Dr Brigid Corrigan MBBS FRACS (Plast)

Brigid Corrigan completed her medical degree at the University of Western Australia. After graduating she gained experience in a variety of specialties prior to undertaking advanced training in plastic and reconstructive surgery in Western Australia from 2004-2007. She then did fellowships in both reconstructive and cosmetic surgery in Cork, Ireland, Oxford, UK and Melbourne, Australia. She returned to Perth in 2010 and was appointed as a consultant plastic surgeon at Royal Perth Hospital and also commenced private practice as a specialist plastic surgeon. She was head of department of Plastic Surgery at RPH from 2014-2019.

Dr Corrigan has special interests in aesthetic and reconstructive breast surgery, body contouring surgery and hand surgery. She is a current examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a councillor for AMA (WA). She regularly travels to Tanzania with Rafiki surgical missions to perform reconstructive surgical procedures and train local medical staff in plastic surgery techniques.

Dr Rebecca Won B Med (Plast) PFET Hand Surgery 

Rebecca is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon with an interest in Hand and Cosmetic Breast Surgery. She completed her undergraduate medical degree at the University of Newcastle in 2004 before being awarded her Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) in Plastic Surgery in 2014. Her PFET (Post Fellowship Education and Training) in Hand Surgery was awarded in 2017. She completed a Cosmetic Breast Surgery fellowship on the Gold Coast between 2016 and 2018. Dr Won has practiced privately in Brisbane since 2016.

Dr Won treats public patients as a Visiting Medical Officer in both the Plastic Surgical and Hand Surgery Departments at Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, a busy tertiary level hospital in South East Queensland. She is also employed by the University of Queensland as a Clinical Senior Lecturer in Surgery at the Medical School.

Dr Won was the Queensland Chair of the Younger Fellows Committee at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from 2020 to 2022. She currently sits on the Medical Advisory Committee of Spring Hill Specialist Day Hospital, and was part of the Implementation Liason Group for the Orthopaedic MBS Item Number Review Committee from 2020 to 2022. More recently she presented before Queensland parliament in regards to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Surgeons) Amendment Bill 2023.

Rebecca is passionate about patient safety, the benefits of ongoing education and training, and the importance of diversity in the workplace. She believes in open, collaborative communication between all stakeholders to achieve meaningful, evidence based, health care sector reform.

Dr Mikko Larsen MD (Hons) PhD FEBOPRAS FRACS

Dr Larsen became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in December 2018. He emigrated with his son to Australia in 2016, and followed the International Medical Graduate Pathway to Fellowship. He completed a microsurgery fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in 2017 and then settled in Launceston, Tasmania where he practices at the Launceston General Hospital, and in private practice.

Dr Larsen was raised in USA, Denmark, Norway and The Netherlands and graduated from Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands in 2002. In 2011 he completed a PhD thesis on experimental microsurgery conducted at Mayo Clinic’s Microvascular Research Laboratory in Rochester, Minnesota. His plastic surgery training was completed in Amsterdam the same year, followed by a fellowship in hand and wrist surgery at Leuven University Hospital, Belgium. He held an academic appointment at Brussels University Hospital until 2013 and then established a breast and head and neck reconstructive surgery department in The Hague.

Currently, he is active as teaching faculty for the Australia and New Zealand Burns Association and Interplast. He is actively involved in teaching trainees and hospital staff, with an emphasis on maintenance of a broad range of technical and non-technical skills pertinent to work in a regional centre. Dr Larsen is passionate about the importance of a healthy work-life balance that can be a challenge to younger fellows.

Dr Richard Barton MBBS FRACS (Plast)

Richard is a Melbourne Specialist Plastic Surgeon and the Director of Head and Neck Cancer Surgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital. He completed his plastic surgery training in Melbourne before undertaking a dual international fellowship in microsurgical reconstruction and adult craniomaxillofacial surgery, with appointments at Oxford University Hospitals in the United Kingdom and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. In private practice, Richard has a particular focus on facial aesthetic surgery, alongside breast and body surgery and gender-affirming procedures. He consults from Kew in Melbourne, with additional rooms in Mildura, serving both metropolitan and rural patients.

Richard chose to extend his commitment to Council because he believes his combination of perspectives is of genuine value to the Society. That breadth — across complex public hospital work, private aesthetic surgery, and regional practice — gives him insight into the priorities and pressures that different members face. Plastic surgery in Australia spans an extraordinary range of practice settings, and he hopes his experience across that spectrum helps ensure Council remains connected to the full scope of what the specialty looks like on the ground.

Dr Naveen Somia PhD FRACS (Plast)

Naveen is a Past President of the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS). He is a member of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and The American Society of Plastic Surgery (ASPS). Between 2009-2011 Dr Somia served as Deputy Chairman of the Breast Implant Registry, a National Government Health and Safety Initiative.

Dr Somia’s training in Plastic Surgery in Melbourne included Geelong Hospital, Monash Medical Centre, Western Hospital, Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute and Austin Hospital. Dr Somia completed the final two years of his training in Sydney where he trained at Prince of Wales, Sydney Children’s Hospital, Westmead and Royal North Shore Hospital.

Dr Somia completed a Cosmetic Surgery Fellowship Accredited by American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, working with Dr Foad Nahai and Dr Rod Hester at Paces Plastic Surgery, Atlanta. He also completed an Eyelid Surgery (Oculoplastic) Fellowship under Dr Sonny McCord and Dr Mark Codner in Atlanta.

Dr Somia was awarded a PhD for his 3 year research into Eyelid Reanimation using implantable micro electrodes and the study of Eyelid Movements. This helped Dr Somia develop a passion for Eyelid Surgery.

Dr Somia has won numerous awards for his research both in Australia and in the US. Amongst them is the 2003 Marshall Prize in Surgical Training at Monash University, Melbourne. Dr Somia’s research earned mention in the Highlights of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, was nominated as a Finalist at the American Society of Biomechanics and won two Best Poster Awards at Research Louisville.

New advances in science and technology are driving changes in Plastic Surgery. Dr Somia keeps abreast of new advances by scientific research and attending conferences, workshops and symposiums that allow him to incorporate recent advances into his practice to benefit patients. Dr Somia takes an active interest in the teaching, training and mentoring of Australia’s future plastic surgeons, a role that he enjoys.

Dr Somia is a published author of several scientific papers in Plastic Surgery. These studies can be found at the US National Library of Medicine as well as leading Plastic Surgery journals.

Dr Eldon Mah MBBS FRACS (Plast)

Mr Eldon Mah is an Australian trained specialist plastic surgeon working in both the public and private sectors in Melbourne. He is the founder and principal surgeon at Parkside Plastic Surgery and the Scar Clinic, and holds an appointment as a consultant surgeon at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

After receiving a fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in Plastic Reconstructive Surgery in 2010, he completed a year long fellowship position at Toronto General hospital in Canada in reconstructive microsurgery, focusing on complex reconstructive procedures for breast, sarcomas, head and neck surgery.

Eldon is the clinical lead for sarcoma reconstruction at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne with a long and close working relationship with soft tissue sarcoma resection surgeons. With more than a decade of service and over 700 case series, Eldon is one of the most experienced sarcoma reconstructive surgeons in Australia and has developed a unique approach to sarcoma reconstruction focusing on longer term functional outcomes and quality of one’s cancer survivorship.

For more than a decade, Eldon has been an active contributing member for three international organisations (WSRM, APFSRM, APSSM), and is a current council member of APFSRM and APSSM. He is a member of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

Eldon has published his work comprehensively within the Plastic Surgery literature and has presented regularly at national and international plastic surgery meetings.

He continues to have an active role in teaching local trainees and overseas young surgeons, as well as ongoing clinical research and author of a reconstructive surgery textbook.

Dr Alexandra Turner MBBS FRACS (Plast)

Alex graduated from Medical School in the UK in 2000. Following postgraduate training in General and Orthopaedic surgery, Alex pursued a career in Plastic Surgery. She worked in world-renowned Plastic Surgery Units such as Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, and Guys & St Thomas’ Hospital in London.

Alex moved to Australia in 2008 and continued her Plastic Surgical career in major Hospitals within Melbourne and Adelaide. In 2016 she was awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) as a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon

Alex holds a Consultant Staff Specialist Position at Flinders Medical Centre.

Her private practice includes all facets of plastic surgery with a significant proportion being cosmetic surgery. She specialises in breast augmentation, surgical procedures for the body (weight loss surgery and body contouring, facial surgery, skin cancer surgery, hand surgery, men’s plastic surgery and paediatric plastic surgery.

Dr Amira Sanki MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACS (Plast)

Dr Amira Sanki graduated with Honours in Medicine and Surgery from the University of New South Wales in 2000. She subsequently undertook over a decade of surgical training in Sydney in General Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery before being awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS Plast). She completed further post-fellowship training in aesthetic plastic surgery in Sydney and has a special interest in body contouring, breast and facial aesthetic surgery.

In 2013, Dr Sanki was awarded a PhD through the University of Sydney in conjunction with the Melanoma Institute Australia, with research focused on melanoma management and outcomes. She has published extensively in peer-reviewed international journals and has presented her research at national and international scientific meetings.

Dr Sanki has a longstanding commitment to surgical education, training, and governance. She served as a Board Member of the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons for eight years and is a current member of its Education Committee. She is actively involved in teaching and mentoring Plastic Surgery trainees preparing for Fellowship examinations and holds an appointment as Adjunct Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She regularly engages with media and government stakeholders to advocate for patient safety and public education about plastic surgery.

Dr Sanki is a member of the Medical Advisory Committee at St George Private Hospital and is the hospital lead for the Australian Breast Device Registry across multiple hospital sites. She is passionate about patient safety, evidence-based practice, and advancing standards in aesthetic and reconstructive plastic surgery in Australia.

A/Prof Joe Dusseldorp MBBS(Hons) FRACS(Plast) PhD

Joe Dusseldorp is a Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon based in Sydney, with subspecialty expertise in autologous breast reconstruction, ear reconstruction, and facial reanimation surgery. He holds consultant appointments at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, North Shore Private Hospital, Mater Hospital North Sydney, and Concord Repatriation General Hospital, and is Clinical Associate Professor in the Discipline of Surgery at the University of Sydney.

Joe completed fellowships at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, and with Françoise Firmin in Paris, and completed his PhD in 2024 on the clinical translation of emerging biotechnology at the University of Sydney. His research interests centre on autologous breast reconstruction, with an active program of over 40 studies through his Breast Reconstruction Research Group at Chris O’Brien Lifehouse. He introduced breast sensation preservation following mastectomy to Australia in 2022, performed Australia’s first custom 3D-printed ear implant in 2019, and has published 46 peer-reviewed papers and 19 textbook chapters.

Joe is a member of the ASPS, ASAPS, AAFPRS, and ISAR, and serves on the NSW State Committee of RACS, the Australian Breast Device Registry Research Subcommittee, and the Australian Access to Breast Reconstruction Collaborative Group. He supervises surgical trainees at Concord Hospital and contributes to surgical education at the University of Sydney. He has undertaken mission work in Vietnam, Haiti, Ecuador, Honduras, Uganda, and Guatemala.

Joe stood for election to the ASPS Council because he believes the Society has a critical role to play in how emerging technologies are integrated into clinical practice, how access to reconstructive care is championed, and how the next generation of surgeons are trained and supported. He brings a perspective shaped by academic research, institutional collaboration, and a commitment to ensuring that advances in the specialty reach the patients who need them most.

Dr Angela Webb MB BS, MS, FRACS

Chair of the Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Dr Angela Webb is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon based in Melbourne.

Graduating in Medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1996, Angela has pursued her interests in reconstructive surgery especially in the areas of skin and breast cancer. In addition to being awarded her fellowship in plastic and reconstructive surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in January 2005, Dr Webb has a Masters of Surgery (University of Melbourne 2006) for work profiling epidermal stem cells.

After undertaking further subspecialty training in the United Kingdom, Dr Webb returned to multiple public hospital appointments including the Royal Melbourne Hospital and was the surgical co-ordinator of Australia’s first hand transplant at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne (2011).

Dr Webb won multiple prizes for research during her surgical training, regularly presents at National and International meetings, is actively involved in clinical research and has scores of credited research presentations and papers.

Dr Webb has been extensively involved in governance and has been head of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre since 2014. Angela was also the Chair of Victoria / Tasmania Regional Subcommittee of the Australian Society of Plastic Surgery from 2020 until her appointment as the National Chair in 2026 and is thus responsible for overseeing the selection and training of future plastic surgeons.

Dr Webb works in private and for the not for profit education day hospital at Skin Health Institute where she has been teaching dermatology registrars and performing Moh’s reconstructions and other skin cancer and melanoma surgeries since 2005. Angela also has assisted with the sustainability of the Royal Darwin Plastic surgery unit by participating regularly in their Surgical roster.

Professor Mark Ashton MB.BS, MD FRACS (Plast)

RACS Specialty Elected Councillor

Mark is the Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Melbourne and Chair of Plastic Surgery at Epworth Freemasons Hospital. He is the former Head of Plastic Surgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (2001-2016).

Professor Ashton is a past President of ASPS and an Invited Editor for The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal in America, and co-Editor in Chief of the Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery. He is also an invited Faculty Member of the International Perforator Flap Course in Belgium and Chairman of the Melbourne Advanced Facial Anatomy Course.

Professor Ashton is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon and the Director of the Taylor Research Lab within the Anatomy Department of the University of Melbourne, a past Board Member and past Chair of the Surgical Committee for Interplast, a not for profit charity providing Plastic Surgery to the Asia Pacific. He has published nine book chapters and over 200 articles on plastic and reconstructive surgery in peer reviewed national and international journals.

Mr Daniel Bunker MBBS Hons, MS, BE (Aerospace) Hons I, FRACS (Plast)

Younger Fellows Representative

Daniel is a Specialist Plastic Surgeon based in Launceston, Tasmania. Daniel first completed a degree in Aerospace Engineering with First Class Honours and the University Medal, winning a litany of prestigious awards including National Best Thesis Prize in Space Engineering. He completed a placement at Boeing on the FA-18 Hornet Upgrade Program and his sentinel research  on electrodynamic tether systems for picosatellites led to his selection as the first international to attend the Flight Opportunities Program at NASA in Houston. He then undertook his MBBS Hons followed by a Masters of Surgery in Transplant Tolerance using in vivo murine skin models, jointly holding the Myee Codrington Microsurgery Scholarship, the Alumni Research Scholarship and the Australian Postgraduate Award. Daniel has numerous publications in both medicine and engineering and a string of academic accolades. After completing his surgical training in Melbourne, Daniel completed an Interactive Aesthetics Fellowship in Madrid, Spain. He teaches at the Anatomy for Injectors course in Brisbane and currently works in both Plastic Surgery and Aerospace Engineering. Daniel practises general plastic surgery, with special interest in facial and breast surgery, and is passionate about the safeguarding of our specialty for those to come.

Dr Oliver Hovav, MD (UOW), BN (UQ), MS (USYD)

Trainee Representative

Oliver is a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery trainee based in Queensland. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Nursing and worked as a peri-operative nurse prior to pursuing a career in medicine. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Wollongong before returning to his hometown of Brisbane to undertake junior medical training. Oliver worked as an unaccredited registrar across multiple centres in Queensland before commencing formal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery training in 2025. He also holds a Master of Surgery from the University of Sydney and has published peer-reviewed research in lower limb and head and neck reconstruction.

Oliver has held several leadership and representative roles, including serving on the Council of Doctors in Training with the Australian Medical Association Queensland. He was formerly the Queensland representative for Australian Clinical Trials in Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and a member of the Digital Health Improvement Network with Clinical Excellence Queensland. He currently holds an academic appointment as an Associate Lecturer at the University of Queensland and is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate surgical education.

Kim Hanna

Kim was appointed as Chief Executive in August 2021. Prior to that he had worked at ASPS as the Chief Operating Officer for five years. He is a graduate of the University of Adelaide, University of Technology Sydney, and University of New England. He has completed leadership courses at Columbia University, Asialink and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Kim’s previous positions include: Executive Officer Dictionary of Sydney, General Manager Art Month Sydney and several substantive management roles at the Australia Council for the Arts.

Roslyn Johnson

Roslyn is an experienced health executive with expertise in advocacy, public health, policy, and stakeholder engagement across private, public, and not-for-profit sectors. With a BASc in Health Science, a GradCert in Public Health Education and Health Promotion, and an Masters of Public Health, she brings a comprehensive understanding of the Australian health ecosystem.

A commercially minded strategist, Roslyn excels in leading stakeholder engagement to foster transformative relationships across medical, specialist, mental health, and allied health networks. She has a proven ability to collaborate effectively with prominent national organisations—both corporate and government—by identifying barriers and enablers, spearheading partnerships, and capitalising on growth opportunities.

A published author of peer-reviewed research on preventative health and behavioural change programs, Roslyn also contributes her expertise as a non-executive board director for organisations including Red Dust Role Models, Menopause Australia, and Skin Check Champions. She is inspired by Helen Keller’s quote: “Alone we can do so little, but together we can do so much,” which reflects her collaborative approach to advancing health outcomes.