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| Alex Phoon, Reconstructive Surgeon |
Dr Alexander Phoon is a fully qualified Plastic, Reconstructive and Cosmetic Surgeon with the Royal Australian College of Surgeons and the Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. As a fourth generation surgeon of Eurasian background, the essence of excellent surgical care, attention to detail and sound communication skills were imparted upon him from a very early age. Being born and raised in Sydney into such a medical family provided a never ending source of inspiration and there were few surprises when he chose to pursue a career in plastic surgery.
“When I was growing up, I was inspired by my father’s commitment to his patients. They were much more than patients to him. He treated them all as if they were part of his own family. That deep commitment to his patients underpins the basis of that special relationship that exists between a patient and their treating doctor”.
Dr Phoon commenced his medical training at the University of New South Wales almost 20 years ago but it was a placement in the infamous Baragwanath Hospital (Johannesburg, South Africa) that finally cemented his decision to become a plastic surgeon. “Amid all this confronting trauma and reconstructive work, I had finally found my calling” says Dr Phoon. “The dedication to a life serving those in need of medical help and it was with plastic surgery I found true purpose.”
“People forget the origins of plastic surgery. The profession was born from within the ashes of the First World Warand it came to embody the pinnacle of care, skill and innovation in modern surgical practice. The excellence in aesthetic surgery today is a direct result of the excellence in reconstructive surgery that preceded it.”
Dr Phoon was awarded best Surgical Resident and Surgical Registrar multiple times and credits those awards to an understanding of the value of hard work, treating others as your equal and above all care of his patients. He is still active in surgical teaching and mentoring younger surgeons. He is appointed at the University of Sydney where he was also was awarded a Master of Surgery in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in 2005 for his work using lasers in microsurgery. At the same time he developed the skills of non-surgical rejuvenation and founded a biotechnology company in 2006 which he still operates today. He built from the ground up Australia’s only ongoing microsurgical course and continues to teach microsurgery at master’s level at the University of Sydney.
As part of his overseas fellowship he spent seven months visiting New York, including time at the prestigious Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Care Centre, The Manhattan Eye Ear and Throat Hospital and numerous other world leaders in the field of aesthetic and reconstructive Surgery around the New York and Tri-state area of USA. 2011 saw Dr Phoon spend a year in Cambridge, United Kingdom, where he was the Senior Microsurgical Fellow undertaking a tremendous volume of challenging reconstructive work without suffering a single failed reconstruction. He has recently been appointed a Consultant Plastic Surgeon at the prestigious Royal Prince Alfred Hospital specialising in all aspects of plastic surgery.
Dr Phoon has lectured both nationally and internationally and continues to push the boundaries of plastic surgical innovation at home and at the famous Mayo Clinic in North America. Ongoing projects both home and abroad are aimed at pushing the boundaries of what is possible for the next generation of plastic surgeons.
Specialist in
Hand surgery
Maxillofacial surgery
Upper and Lower Limb Reconstruction
Head and Neck Reconstruction
Sarcoma Reconstruction
Pelvic and Perineal reconstruction
Breast Reconstruction
Facelift and necklift surgery
Rhinoplasty
Eyelid surgery
Browlift
Breast augmentation
Breast reduction and breast lift surgery
Abdominoplasty
Thigh lift
Brachioplasty
Liposuction
