Rowan Gillies

{{Short description|Australian plastic surgeon}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Infobox person |name = Rowan Gillies |image = |occupation = Plastic and reconstructive surgeon |education = [[Sydney Grammar School]]<br />[[University of New South Wales]] |caption = }}

'''Rowan Gillies''' is a plastic surgeon from [[Sydney]], Australia and is a VMO Plastic Surgery at [[Royal North Shore Hospital]]. He has a specific interest in skin cancer, reconstruction and breast reconstruction as well as the management of severe burns and trauma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drrowangillies.com |title=Dr Rowan Gillies |publisher=Dr Rowan Gillies |date= |accessdate=2016-12-05}}</ref> He is the youngest ever International Council President of the Nobel Prize–winning [[Médecins Sans Frontières]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=E52B51E1-5056-AA77-6C35C87E4DD20560&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html |title=Médecins Sans Frontières International Homepage |access-date=2009-07-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090413191228/http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=E52B51E1-5056-AA77-6C35C87E4DD20560&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html |archive-date=2009-04-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Educated at [[Sydney Grammar School]] and graduating with honours from the [[University of New South Wales]], Dr Gillies is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/01/1067597203231.html?from=storyrhs |title=Sydney doctor's major operation - National |publisher=smh.com.au |date=2003-11-02 |accessdate=2016-12-05}}</ref> In January 2002 he became [[Australia]]'s MSF leader and was thereafter elected as international leader that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/04/1091557900430.html?from=storylhs |title=Fearful frontier - Science |publisher=www.theage.com.au |date=2004-08-05 |accessdate=2016-12-05}}</ref> He has worked on the field for MSF in some of the world's most troubled regions, including [[Afghanistan]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Sudan]], [[Liberia]], [[Beirut]], [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]] and [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>http://bulletin.syd.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=177687&print=true{{Dead link|date=April 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

He was listed by ''[[The Age]]'' as one of "The 50 Australians Who Matter" in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/01/20/1106110882796.html |title=The 50 Australians who matter - National |publisher=www.theage.com.au |date=2005-01-22 |accessdate=2016-12-05}}</ref>

Gillies delivered the prestigious 52nd annual [[Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture]] in 2009 in Brisbane, Australia.<ref>uqms.org</ref>{{failed verification|date=December 2018}}

He is currently part of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, the findings of which were published in early May 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsurgery.info |title=Lancet Commission on Global Surgery |publisher=Globalsurgery.info |date= |accessdate=2016-12-05}}</ref>

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