Rowan Gillies

Rowan Gillies is a plastic surgeon from Sydney, Australia and is a VMO Plastic Surgery at Royal North Shore Hospital. He has a specific interest in skin cancer, reconstruction and breast reconstruction as well as the management of severe burns and trauma.[1] He is the youngest ever International Council President of the Nobel Prize–winning Médecins Sans Frontières.[2]

Rowan Gillies
NationalityAustralian
EducationSydney Grammar School
University of New South Wales
OccupationPlastic and reconstructive surgeon

Educated at Sydney Grammar School and graduating with honours from the University of New South Wales, Dr Gillies is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon.[3] In January 2002 he became Australia's MSF leader and was thereafter elected as international leader that year.[4] He has worked on the field for MSF in some of the world's most troubled regions, including Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Liberia, Beirut, Congo and Sri Lanka.[5]

He was listed by The Age as one of "The 50 Australians Who Matter" in 2005.[6]

Gillies delivered the prestigious 52nd annual Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture in 2009 in Brisbane, Australia.[7]

He is currently part of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, the findings of which were published in early May 2015.[8]

References
  1. "Dr Rowan Gillies". Dr Rowan Gillies. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "Sydney doctor's major operation - National". smh.com.au. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  4. "Fearful frontier - Science". www.theage.com.au. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  5. http://bulletin.syd.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=177687&print=true%5B%5D
  6. "The 50 Australians who matter - National". www.theage.com.au. 22 January 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  7. uqms.org
  8. "Lancet Commission on Global Surgery". Globalsurgery.info. Retrieved 5 December 2016.


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