Mr Jonathan Wheeler, FRACS
Mr Jonathan Wheeler, FRACS
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon.
Jonathan is a New Zealand trained Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon who won the Mentor Aesthetic Surgery Prize for Australia and New Zealand in 2007. He worked in Brisbane, Australia as a Fellow and then a locum Plastic Surgeon at several of the Private Hospitals. He then traveled with his family to Toronto, Canada to take up a prestigious year-long Plastic and Craniofacial Fellowship at the internationally renowned Hospital for Sick Children. He is currently appointed as a Consultant at Middlemore Hospital.
As a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, he cares for patients with Skin Cancers and has an interest in Plastic Surgery of the Breast. He has a passion for Plastic Surgery of the Face and Nose with his in depth knowledge of Craniofacial Surgery.
Jonathan will be available for consultations whilst Stephen Gilbert is on leave.
Mr Gilbert presents at the ICAPS meeting in Maya Riviera in Mexico.
Mr Gilbert has just come back from the ICAPS meeting in Maya Riviera in Mexico. ICAPS is the International Confederation for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons which has a world wide membership with an maximum of fifty members. It meets in interesting places each year and is hosted by the member from that country. Each member has to present a paper.
Mr Gilbert presented an Audit that had been done on his and Mr Janek Januszkiewic’s breast implant practices over the last four years. This was put together by our Fellow, Jonathan Heather. The audit showed that 540 breast augmentations had been done in the Institute over that period, approximately half being round and half being anatomical or pear shaped. As a result of this study we are now moving towards using Polyurethane covered implants which adhere better to the surrounding tissues, reducing the capsular contraction rate and eliminating the possibility of rotation.
Mr Gilbert has learned more about these Polyurethane implants from Brazilian Surgeons who were at the Conference as well as many other useful plastic surgical tricks.
The Maya Coast of Mexico has beautiful weather, beaches, golf courses and restaurants. Underlying all this though is the rather sinister culture of the early Maya Indians when the Chief’s maintained their power by sacrificing members of the tribe on the tops of stone pyramids, many of which are still standing. One of these sites could be designated one of the eighth wonders of the world.
Mr Gilbert has been asked to convene the scientific program for the next ICAPS meeting to be held on the Amalfi Coast in Italy. There is interest in having a meeting in the near future in New Zealand.
Meanwhile Mr and Mrs Gilbert have been maintaining a balanced life style with bike riding through Molesworth Cattle Station and rafting down the Grey River from the Lewis Pass to Greymouth in the South Island and will be attending their eldest son’s wedding in England in June and will take the opportunity of visiting Wimbleton.
RadioLive interview with Stephen Gilbert discussing cosmetic surgery
Listen to the interview with Stephen Gilbert
Radio Live Interview
Marcus Lush interviews Stephen Gilbert on the increase in demand for Male Breast Reduction.
Cosmetic Tourism
Some New Zealanders are tempted by alluring advertisements and an exotic sounding cheap deal to risk a holiday in South East Asia coupled with a cosmetic procedure. But why do that if you can’t verify the surgeons’ qualifications. Also you would have committed a lot of money to an operation before you arrive which may not be the best choice for you. The aftercare is limited and there are risks of developing blood clots in the legs and other complications flying home after surgery. New Zealand plastic surgeons regularly have to treat problems from these centres.
At the New Zealand Institute of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery the three surgeons, Glenn Bartlett, Stephen Gilbert and Janek Januszkiewicz are all FRACS (Plastic), vocationally registered in plastic surgery with the New Zealand Medical Council and have a commitment to excellent in cosmetic surgery and patient safety.
Surgeons report Mr Stephen Gilbert
With the burgeoning popularity and accessibility of cosmetic surgery there has been an increase in providers to meet the demand. All these are doctors but not all have surgical, let alone plastic, surgical training.
A plastic surgeon has had at least five years specialist training in plastic surgery after medical school and junior hospital jobs and this usually includes a Fellowship overseas in a prestigious unit – in all fourteen years after entering medical school.
Experience gained during years of training in complex reconstructive surgery provides plastic surgeons with outstanding technical skills. Their continuous attention to form as well as function provides these specialists with a finely tuned sense of aesthetics – a unique qualification that is essential to the success of cosmetic surgery where judgements of balance and proportion are called for. Plastic surgeons have the training to offer their patients the entire range of treatment modalities. We also emphasise patient safety using experienced anaesthetists and we all have operating rights at accredited hospitals as well as day surgery facilities.
How do you select a plastic surgeon in New Zealand who has a commitment to cosmetic surgery? The New Zealand Institute of Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery is a good place to start. Membership of this organisation guarantees that the surgeon is registered by the New Zealand Medical Council as a specialist plastic surgeon and has a Fellowship in Plastic Surgery from the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, FRACS (Plastic). You may also call the New Zealand Medical Council, Freephone 0800 286 801 or www.mcnz.org.nz
