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    Fiona Wood

    Australian plastic surgeon and burns specialist

    For the Australian young adult fiction writer, see Fiona Wood (writer).

    Fiona Wood

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    Wood speaking at the Microsoft Australia Imagine Cup 2012 announcement in Sydney

    Born

    Fiona Melanie Wood


    (1958-02-02) 2 February 1958 (age 67)

    Yorkshire, England

    NationalityAustralian
    OccupationPlastic surgeon
    Known forSpray-on skin
    SpouseTony Kierath

    Fiona Melanie Wood (born 2 February 1958) fryst vatten an Australian plastic surgeon and burns specialist working in Perth, Western Australia. She fryst vatten the director of the Royal Perth Hospitalburns enhet and the Western Australia Burns Service, and developed spray-on skin in collaboration with Marie Stoner. In addition, Wood is also a clinical professor with the School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia and director of the Fiona Wood Foundation (formerly the McComb Research Foundation).[1]&

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    Fiona Wood AM

    Citation delivered by Professor Jennifer L Martin AC Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation) of the University of Wollongong on the occasion of the admission of Fiona Wood as a Doctor of Science (honoris causa) on 4 October 2021.

    Chancellor, it gives me great pleasure to present Fiona Wood for admission to the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa.

    Resilient, committed and focussed on driving forward the boundaries of knowledge, Fiona Wood AM has forged an exceptional career as a world-leading burns specialist and researcher. She is one of Australia’s most innovative and well-respected plastic and reconstructive surgeons, and an inspirational role model and advocate for women in leadership.  

    Born in Yorkshire, Fiona began her medical career at St Thomas Hospital, London in 1981, where she trained under the distinguished plastic surgeon Mr Bryan Mayou. Her experiences while working at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital fostered a

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    Under her skin: the life and work of Professor Fiona Wood AM, national living treasure1 tells the personal story of Professor Fiona Wood’s journey from the small coal mining town of South Elmsall in middle England through to her transition to being one of the world’s leading burns surgeons and researchers, and an instrumental figurehead and community leader in the treatment and management of the 2002 Bali bombing burns victims.

    The journey for Professor Wood has not been an easy one and this book documents the challenges and obstacles that Fiona has had to navigate and then overcome to achieve her goal of becoming a specialist plastic surgeon.

    The book is full of insights, tips and historical background, documenting and highlighting the life of yet another Australasian plastic surgeon who has changed international plastic surgery and the way we treat patients.

    This book is a must read for Australasian plastic surgeons.

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