Qualifications
Bachelor of Science (Medical) Honours 1989 University of Sydney : Thesis “A study of the molecular pathology of two monogenic disorders : cystic fibrosis and the human hereditary persistence of fetal haemoglobin”
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Hons Class 1) and the University Medal in Medicine and Surgery 1991 University of Sydney
Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Part 1 1992 awarded Gordon-Gordon Taylor Medal for first place in Australasia
Master of Surgery 1998 University of Sydney : Thesis “Laboratory and clinical evaluation of the disinfection of heat sensitive equipment”
Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Plastic & Reconstructive) Awarded 2000
Appointments
Associate Professor and Head, Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University 2010-Current
Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery, Conjoint University of New South Wales
Associate Professor in Plastic Surgery, Conjoint University of Western Sydney
Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon, Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street 2010 – Current
Consultant Plastic and Hand Surgeon, Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool 2000 – Current
Head, Department of Plastic & Maxillofacial Surgery, Liverpool Hospital 2006-2010
Supervisor of Advanced Training in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery , Liverpool Hospital
Chairman, NSW Regional Training Committee in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2008-Current
NSW representative, National Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 2008-Current
Medical Consultant – Johnson & Johnson Medical, KCI, Allergan – 2006-Current
Awards and Honours
Undergraduate
J.L Shellshear Memorial Prize for Anatomy
Grafton Elliot Smith Memorial Prize for Anatomy
Herbert John Wilkinson Prize for Anatomy
G.S. Caird Scholarship for proficiency among male students at the second year barrier examination
John Harris scholarship for the second barrier examination
Renwick Scholarship
John Wait Scholarship for proficiency in preclinical subjects
Camdo-AMSA research fellowship – Harvard University and Dana Farber Cancer Institute 1988
Norton Manning memorial prize for proficiency in Psychiatry
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics prize
Nestle Prize for Paediatrics
Albert Hing memorial prize for Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Royal College of Opthalomologists’ Undergraduate medal
James and Margaret Claffy prize for Opthalmology
Dagmar Berne prize for proficiency in final year
Robert Scot Scirving Memorial prize for Medicine and Surgery
Hinder Memorial Prize for Surgery and Clinical Surgery
Arthur Edward Mills Graduation Prize for first place in the Honours list
Undergraduate University Medal
Postgraduate Fellowships/Awards
RPAH Travelling Fellowship 1995
Luhr Travelling Fellowship 1996
Noel Newton Medal for Best Paper at ASC 1996
Canberra Hospital Private Practice Fund Travelling fellowship 1997
Australian Society of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Travelling fellowship 1998
Hand surgery fellowship 1998 – Royal North Shore Hospital
Research Fellowship 2000/1 – Institute of Reconstructive Plastic Surgery New York University
Visiting Fellowship 2001 – Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital, New York, USA
John Ham Medal for best paper at ASC 2003