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Where was Fiona Woods born?
Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Fiona Wood/Place of birth
When did Fiona Wood move to Australia?
1987
Professor Wood moved to Australia in 1987 and not long after sought out the late Harold McComb, a brilliant plastic surgeon and Founding Member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons.
What school did Fiona Wood attend?
St Thomas’s Hospital Medical School
The University of Western AustraliaGKT School of Medical EducationAckworth School
Fiona Wood/Education
How did Fiona Wood make her discovery?
From the early 1990s Wood focused her research on improving established techniques of skin repair. Her spray-on skin repair technique involved taking a small patch of healthy skin from a burn victim and using it to grow new skin cells in a laboratory. The new cells were then sprayed onto the patient’s damaged skin.
Do skin grafts grow hair?
After your graft heals, you may need to use lotion to keep the skin moist. The skin graft may not grow hair.
Who is Fiona Wood and what did she do?
Fiona Wood, in full Fiona Melanie Wood, (born February 2, 1958, Hernsworth, Yorkshire, England), British-born Australian plastic surgeon who invented “spray-on skin” technology for use in treating burn victims. Wood was raised in a mining village in Yorkshire.
When did Dr Fiona Wood move to Australia?
Professor Wood moved to Australia in 1987 and not long after sought out the late Harold McComb, a brilliant plastic surgeon and Founding Member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons. She describes him as, “an extraordinary man and an extraordinary plastic surgeon. He was always questioning the boundaries and looking to improve.”
When did Fiona Wood become a plastic surgeon?
By 1991 Wood had passed the plastic surgery exam and become a consultant. She began working with medical scientist Marie Stoner in 1993 on a method for burns treatment at the Royal Perth (RPH) and Princess Margaret (PMH) hospitals.
When did Fiona Wood invent clinical cell culture?
With traditional skin grafts, 21 days were necessary to grow enough cells to cover extensive burns. Using spray-on skin, Wood was able to lower that amount of time to just 5 days. Wood patented her technique and in 1999 cofounded a company, Clinical Cell Culture, to release the technology worldwide.