Donald Wood-Smith MD, FACS, FRCSEd | |
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Born | Donald Smith 30 June 1931 |
Nationality | Australian/American |
Occupation | Professor of Clinical Surgery |
Known for | Plastic 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]