Hamilton Skin Cancer Centre was established to provide a dedicated, state of the art primary care-based facility, to handle all aspects of skin cancer from skin checks and mole mapping to surgery and nonsurgical treatments.

The Centre works closely with local general practitioners, Waikato Hospital and private specialists as part of a team to help in the early detection and optimal treatment of skin cancer. Dr Bert Rauber and Dr Joe Cornforth provide the services at the centre and have many years’ experience of skin cancer medicine through the skin cancer clinics run at Hamilton East Medical Centre, and it was from the success and demand of these services that led to the formation of Hamilton Skin Cancer Centre.

As New Zealand has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world, both doctors are passionate about encouraging patients to have skin checks and mole maps knowing that early detection and optimal treatment is key to successful treatment.