Donald Wood-Smith

Donald Wood-Smith
MD, FACS, FRCSEd
Born
Donald Smith

30 June 1931
Sydney, Australia
NationalityAustralian/American
OccupationProfessor of Clinical Surgery
Known forPlastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Donald Wood-Smith was a professor of Clinical Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and an attending surgeon at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He was also chairman of the department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Wood-Smith was born as Donald Smith in Sydney, Australia on 30 June 1931 and was educated at Newington College (1944–1947),[1] the University of Sydney Medical School and the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was then a resident at NYU Langone Medical Center and Manhattan Eye, Ear and Throat Hospital and as a fellow at Bellevue Hospital and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center.[2][3][4]

Wood-Smith has been quoted in the press on issues related to cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 183
  2. ^ The Excelsior Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  3. ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863-1998 (Syd, 1999) p. 183.
  4. ^ "Donald Wood-Smith, MD". Columbia University. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. ^ Gale Scott, Face-lift, will travel; overseas clients flock to NY for cosmetic surgery, Crain's New York Business, 25 July 2005, p. 2.
  6. ^ Wendy Lewis, The Lowdown; Brow-lifts, The Sunday Times (London), 26 January 2003, p. 31.
  7. ^ Nicki Daniels, So what's wrong with wrinkles?, The Times (London), 12 November 2002, p. 8.
  8. ^ Hallie Levine, Wall St.'s Wannabe Studs Taking Surgery on the Chin, New York Post, 13 May 2001.
  9. ^ Hallie Levine, Are you making your skin sick, Cosmopolitan, 1 January 2001.
  10. ^ Beth Weinhouse, T&C's Directory of Top Cosmetic Surgeons in the U.S., Town & Country, 1 March 1999, p. 159.