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HONORARY EDITORS

The honorary editors provide advice on the development of the journal, submit the occasional editorial or paper and promote the journal to peers.

Professor Bryan C Mendelson AM FRCSE, FACS, FRACS (Plast)
The Centre for Facial Plastic Surgery, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Melbourne Advanced Facial Anatomy Course (MAFAC), Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.

Professor Wayne Morrison AM MBBS, MD, FRCSI (Hons), FRACS (Plast)
Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.

Professor G Ian Taylor AO MBBS, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.

EDITORS-IN-CHIEF

The editors-in-chief appoint the journal’s section editors, commission editorials and features and select the content for each issue of the journal.

Professor Mark Ashton MBBS, MD, FRACS (Plast)
Clinical Professor of Surgery and Honorary Professor of Anatomy, University of Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Chairman, Professorial Plastic Unit, Epworth Freemasons Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5104-480X

Dr Mark Lee MBBS, FRACS (Plast)
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St John of God, Subiaco, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA. Plastic Surgery, Hollywood Private Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5285-8266

SECTION EDITORS

AJOPS’s section editors are recognised experts within the subspecialties of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Their role is to assess submissions to ensure they are of the high standard required for publication. Within their section they may commission editorials, review articles and invited papers and provide written contributions to the journal.

Aesthetic | Dr Naveen Somia MBBS, PhD, FRACS (Plast)
Specialist Plastic Surgeon, Sydney, AUSTRALIA.

Breast | Associate Professor Michelle Locke MBChB, MD, FRACS (Plast)
Auckland Regional Centre for Plastic Reconstructive and Hand Surgery, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND; St Marks Breast Centre, Remuera, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND; Department of Surgery, University of Auckland Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND.
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-6198-8752

Burns | Dr Suzanne Rea MB, BCh, BAO, PhD, FRCS (Plast), FRACS (Plast)
State Adult Burns Unit, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA; State Paediatric Burns Unit, Perth Children’s Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.

Cleft lip and palate | Dr David Gillett MBBS, FRACS (Plast)
Cleft Lip and Palate and Cranio-Maxillofacial Unit, Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, Western Australia, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3240-5737

Craniomaxillofacial | Dr Jonathan Wheeler MBChB, FRACS (Plast)
Clinical Lead, Paediatric Plastic Surgery, Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6831-4589

Experimental research | Dr Michael Findlay BSc, MBBS, PhD, FRACS (Plast), FACS
Department of Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, California, UNITED STATES. Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1163-1815

General reconstruction | Professor David Hunter-Smith MBBS, MPH, FRACS (Plast), FACS
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand, Surgery, Peninsula Health, Frankston, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Peninsula Clinical School Central Clinical School, Monash University, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
Department of Surgery, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5660-0572

Hand | Associate Professor David McCombe MBBS, DipAnat, MD, FRACS (Plast)
Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Unit, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Plastic Surgery Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA; Clinical Associate Professor (Department of Paediatrics, Royal Children’s Hospital, University of Melbourne Victoria, AUSTRALIA); President, Australian Hand Surgery Society, Fitzroy, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4458-3925

Head and neck | Dr Anand Ramakrishnan MBBS, MD, MPH, FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5540-8124

History of plastic and military surgery | Professor Hugh Bartholomeusz OAM RFD, MBBS, FRACS (Plast) - Retired
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5508-2937

International collaboration | Professor Rodney Cooter AM MBBS, MD, FRACS (Plast)
Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA; St Andrew’s Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, AUSTRALIA; Clinical Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5875-0977

Melanoma and skin cancer | Associate Professor Ramin Shayan MBBS, PhD, FRACS (Plast)
O’Brien Institute, St Vincent’s Institute for Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Plastic, Hand and Faciomaxillary Surgery, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Department, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Department of Plastic Surgery, St Vincent’s Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Department of Dermatology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8071-2419

Paediatric | Professor Christopher Coombs MBBS( Hons), FRACS (Plast)
Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0367-8234

Regional and rural | Dr Jaeme Zwart FRACS (Plast)
Sunshine Coast University Hospital, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA.

Technology and imaging | Professor Warren Rozen MBBS, BMedSc, MD, PhD, FRACS (Plast)
Plastic, Reconstructive and Hand Surgery Unit, Peninsula Health, Frankston, Victoria, AUSTRALIA. Peninsula Clinical School, Central Clinical School at Monash University, The Alfred Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4092-182X

Training | Dr Daniel Rowe FRACS (Plast)
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA; Greenslopes Private Hospital, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA; National Chair, Australian Board of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St Leonards, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA.
https://orcid.id/0009-0004-2507-023X

Journal staff are the first point of contact for authors and serve as a resource for the editorial team during the peer review process. The Managing Editor supports the editors-in-chief and oversees all aspects of the journal’s production from submission through to publication.

Managing Editor | Ruth Sheard BA, MA (Communications Management)
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, St Leonards, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA.

Editorial Assistant | Dr Miriam Sved BA (Hons), PhD
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, St Leonards, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA.