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Credentials
Professional Qualifications
- PhD University of British Columbia
- MD (Honors) University of Toronto
- FRCSC, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (Plastic Surgery)
- Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- American Society of Plastic Surgeons
- American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- International Society of Aesthetic Surgery
- American Association of Plastic Surgeons
Plastic Surgery Experience
- 1984-2000 Director, Toronto Adult Burn Centre, Wellesley Hospital. Supervised the treatment of over 2,000 patients with major burns
- 1984-2000 Chief of Plastic Surgery, Wellesley Hospital
- 1990-1994 Co-Director, Plastic Surgery Linkage Project, Ganzu Provincial People's Hospital, China
Honors and Awards
- McLaughlin Traveling Fellowship (Boston)
- Award for Excellence, Scholarly Presentations, University of Toronto
- Visiting Professor, Surgeon General's Conference, Ottawa, Ontario
- CIDA Visiting Professor, Gansu Provincial People's Hospital, Lanzhou, China
- Ralph Millard Award for the most outstanding presentation, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Tiffany Award of Excellence for the most outstanding presentation, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Boston
- Expert Witness breast implant litigation, representing 6 major U.S. Corporations
- Legislative Conference on Breast Implants, Washington, D.C.
- FDA Closed Session on Breast Implants, Washington, D.C.
- National Institutes of Health Workshop on the Immunology of Silicones, Bethesda, Maryland
- Visiting Professor, Atlantic Plastic Surgery Society, Fredericton, New Brunswick
- Visiting Professor, Northwest Society of Plastic Surgeons, Whistler, B.C.
- Expert Panel, Public Health Issues of Breast Implants, Washington, D.C.
- Lister Prize, University of Toronto, for research of international status
- Chair, Ethics Committee, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- Advisor, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
- Institute of Medicine, Safety Breast implants, Washington, D.C. Advisory Board and Reviewer
- Award for Advanced Education in Cosmetic Surgery, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- 2000 Mentor Prize, Canadian Society of Plastic Surgeons, for the most outstanding presentation: "Management of the woman with silicone gel breast implants"
- 2000 Co-chair, Sixth World Biomaterials Congress, Kamuela, Hawaii
- 2000 Visiting Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
- 2000-2003 Breast Committee, American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- 2001 Health Canada, Expert Panel on Breast Implants Health Canada
- 2002 Health Canada Scientific Advisory Board, Ottawa, Ontario
- 2002 Consultant for the Canadian Department of Justice, Ottawa
- 2003 Mentor Prize, for the most outstanding presentation, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons ‐ "The evolution of breast implants"
- 2007 Facility Inspector, for Accreditation of Ambulatory Care Facilities
- 2008 College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, Task Force, Plastic Surgery IHF Guidelines
- 2008 Mentor Prize for the most outstanding presentation, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, "Autoinflation of saline-filled inflatable breast implants"
- 2010 Mentor Prize for the most oustanding presentation, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, "Complications from injectable material used for breast augmentation"
- 2010 University of Toronto Crystal Award, Course Director and Coordinator, University of Toronto Annual Symposium on Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (The largest aesthetic plastic surgery symposium in Canada)
- 2010 Awarded the University of Toronto Annual Dr. Walter Peters Visiting Professor Lecture, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
- 2010 Invited Visiting Professor, 20th Biennial Congress of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, San Francisco, "The history of breast augmentation during the past century"
- 2012 Awarded the University of Toronto Annual Walter Peters Burn Symposium Lecture
- 2015 - Awarded the Mentor Prize for the most outstanding presentation and publication, Canadian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Update on anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) in women with breast implants.
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