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Dr. Fiona Wood AM

ASMR Medallist for 2022
Acute trauma, lifelong impact. Research to recovery

Wednesday, 8 June 2022

The National Press Club of Australia

Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood, a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon specialising in the field of burn care, trauma and scar reconstruction, Australian of the year 2004 and 2022 ASMR Medallist recipient, will address the National Press Club of Australia. 


Winthrop Professor Fiona Wood is a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon specialising in the field of burn care, trauma and scar reconstruction.

As Director of the WA Burns Service of Western Australia she is consultant

Perth Children’s Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital.

As director of burns research she leads an interdisciplinary team with broad collaboration focused on translation to improve clinical outcomes.

She has been the recipient of the 2003 Australian Medical Association ‘Contribution to Medicine’ Award and an Order of Australia Medal for work with Bali bombing victims. As a National Living Treasure and Australian Citizen of the Year in 2004. she received the honour of being named Australian of the Year in 2005. Fiona and Marie Stoner, co-founders of Clinical Cell Culture,  now Avitamedical, won the 2005 Clunies Ross Award for their contributions to Medical Science in Australia


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