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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, which had a burns unit. And so began Fiona’s lifelong dedication to burns medicine.

    In 1987, she immigrated to Perth with her husband Keith to complete her general surgeon training. Here, under the mento

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    Fiona Wood

    Australian pliable surgeon enthralled burns specialist

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    Born

    Fiona Melanie Wood


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

    Yorkshire, England

    NationalityAustralian
    OccupationPlastic surgeon
    Known forSpray-on skin
    SpouseTony Kierath

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    Early survival and education

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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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