# Rowan Gillies

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Australian plastic surgeon

Rowan Gillies Education Sydney Grammar School University of New South Wales Occupations Plastic and reconstructive surgeon

**Rowan Gillies** is a plastic surgeon from [Sydney](/source/Sydney), Australia and is a VMO Plastic Surgery at [Royal North Shore Hospital](/source/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.[1] He is the youngest ever International Council President of the Nobel Prize–winning [Médecins Sans Frontières](/source/M%C3%A9decins_Sans_Fronti%C3%A8res).[2]

Educated at [Sydney Grammar School](/source/Sydney_Grammar_School) and graduating with honours from the [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales), Dr Gillies is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon.[3] In January 2002 he became [Australia](/source/Australia)'s MSF leader and was thereafter elected as international leader that year.[4] He has worked on the field for MSF in some of the world's most troubled regions, including [Afghanistan](/source/Afghanistan), [Sierra Leone](/source/Sierra_Leone), [Sudan](/source/Sudan), [Liberia](/source/Liberia), [Beirut](/source/Beirut), [Congo](/source/Republic_of_the_Congo) and [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka).[5]

He was listed by *[The Age](/source/The_Age)* as one of "The 50 Australians Who Matter" in 2005.[6]

Gillies delivered the prestigious 52nd annual [Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture](/source/Errol_Solomon_Meyers_Memorial_Lecture) in 2009 in Brisbane, Australia.[7][*[failed verification](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability)*]

He is currently part of the Lancet Commission on Global Surgery, the findings of which were published in early May 2015.[8]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Dr Rowan Gillies"](http://www.drrowangillies.com). Dr Rowan Gillies. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Médecins Sans Frontières International Homepage"](https://web.archive.org/web/20090413191228/http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=E52B51E1-5056-AA77-6C35C87E4DD20560&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html). Archived from [the original](http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=E52B51E1-5056-AA77-6C35C87E4DD20560&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html) on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Sydney doctor's major operation - National"](http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/01/1067597203231.html?from=storyrhs). smh.com.au. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Fearful frontier - Science"](http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/08/04/1091557900430.html?from=storylhs). www.theage.com.au. 5 August 2004. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [http://bulletin.syd.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=177687&print=true](http://bulletin.syd.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=177687&print=true)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The 50 Australians who matter - National"](http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2005/01/20/1106110882796.html). www.theage.com.au. 22 January 2005. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** uqms.org

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Lancet Commission on Global Surgery"](http://www.globalsurgery.info). Globalsurgery.info. Retrieved 5 December 2016.

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