suture lifts, neck lifts) and cosmetic medicine ( wrinkle reduction, permanent and non-permanent fillers, fat transfer, intense pulsed light, laser). Dr. Goyen was the first member of the Australasian college of Cosmetic surgery to receive the diploma in laser surgery and laser medicine. He also holds a Diploma in Liposuction from the College.

Dr. Goyen attended Dr. Franz Hasengschwandtner's course in Lipodissolve in 2005 and has used this form of treatment extensively since then.

In 2005 Dr. Goyen visited Dr. Des Fernandez, the originator of the suture suspension lift in Cape Town, South Africa and has been performing thread and suture lifts for two years. He now combines these treatment with Contour Thread Lifts to complement the practice's minimally invasive facial rejuvenation service.

In 2009 he attended an intense 6 day facial surgery workshop with Dr. Joe Niamtu in Richmond Virginia.

Dr. Owen Roberts MBBS ( Hons)

Dr. Roberts has been working in general practice at his busy clinic in Wentworthville, Sydney for more than twenty years. Prior to this Dr. Roberts trained in general surgery, an interest he has continued throughout his time in general practice. In particular, during that time he has had extensive experience in phlebology, an interest he has brought to Alia Clinic. After training with Dr. John Barrett at the Palm Clinic in New Zealand ( the southern hemisphere¹s busiest phlebology practice ), Dr. Roberts heads Alia Clinic's phlebology unit, performing ultrasound guided sclerotherapy, microsclerotharapy and endovenous laser treatments with the CoolTouch CTEV laser. The clinic has now performed over 900 of these laser procedures.

Dr. Roberts is a member of the Australasian College of Phlebology and is a certified sclerotherapist. He won the Australasian College of Phlebology President's Gold Medal in 2007 for achieving over 85% in clinical and theory exams.

Dr. Roberts consults at the Clinic's facilities at Crows Nest where the equipment for the vein procures is maintained.

Dr. Alia Nasser MBBS FRACGP FFMACCS Dermatology Cert. ( Monash Uni)

Dr. Nasser joined the Clinic in 2005. In addition to her training in general practice, Alia has been a practising cosmetic physician, specialising in dermal fillers and wrinkle reduction. She is a member of the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery and the Cosmetic Physician's Society of Australasia.

In 2005, Dr. Nasser began advanced training with the Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgery, which she has now successfully completed. She has studied liposculpture extensively wth Dr. Goyen during this time, and has performed hundreds of procedures. Dr. Nasser has had training in the use of Contour Threads, a procedure performed under local anaesthesia.

Alia consults at the Clinic's facilities in Bankstown and at St. George Private Hospital and performs procedures at the Clinic's Crows Nest surgicentre.

 

Dr. Meaghan Heckenberg (MBBS,FRACGP,DRANZCOG)

Dr Heckenberg joined the practice in 2007. In addition to her vast experience in women's health, Meaghan has been trained extensively by Dr Mark Goyen, the medical director of the Alia Clinic, in tumescent liposuction procedures. She has also gained experience from other members of The Australasian College of Cosmetic Surgeons.

Meaghan is a member of The Cosmetic Physician's Society of Australasia. In addition to liposculpture procedures performed under local anaesthetic and mild sedation, Meaghan also performs many other cosmetic medicine procedures (wrinkle reduction, injection of non-permanent dermal fillers and facial lifting threads).

Meaghan consults at the Clinic's facilities in Blacktown, Baulkham Hills and Newcastle and performs procedures at the Clinic's Crows Nest surgicentre.

 

Janet Roberts

Janet Roberts is head sonographer at Alia Clinic and orchestrates the Clinic¹s varicose vein treatments. Janet is an extremely experienced radiographer and has a diploma in ultrasonography. Prior to joining the Clinic Janet was extensively involved in MRI and CT scanning.

Janet performs the ultrasound mapping for varicose vein treatments at the Clinic and assists Dr. Goyen and Dr. Roberts with ultrasound guided sclerotherapy, during treatments and assessing the success of treatments. Janet is invaluable during endovenous laser treatment to ensure the laser is introduced effectively and placed accurately.

Other people you will meet at the Clinic

Front Desk

Teresa - Practice Manager

Kathryn - Internet co-ordinator, clinical assistant

Janine - Appointments manager, administration assistant

Kerrie - Appointments, administration

Nursing Staff

Jill - Director of Nursing and specialist injector- wrinkle treatments and fillers. Jill offers a free Skin Consultation and customises a specialised programme of skin care to address your individual concerns. A special interest is acne problems and scarring, treatment with the pro-fractional laser.

Cate: Registered Nurse- Assists in liposculpture and endovenous laser procedures. Also performs most of the microdermabrasion treatments and specialized chemical peels.

Michele: Registered Nurse- Assists in liposculpture and endovenous laser procedures.

Sylvana: Enrolled Nurse- Assists in liposculpture and endovenous laser procedures.