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About Fiona Wood
Fiona Wood has become world renowned for her patented invention of spray on skin cells for burns victims, a treatment which is continually developing. Where previous techniques of skin culturing required 21 days to produce enough cells to cover major burns, Fiona and her team has reduced that period to five days.
In October 2002, Fiona was propelled into the media spotlight when the largest proportion of survivors from the Bali bombings arrived at Royal Perth Hospital. She led a courageous and committed team in the fight to save 28 patients suffering from between two and 92 per cent body burns, infections and delayed shock.
Her exceptional leadership and surgical skills and the fact that she and the team had the vision to plan for a large-scale disaster five years before the Bali tragedy, brought world-wide praise and recognition.
Although Fiona came into the public eye following Bali, she has been well known and respected in her field of burns internationally and locally for many years. She is Western Australia's only female plastic surgeon, Head of Royal Perth Hospital's Burns Unit and Director of the Western Australia Burns Service.
She is also co-founder of a private company recognised in medical circles for its translational research in the treatment of burns.
Through her enthusiasm, innovation and vision, Fiona has saved and improved countless people's lives and has inspired a nation.
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