Rowan Gillies

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Rowan Gillies
NationalityAustralian
Education Sydney Grammar School
University of New South Wales
Occupation(s)Plastic and reconstructive surgeon

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]

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] [ failed verification ]

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

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References

  1. ↑ "Dr Rowan Gillies". Dr Rowan Gillies. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Médecins Sans Frontières International Homepage". Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.
  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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