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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 curiosity in the many forms of scarring, leading her to move onto the Queen Victoria Hospital, whic
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Dr Fiona Wood, plastic surgeon
Plastic surgeon
Fiona Wood was born in a Yorkshire mining village in England in 1958. In 1978 she was one of twelve women admitted to the St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School, London where she graduated with her M.B., B.S in 1981. Wood completed her internship and residency at several hospitals in London before immigrating to Australia in 1987. She then took up a registrar position in plastic surgery at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth. By 1991 Wood had passed the plastic surgery exam and become a consultant. She began working with medical scientist Marie Stoner in 1993 on a method for burns treatment at the Royal Perth (RPH) and Princess Margaret (PMH) hospitals. From this collaboration an entirely new, and more successful, method of treatment was developed. Thus, in 1995, Cellspray®, a spray-on solution of skin cells, was launched and in 1999 Wood and Stoner founded Clinical Cell Culture (C3). Wood’s expertise in burns treatment came to the world’s attention in 2002 in the wake of the Bali bombings but she hasn’t let fame stand in the way
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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 AO FAHMS | |
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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 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | Plastic surgeon |
| Known for | Spray-on skin |
| Spouse | Tony Kierath |
Fiona Melanie Wood (born 2 February 1958) is an Australian plastic surgeon and burns specialist working in Perth, Western Australia. She is the director of the Royal Perth Hospitalburns unit 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][2]
Early life and education
Wood was born in Yorkshire, England, on 2 February 1958, th
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