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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

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The Life and Work of Professor Fiona Wood AM, National Living Treasure

Sue’s latest book is the remarkable story of Professor Fiona Wood AM, one of Australia’s most innovative and respected surgeons and world leading burns specialists, whose ground-breaking research and technology development has changed the lives of burn patients.

When three bombs tore out the heart of Bali on 12 October 2002 and decimated so many Australian lives, burns surgeon Professor Fiona Wood and her team were there to help. A pioneer in the field of burns and reconstructive surgery, she made world headlines with the use of her revolutionary invention of ‘spray-on skin’ to help minimise her patients’ horrific scarring.

Fiona was later made Australian of the Year, was voted Australia’s Most Trusted Person for an unprecedented six years’ running in the annual Reader’s Digest poll, and acclaimed as an ‘Australian Living Treasure’.

This is the story of her extraordinar

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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
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

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