Dr Sherry Salter is a Consultant General Surgeon as well as a Renal and Pancreas Transplant Surgeon. Sherry is a New Zealand-born Samoan now living in Melbourne with her husband and two very active young sons. Sherry is the only female General Surgeon of Pacific Island heritage consulting in Australia and is fluent in Samoan. Sherry has worked in a number of both urban and rural settings throughout her career.

Specialties:
• General Surgery
• Renal and Pancreas Transplantation Surgery
• Renal access surgery

Dr Sherry Salter accepts a range of referrals, including surgery for:
• Gallstones
• Inguinal, incisional and umbilical hernias
• Haemorrhoids
• Pilonidal disease
• Ingrown toenails
• Abscesses
• Appendix
• Skin lesions (lipomas, cysts, skin cancers)
• Surgical emergencies and trauma

Dr Salter also performs surgery on renal failure patients and accepts referrals for:
• Arterio-venous fistula formation for haemodialysis
• Permcath insertion for haemodialysis
• Peritoneal dialysis catheter insertion