Person
Wood, Fiona Melanie (1958 - )
AO
- Born
- 2 February 1958
Yorkshire, England - Occupation
- Plastic surgeon
Summary
Fiona Wood graduated from the St Thomas Hospital Medical School in London with a M.B, B.S. in 1981. She moved to Australia in 1987 and took up a registrar position in plastic surgery at the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth. In 1991, she became a consultant after passing the plastics surgery exam. In 1993, Wood worked with medical scientist Marie Stoner on ways to treat burns at the Princess Margaret (PMH) and Royal Perth (RPH) hospitals. In 1995 a spray on solution called Cellspray was launched and in 1999, Wood and Stoner founded the Clinical Cell Culture. Wood's knowledge of treating burns became prominent immediately after the Bali bombings in 2002.
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Chronology
- 2003
- Award - Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine as a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, through research into the management of burns patients, and as coordinator of surgical staff at the Royal Perth Hospital during the treatment of people injured in the bombings which occurred in Bali on 12October 2002
- 2005
- Award - Clunies Ross National Science and Technology Award, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
- 2005
- Award - Australian of the Year, Australia Day Council
- 2015 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences
- 2021
- Award - DSc honoris causa, University of Wollongong
- 2022
- Award - Australian Society for Medical Research Medal
- 2024
- Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) for distinguished service to plastic and reconstructive surgery, to medical research, and as clinician scientist and mentor
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Williams, Sue, Under her skin: the life and work of Professor Fiona Wood, AM, National Living Treasure (Crows Nest, N.S.W.: Allen & Unwin, 2022), 384 pp. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4794421. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/16339589. Details
- 'Wood, Fiona M (1958-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1540489. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Winthrop Professor Fiona Melanie Wood AM: Officer of the Order of Australia', in It's an Honour, Australian Awards and Honours Secretariat, Australian Government, Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2024. https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/3017339. Details
- Swan, Norman, 'Interview with Dr Fiona Wood, Plastic surgeon', in Interviews with Australian scientists, Australian Academy of Science, 2008, http://science.org.au/scientists/interviews/w/wood.html. Details
Kristijan Causovski
Created: 26 April 2013, Last modified: 30 January 2024