Assoc Prof Robert Love

Having graduated with honours in 1991, from the University of Melbourne School of Medicine, Dr Love completed his residency and plastic surgery training at teaching hospitals both in Victoria and Western Australia. During this time he joined the Medical faculties of the University of Melbourne and Stanford University, California in both places as a lecturer in Anatomy.

He completed his advanced surgical training in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hand and Microsurgery in Melbourne and Perth, in 2001, securing the coveted Leibinger Travelling Fellowship prize twice in four years and a Royal Australian College of Surgeons prize for research. Since, he has completed a Fellowship in Cleft Lip and Craniofacial Surgery at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children prior to being granted Consultant positions at the Pulvertaft Hand Surgery Unit, Derbyshire, United Kingdom and Cork University Hospital, Republic of Ireland.

He is a past Chairman of the West Australian regional committee of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons and past Head of the Department of Plastic Surgery, at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth. Here has been involved in the selection and training of the next generation of Reconstructive Plastic and Hand surgeons. He has performed overseas foreign aid trips in reconstructive surgery to 3rd world areas including Tonga and Bangladesh.

He is a recipient of the coveted Paul Harris Fellowship for services to the community in reconstructive hand and plastic surgery, as well as a special service award from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He is a member of the Australian and American Plastic Surgery Societies and the West Australian, Australian and British Hand Surgery Societies. His main interests are in specialty plastic surgery, hand surgery, breast and body contouring post massive weight loss and teaching.