U3A Howick NZ

Guest Speaker:

MARTIN REES

“Advances in Plastic Surgery and excerpts from an interesting Plastic surgical career”.

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Martin Rees Graduated MB ChB Otago Medical School 1972Trained in General surgery and Orthopaedic surgery at Registrar level in Palmerston North and Auckland Hospitals.. Trained in General surgery and Orthopaedic surgery at Registrar level in Palmerston North and Auckland Hospitals. Plastic Surgery training with Sir William Manchester at  Middlemore Hospital 1977-79. Passed final Fellowship exam in Plastic and Reconstructiv Surgery 1979 (FRACS), awarded 1980. Plastic Surgery ‘Fellow’, Frenchay Plastic Surgery Hospital, Bristol, England 1980-82. Microvascular Research Fellow, Royal Melbourne Hospital with Prof Ian Taylor 1983-4. Craniofacial ‘Fellow’, Royal Adelaide Hospital with Sir David David 1984. Consultant Plastic Surgeon Middlemore Hospital 1985-2008, 23 years. Private Practice Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Auckland Surgical Centre, 1988-2008 (20 years)Private Practice Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Auckland Plastic Surgical Centre,

Areas of Interest – Public practice: Acute trauma care for hands, faces and lower limbs – Treatment of Burns, Management of children with Cleft lip and Palate and Cranio-facial  deformities Microvascular free flap reconstruction for congenital and traumatic facial conditions plus Head and Neck Cancer defects, and upper and lower limb traumatic defects

Private practice: Hand surgery, Skin cancer surgery, Cosmetic surgery – Face-lift, Neck-lift, Rhinoplasty, Otoplasty, Breast augmentation and reduction, Abdominoplasty, Liposuction, Botox and ‘Fillers’