Caroline Baker is the director of Breast Surgery at St Vincent's Hospital in Melbourne.  She has taken the time to talk about operative breast surgery with us, going over the four core operations for the Breast Curriculum:- Wide Local Excision- Mastectomy- Axillary Lymph Node Dissection, and - Sentinel Lymph Node BiopsyWe cover not only the operative steps, but key information to consider in your approach, and some common pitfalls and how to avoid them.VCCC education program mentioned by Caroline at the end of the episode: https://www.viccompcancerctr.org/events/breast-cancer-education-series1/DisclaimerThe information in this podcast is intended as a revision aid for the purposes of the General Surgery Fellowship Exam.This information is not to be considered to include any recommendations or medical advice by the author or publisher or any other person. The listener should conduct and rely upon their own independent analysis of the information in this document.The author provides no guarantees or assurances in relation to any connection between the content of this podcast and the general surgical fellowship exam.  No responsibility or liability is accepted by the author in relation to the performance of any person in the exam.  This podcast is not a substitute for candidates undertaking their own preparations for the exam.To the maximum extent permitted by law, no responsibility or liability is accepted by the author or publisher or any other person as to the adequacy, accuracy, correctness, completeness or reasonableness of this information, including any statements or information provided by third parties and reproduced or referred to in this document. To the maximum extent permitted by law, no responsibility for any errors in or omissions from this document, whether arising out of negligence or otherwise, is accepted.The information contained in this podcast has not been independently verified.© Amanda Nikolic 2020