Rowan Gillies

Rowan Gillies
Nationality	Australian
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]

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.