Doctors won’t see gender parity in most surgical specialties during their lifetime: Aussie study
It will take eight generations, or more than 180 years, before the number of female orthopaedic and cardiothoracic surgeons is the same as their male…
Tag: Plastic surgery
Surgeon denies he was ‘reckless’ after performing mentoplasty despite dropping the chin implant on the floor
A plastic surgeon has been reprimanded after he dropped a chin implant on a theatre floor before picking it up and placing it in a…
Doctors lodge bid for gender-affirming surgery Medicare items
Plastic surgeons are seeking new Medicare items for gender-affirming interventions for transgender adults, including masculinising chest surgery for those assigned female at birth. The Australian…
Surgeon’s emergency suspension lifted after ‘inexplicable’ medical council blunder
The Medical Council of NSW has been criticised by a judge after it suspended an ENT surgeon without acknowledging his expert defence report questioning the…
Plastic surgeon awarded $50,000 over defamatory online review
A respected plastic surgeon has been awarded $50,000 after a former patient wrote a one-star online review about the “emotional impact” of a “failed” rhinoplasty.…
Plastic surgeon rapped for operating on wife claims he was under ‘coercive control’
A plastic surgeon who claimed his then-wife used coercive control to force him to operate on her and prescribe her opioids has been reprimanded and…
Cosmetic cowboys still free to harm, surgeons warn
Specialist surgeons say action is needed now to protect patients because the reforms in AHPRA's cosmetic surgery review will take time to implement…
‘You can’t choose a doctor on Yelp, like a radio,’ warns plastic surgeon
ASPS President Dr Daniel Kennedy was speaking at a Queensland parliamentary inquiry into lifting a ban on health practitioners using patient testim…
When a patient pressuring you to treat benign skin lesions is a red flag
Your 35-year-old patient says she fears they will become cancerous.
Cosmetic surgeon hits back at Four Corners allegations
Dr Daniel Lanzer has issued a statement after his surgical practices were criticised by plastic surgeons on the ABC show.
