Professor Fiona Wood, FRCS, FRACS AM

“Teachers – A Most Significant Influence”

“Everyone is unique, but the key to unlock what is special in each individual is elusive. Teaching provides a special opportunity to support the journey to search for the key. To explore and reach out potential in areas great and small is motivational and can be inspirational. The interplay between psychological well being and realising that potential is well recognised. More challenging are the practical solutions to develop a problem solving approach to the knocks along the way. I congratulate the committee of the Positive Schools conference in providing a forum to tackle the problems and share solutions.”                                                                                                 

 

Professor Fiona Wood FRACS AM

 Professor Fiona Wood is a plastic surgeon and currently Director of Burn Service of Western Australia working at Royal Perth Hospital and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. She is the Chair of the McComb Research Foundation which she established in 1999 along with scientist Marie Stoner. 

Fiona’s research through the McComb Research Foundation involves several collaborative research projects focused on the multidisciplinary clinical & scientific team approach to the treatment of burn injury. The ultimate aim is scarless healing to ensure the quality of the outcome is worth the pain of survival.

 

Fiona was awarded the Australian Medical Association “Contribution to Medicine” Award, in 2003 and also received the Order of Australia Medal for work with Bali bombing victims. She was named West Australian of the Year for 2004, and was nominated as a National Living Treasure and Australian Citizen of the Year in 2004. In 2005 she received the honour of being named Australian of the year.