ANZBCPS board-certified surgeons are assessed annually to ensure their registration as specialist plastic surgeons in Australia or New Zealand is current and they continue to meet the stringent professional and ethical standards for cosmetic surgery practice. To become an ANZBCPS Board Certified Surgeon your plastic surgeon has completed the following: Successfully awarded the FRACS […]
Welcome to Dr Connor McGuire from Canada who is here for our Aesthetic Fellowship for six months from Jan 2025. He has trained in Plastic Surgery from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada. Most recently he was working at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto, Ontario before coming to NZ.
The Directors are delighted to welcome David to NZIPCS. He is British trained but been in Auckland for many years. He has a post at Middlemore Hospital and a great contributor to teaching and academic work. He has a wealth of experience in hand and aesthetic surgery.
Congratulations to Wei-Lun Wong who is now in Sweden on his fellowship. He has an interest in burns and is working in the Burns Unit before returning to work in the National Burn Unit at Middlemore. Ou new fellow is Rahul Jayakar who is with us until June before traveling to Sydney for a further […]
Joint Safety Statement of the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ISAPS), The Aesthetic Society, and The Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF) Patient Safety Advisory – Breast Implant Removal and Capsulectomy May 9, 2023 There has been a worldwide increase in the number of patients requesting implant removal for a variety of systemic […]
Wei-Lun Wong is our new Fellow in Cosmetic Surgery here at NZIPCS. He is NZ trained and committed to working in Auckland long term. The fellowship here is for 6 months and after working here, he intends to travel to Sweden for a Burn Fellowship with a view to returning to NZ afterwards.
Update on our day to day workings. We continue to wear masks when seeing patients and take care to ensure our work areas are clean and safe. We have been able to maintain a largely undisrupted work routine and surgical waiting times have not been directly affected by Covid issues. Patients have had to delay […]
Like many Kiwis we are embracing the Teddy Bear Challenge. Give them a wave if you are walking by….
There has been increased media attention towards breast implants and their safety in recent months. The main concerns relate to a rare form of lymphoma (BIA-ALCL). This update is current to 19 August 2019. Further information can be found on the website of the New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons or on the NZ Government website […]
