A Fellow’s Tale: In my last blog I introduced myself and explained what a “Fellow” is and how extensively trained they are. I have a number of roles as a Fellow at the New Zealand Institute of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery (NZIPCS). One of which is to help out in the early consultation phase of […]
My name is Yezdi Mistry, I am a qualified New Zealand trained Plastic Surgeon and I am the current Fellow at the New Zealand Institute of Plastic & Cosmetic Surgery (NZIPCS). What is a “Fellow”? A Fellow is a person who is part of a learned society. In my case, I am a Fellow of […]
The annual meeting of the International Confederation of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, a world wide confederation of top aesthetic surgeons, was held in Singapore in April. All attending members of the confederation presented a paper. Mr Woffles Wu of Singapore was the conference organiser and invited some of his younger plastic surgical colleagues which gave ICAPS […]
Jonathan Wheeler recently presented at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons meeting in Auckland on “Outcomes of Body Contouring Surgery following Massive Weight Loss”. Jonathan’s talk was part of the Bariatric Surgery section of the meeting. Bariatric Surgery is performed on obese patients by General Surgeons to limit the amount of food a person can […]
Janek Januszkiewicz has been awarded the prestigious Raymond Villain award by the American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons’ (ASAPS) Board of Directors and the Aesthetic Surgery Education and Research Foundation (ASERF). The honour is to acknowledge that Mr. Januszkiewicz had the best international presentation at the ASAPS’s annual scientific meeting in 2012, held in Vancouver. […]
Lianda is 8 years old, and lives in a poor rural village on an island in the Solomon Islands group. She is a sweet, pretty little girl, full of fun and laughter like any other 8 year old, despite the medical problems she faces living with an Encephalocele. Encephalocele (en-SEF-a-lo-SEEL) is one of a group […]
Our surgeons Janek Januszkiewicz, Stephen Gilbert and Jonathan Wheeler and their practice nurses have all just returned from attending the annual Plastic Surgery conference and surgical workshop in Melbourne. The focus this year was aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery and the programme relied heavily on three guest professors, two from North America and our own […]
1. What is the most popular cosmetic treatment today? The most popular surgical cosmetic treatment today is Breast Augmentation. We carry out over 200 a year at our clinic, the New Zealand Institute of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery (NZIPCS). This is closely followed by Body Contouring and surgical facial restoration which covers eye surgery, face and […]
Mr Januszkiewicz was invited to join a panel of international experts to present his experience in the management of challenging problems in breast implant surgery. The panel was a feature session during the annual meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery held in Vancouver, BC in May this year. The meeting brought together […]
The Plastic Surgery Nurses Symposium is an annual event convened by Karen Baker, the Institute Coordinator at the New Zealand Institute of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery. This year’s Symposium, the 8th, was held at the Waipuna Hotel and Conference Centre from 21 – 22 July and was attended by a record 225 plastic surgery nurse […]
