Dr Mousina is a highly qualified surgeon, having earned three degrees. She completed an undergraduate degree in Medical Science with First Class Honours from UNSW in 2003, focusing her thesis on oncogenic viruses in hormone-dependent cancers. She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery from the University of Sydney in 2008, followed by a Master’s degree in Advanced Surgery (Breast) in 2021 from the same institution.

Dr Mousina has extensive surgical training. She began her junior medical training in 2009 and subsequently undertook specialist surgical training, becoming a consultant general surgeon and obtaining Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) in 2017.

She further developed her expertise in breast surgery, oncoplastic techniques, and breast reconstruction through the BreastSurgANZ program. Over three years of subspecialty training, she worked at leading institutions including Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Royal North Shore, Mater, Hornsby, and Westmead hospitals. During this time, Dr Mousina also served as Surgical Superintendent at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, was a Melanoma Fellow at the Melanoma Institute Australia, coordinated the general surgical fellowship exam, and became a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, where she now coordinates the Breast Masters Surgery programme. She is a member of Breast Cancer Trials, the Australasian Society for Breast Disease (ASBD), BreastSurgANZ, and RACS.

Dr Mousina is a Visiting Medical Officer (VMO) at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Strathfield Private Hospital, and Prince of Wales Private Hospital. She also holds VMO positions at BreastScreen NSW and the Sydney Breast Clinic.

Dedicated to providing evidence-based care, Dr Mousina offers compassionate and comprehensive treatment for all her patients. She is deeply committed to women’s health and patient education.

Unit Coordinator in Oncoplastics breast surgery for Postgraduate Masters students at the University of Sydney.

Member of BreastSurgANZ

ASBD

Breast Cancer Trials

RACS

Railya Mousina PMRT and Implant reconstruction 2020 Presented at BreastSurgANZ Trainee’s Day presentation, 2020

Railya Mousina, Samriti Sood, Kylie Snook The Melissa technique: mesh free autologous prepectoral implant reconstruction 2019 Presented at Australian Society of Breast Disease 12th Annual Scientific Meeting

Railya Mousina, Andrew Spillane 10 year review of Melanoma Institute Australia Surgical Audit 2019 Presented at the MIA Melanoma Research Retreat

Railya Mousina, Jack Kelly, Rebecca Cui, Sanjay Warrier Preoperative 3D printing to aid planning in complex breast procedures 2018 Presented at Melbourne International Joint Breast Congress Railya Mousina, Helen Cox, Greg Keogh The role of an acute surgical review clinic in the emergency department, 3 year experience in a tertiary hospital. 2018 Presented at the South Australia Trainees Day and GSA/PISA AGM Nita Bartlett, Railya Mousina, Zhi Yuan Ma, Paul Chen, Cindy Mak, Sanjay Warrier Perforator flaps in breast conserving surgery : results in early series 2018 Presented at Melbourne International joint Breast Congress

Railya Mousina, M. Faedo and Rawlinson W.D. 2003 Prevalence of a Human Homologue of Mouse Mammary Tumour Virus in Prostate, Endometrial and Ovarian Tumours. TOW Awards Research Symposium, Sydney, Australia.

Railya Mousina, M. Faedo and Rawlinson W.D. 2003 Prevalence of a Human Homologue of Mouse Mammary Tumour Virus in Hormone Dependent Tumours. UNSW BABS Symposium, Sydney, Australia

Johal H; Faedo M; Faltas J; Lau A; Mousina R; Cozzi P; Defazio A; Rawlinson WD. DNA of mouse mammary tumor viruslike virus is present in human tumors influenced by
hormones. Journal of Medical Virology. 82(6):1044-50, 2010 May